"Every visit to the cinema, despite the utmost watchfulness, leaves me dumber and worse than before."
—Theodor W. Adorno
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Bread and Chocolate 1974
Kind of interminable and unfocused; Nino Manfredi carries it for the most part. The best moments by far are when the film goes completely surreal and dreamlike, like when the Italians made to live in a chicken coop are awestruck by ethereal Swiss Übermenschen straight out of an Aryanist fantasy.
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Operation Ogre 1979
Gillo Pontecorvo was a brilliant director who unfortunately didn't make enough movies about fascists getting blown the fuck up.
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The Exterminating Angel 1962
I'm sorry but honestly this was very boring to me. Outside of the premise itself and some of the more surreal moments there wasn't much that kept me engaged on any level. I'm not sure why though because this is an acclaimed film from an acclaimed director and I'm clearly in the minority.
I think to me it boils down to the film not doing enough with its premise. It posits that human beings tend to revert to a more…
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