With how visually and sonically ambiguous this is, it feels thematically weak. The quality of the performances in this distract from the large majority of the rather heavy handed aspects of the movie. I get what the movie was going for and I know this was made with a specific audience in mind. Some of the aesthetics choices specifically the needle drops in this are so hackneyed they border on obnoxious. For how strong the last 30-40 minutes of this…
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1996
Darnell one of the stupidest protagonists ever, she really should’ve killed him
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Porco Rosso 1992
I think Porco Rosso is a very admirable person, successfully acting as a great representation of the underlying dread that comes with war. His insistence on separating himself from people and overall joy, showing the lack of humanity placed onto him both as a newly anthropomorphic pig and an ex-air force fighter. We see the effects warfare has on Porco and how witnessing his friend and enemies alike die in the line of combat has turned him into a husk…
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Memories of Murder 2003
Bong joon-ho is really a master in visual storytelling and the use of colors as visual motifs to analyze the environmental conditions of 80s Korea and how it effects the peoples in the movie and the underlying systems at play is such an appreciated detail throughout the movie. Memories of murder presents a good look into the internal n external contradictions within the violent crimes unit, The character’s willingness to disregard their supposed principles of candidness to lie, assault, and…
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