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Ennio 2021
The new 2 1/2 hour documentary ENNIO - covering the jaw-dropping career of composer Ennio Morricone - is among the best portrayals of a creative genius I've ever seen. It's entirely about the music - the elements that inspired it, the risks and experimentations that went into realizing it, and the lasting impact it's had on world culture. And with over 500 film scores on his resume, there's so much to be mined. Highlights for me included learning about Morricone's…
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Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
I admire Scorsese for still taking chances even after more than five decades of making films. He's operating in areas that are far outside of his comfort zone. I never thought I'd see him working in the plains of Oklahoma, and his dedication to painting an accurate and inclusive portrait of the Osage people is commendable. But make no mistake, the bulk of Killers of the Flower Moon is about murderous white greed and duplicity. In this respect, Scorsese is…
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Melancholia 2011
"Melancholia' is a bold film (as is typical for Lars von Trier) - a sort of anti- Tree of Life. While Malick's film celebrates the aching beauty of it all, 'Melancholia' only wants to drown in the ache. And that ache rings true - it feels like the one aspect of the film that comes from a genuine place (it was inspired by his own bouts with clinical depression). But many times, I feel von Trier confuses arty pretension for…
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Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014
In one of his last interviews conducted in the late 80’s, Stanley Kubrick shared his enthusiasm for the ripening art of the television commercial; economical storytelling that grabs you by the lapels and gets its point across in a succinct 30 seconds. Kubrick wished he could find a way to migrate those unique qualities into the feature film medium. It would have been interesting to hear what he would have thought of Michael Bay.
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