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C'mon C'mon 2021
The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
—Camus's Myth of Sisyphus
One is asked to accept the human condition, its sufferings and its joys, and to work with its imperfections as the foundation upon which the individual will build wholeness through adventurous creative achievement For the person with creative potential there is no wholeness except in using it. And, as Camus explained, the going is rough and the respite…
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Stories We Tell 2012
I needed to write this review a day later so I could really sit with the film. It sits squarely in this space in which there's so much to contemplate about, rich with detail and meaning, while itself not having that complex of a story.
As is most explicit given the title and Sally's own dialogue, the emphasis on the way we tell stories is wonderfully contemplated. There's a trend today that stories are the ultimate tool for truth seeking,…
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Y Tu Mamá También 2001
You can really see the maturation of Cuarón's technique filming cars between this and Children of Men.
I was so much more interested every time the camera would linger away from our trio. Not that their dynamics weren't interesting, but just not so engrossing for me. And maybe that's my own relationship experiences making this particularly hard to watch. Yet despite the narrative focusing exclusively on an increasingly smaller world between these two friends and this grieving woman, the wandering…
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A Taxi Driver 2017
Came for the incredible Song Kang-ho—he just wants to be able to drive his taxi, what's with all this political protests?! The opening sequence, from the initial narrative crawl, to the pop song cruising sing-along tune, all the way through and around those pesky student activists, a film that knows its tone and timbre perfectly.
I adore the framing of this telling of the Gwangju Uprising. A Taxi Driver mirrors how it appears for a person to choose political apathy…
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Fallen Leaves 2023
Excited to end the Around the World challenge with Fallen Leaves after all the academy hype. A strange mix of what feels like the romantic era of Hollywood, with matt paintings and simple stories filled with love, slight inconveniences, and circumstantial snafus. And then you have an overtly modern setting with references to movies in 2019, the war in Ukraine and other current events. Modernity is encroaching fast, while capitalism continues to sniffle the spirits of people just trying to…
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The Hunt 2012
An intentionally heartbreaking and frustrated watch. The bleak nature of The Hunt is further exasperated by the fact that I rarely can consider what (most) of the characters do and their reactions as being completely understandable and rational. And yet we sit in despair at the continued isolation of a man who has lost just about everything.
Absolutely adore the subtle references to deer and hunting. Besides the title, and finale, Lucas routinely references deer (venison) and innocence. Elevating the…
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