The perfect film to break in my new TV. First, it is a gorgeous movie, with both striking cinematography and vivid colors in a restricted palette combining to create engrossing, haunting imagery that I couldn't tear my eyes away from. Second, the absolute existential dread. While based on living a life of suppressing a trans identity, the film still works on a broader level about the fear of wasting your life away that nibbles away at your subconscious while you…
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From Ground Zero 2024
I was continuously moved during From Ground Zero. The 22 short films serve their purpose of creating a series of vignettes about life during the ongoing genocide in Gaza. There is a wide breadth of emotions displayed. Unsurprisingly, oppression, grief, and despair are chief among these, but there is also love, joy, and hope. Seeing the creativity with limited resources on display was a true show of the resiliency of the human spirit. I hope this movie can serve as a memory rather than solely an in memoriam.
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Big Shark 2023
Some tidbits from Q&A with Tommy. Any light spoilers will be towards the bottom.
- Tommy used to live in New Orleans and waxed poetically about it for some time
- He was inspired to make the movie by a neighbor that pissed him off
- The film was shot entirely on location in New Orleans, including some on "military controlled property"
- Shooting on location was difficult due to rain and controlling traffic
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