Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
For a long while thoughts about Long Day’s Journey into Night streamed in and out of my consciousness, their flow constantly swirling and rippling deep inside. A rich cinematic work suspended in a senseful night and immediately leapt into my personal pantheon of great films.
I plan to write in as structured a way as I can about a few of the ways in which this film affected me. I recognize that I am only speaking about my own experience…
I like it when films take a theme, introduce it to us early on, and run with it all the way to the credits. Generally my view of a structurally poor film is one which draws attention to a central theme but fails to maintain this over the duration of the plot.
A case in point is Ari Aster's recent 'Midsommar'. I would like to preface by saying that I don't think Midsommar is a bad film. In fact, I…