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How the West Was Won 1962
This has some of the best photography I’ve ever seen. Can’t believe more people don’t speak about it. Every frame is a painting. Almost comically wide aspect ratio.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
Inject this into my veins. The pace of the blended free indirect discourse,
The sumptuous visuals to match the pair’s narcotic indulgence. The threatening edge of paranoia-fuelled nihilistic anarchy.
Hate to say it feels like Jack Sparrow thrust into 70’s Vegas but I love it.
This truly is Withnail and I’s American cousin, and who better to fill their boots than prime time Johnny Depp.
It is of course considerably less witty and funny than its counterpart but then again, is that a surprise? Everything is.
Slowly becoming one of my favourites, however.
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Maestro 2023
Hated every minute of this, but sat through it begrudgingly so I could write a critique.
Pointless nostalgia tripping. Unfunny and contrived dialogue that half the time I couldn’t even hear or understand. It feels like lazy writing that wraps boring exchanges in generic transatlantic accents to mind numbing effect.
This entire film feels like a cloy and shallow vignette of Bernstein’s life, world and work. It was like watching an amdram production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
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