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Safe 1995
A gentle malaise permeates slowly through this movie, as an eerie, industrial humming noise churns in the background.
The kind of helpless loneliness that Julianne Moore wears on her back is so striking, and her social isolation—its degree of severity—is only gradually revealed. The doting husband proved to be distant, cold, immovable, and incapable of feeling; the son turned out not to be hers; the maid never answers to her desperate, infantile calling; and the one friend she eats with…
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The Night of the Hunter 1955
I feel clean! My whole body is a'quiver with cleanness!
Finally got to see this iconic OG movie of all movies that inspired so many that came after.
Much like its villain, The Night of the Hunter is assertive, focused, purposeful, and irresistibly charming in its forthright storytelling. Every character is so well fleshed out, each with their own enigma, flair, and drive—uncle Birdie, Ms. Icey, Willa Harper, Ben Harper—and the potential here for character studies is inexhaustible.
The river scene reminds me…
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