Jacob

Jacob

Favorite films

  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Little Shop of Horrors
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Soul

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  • Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    ★★

  • Bad Times at the El Royale

    ★★★★

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★

  • Utama

    ★★★★

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  • Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    ★★

    She wants to speak nearby them and let them talk for themselves but then doesn’t subtitle what they say so for the English speaking audience (me) the only voice understandable in the film is Minh-ha’s. I don’t know if this is part of the anti-ethnography or what but eh.

    I don’t know if I’m just simple but my guess is the film is meant to be about the camera and subjects without explanation or “ethnographic-ness”. Allowing the picture to just exist or something like that.

    Better film to think about than actually watch

  • Bad Times at the El Royale

    Bad Times at the El Royale

    ★★★★

    Sometimes the non-linear narrative kills the pacing of the film (especially that final flashback), but overall it’s a pretty good time at the El Royale

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  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    ★★★★★

    One of the greatest openings to a film I’ve ever seen

  • The First Slam Dunk

    The First Slam Dunk

    ★★★★½

    What a banger of a movie. Great way to make 2 hours fly by

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