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The Heroic Trio 1993
So so so much fun, but this really is a testament to how imperative good scoring and audio mixing is. It picks up in the second half but the first half there are some incredible shots, lines, and sets and often they fly by because the audio doesn’t back up the visual. I tell ya, To is a special director
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces 1980
This is such a gift. Really drives home the human element of sociology as people watching and does so from such a caring place for the oddities in the way people interact with their environment. Starts off a bit like a 50s educational movie but has a really dry sense of humor if you’re looking for it. It’s also aged better than most planning studies of the 60’s-80’s, it’s ideas about all public space align heavily with current methods of…
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The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
Very very split on this, the things that annoy me are a lot of typical mcdonagh tics. the unavoidable tragedy of it all is a bit annoying, it kept me thinking “damn, these guys both need to talk to a therapist” and then being reminded that they’re in the ‘20s makes it feel like there’s nothing to be done about their stunted interactions.
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