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The Battle of Algiers 1966
My thoughts summarize to this: this film is a necessary subtext for postcolonial thought. Will not elaborate because I have to go to sleep.
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Autumn Sonata 1978
Update: This serves as a perfect analog to Lindsay Gibson’s book about emotionally immature parents.
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Bergman is not trying to knit an entire quilted blanket here; he is invested in filling one quilt block with an abundance of color, layers, and feeling. The story is built on a few simple premises and generates various points of departure in ways that seem unimaginable from the beginning. His ability to write and craft a story is impeccable.—
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The Future 2011
quirk for quirk’s sake and twee for twee’s sake. cool premise though. miranda july is phenomenal at writing dialogue. hate the fact that the cat has a voice and it had to sound like that. barely tipped to 3 1/2 bc Beach House in the soundtrack.
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Anora 2024
feels more like a first draft than a final product. it does its job but seems to be missing out on so much given the premises the story sets up.
the most coherent line of thought i can take away from this is with the assistance of Lauren Berlant. Ani grapples with the promise of the "good life", which is primarily defined by monogamous marriage, only to realize that fulfilling its rubric catalyzes her own unraveling. put differently, Ani's attachment…
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