Jason Atlas

Jason Atlas

Favorite films

  • Persona
  • The Apartment
  • The Graduate
  • A Brighter Summer Day

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  • A Different Man

    ★★★★

  • Nightbitch

    ★½

  • A Tale of Winter

    ★★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★

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  • Punch-Drunk Love

    Punch-Drunk Love

    ★★★★★

    We’re only here to support one another.

    Every character in this film needs each other. Yes, the characters are confined to the reality of the screenplay itself. But Anderson continues his reflection on the interdimensional string which binds strangers together.

    Look at the paintings of Jeremy Blake (1971-2007), which serve as luminous transitions from one scene to the next. Each line of colour is present on the canvas. They don’t meld. Staying individual yet complementing and contrasting. The viewer takes…

  • Ikiru

    Ikiru

    ★★★★★

    What does it mean to live?

    This is one of the most critical meditations on self a person can have. And at just shy of three hours, Kurosawa shares his own quandary with this question.
    We meet a middle-aged Watanabe (Takashi Shimura in his most heartfelt role), long lost to the monotony of modern life and bureaucracy, is reminded of his finite time on earth. He was going to die. His body was failing him. It is at this moment…

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