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  The Blue Lagoon 1980

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Jan 2025

  blue lagoon is a more profound and existential look into the human condition than even 2001 a space odyssey, which is pompous where this is modest and complicated where this is simple. 

  not sure if i actually believe that. but i think i just prefer how straightforward and actual this film is in its messaging. it made me think about 2001 for its discussions of the primal and humane, but calling them ‘discussions’ in 2001 is a stretch. 2001 is a TASK to relate to, where this bares a direct resemblance to our human experience and directly questions and theorises it.

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  The Loveless 1981

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Jun 2024

  my first thought was - what a powerful first image. dafoe on the harley davidson. essential. so obvious and so genius. 

  starts off with a promising tonal blend of aestheticism and cynicism - both entangled with sexuality. the mild absurdism supports these - dafoe kissing and groping the woman in the car, and pouring massive amounts of sugar into his coffee at the diner. some shots are orchestrated like freeze frames while dafoe’s voiceover reads. 

  the role of women is…

Popular reviews

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  Let the Sunshine In 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Feb 2024

  i enjoyed this film for its complexity of character and sexuality. i don’t think characters being “unlikable” means that they are automatically unengaging. i think isabelle’s participation in infidelity with married men is a reflection of something other than infidelity itself. that is, i don’t think the film works to condemn infidelity and nor should it. (i’m not justifying cheating i promise, it’s just more complicated than that). i think it paints an abstract portrait of the difficulties of desire…

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  It Must Be Heaven 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2024 1

  reminiscent of the swedish director roy andersson for its tableaus, dry humour, deadpan performances and lack of dialogue. this film honours that which i think is the whole point of film, which is the exclusively audio-visual. it exploited both of these elements throughout and didn’t neglect its use of purposeful sound, despite the lack of dialogue. the meticulous blocking is akin to choreography which is highly enjoyable to watch. uncanny, almost surreal eye contact is a running theme and brings…

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