Jesus Christ. Every line is whip smart, chock full of double entendres and snappy delivery. Monroe is hot. The sets and locations evoke the beauty of an older time in America, with extravagant resorts and beautiful beachfront. Even the starting locations look good with their old cars and snow swept brick buildings. There really was a time when the US wasn't ugly architecture all over. They don't make em as funny as this anymore.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
Dropped some acid and watched this last night. You can feel how fucking hot it is in the movie. There is some incredible camerawork in here and the lighting gives it a psychedelic touch, especially in the scenes that are red. The closeup on her eyes is incredible, because it just keeps going and going. The shots of the bone sculptures are actually kind of terrifying. The whole film, beyond its back roads vibes, has a whole feel of brokenness.…
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Licorice Pizza 2021
Scattered thoughts on a second viewing:
-Licorice Pizza, if we follow Adam Nayman's psychic history model of mapping Anderson's films, is of a piece with Inherent Vice and Boogie Nights. Although if those films are about the death of the 60s idealism in the 70s, replaced by a cynical corporate power, chock-full of paranoia and burning out, then Licorice Pizza is a hopeful, almost redemptive film about the 70s, rollicking in the carefree times of 70s youth while facing down…Translated from by -
Sweet Smell of Success 1957
The depths to which men will go just to survive by a tiny thread, where everyone above you holds the cards to your future but dangle them an inch above your hands. An apt metaphor for class and social mobility in a capitalistic framework, a life that forces people to do desperate things in order to achieve their goals. Sidney Falco says it all in the beginning: "From now on, the best of everything is good enough for me".
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