Very strange film wherein a genius surgeon realizes a truly principled Marxist will let a hapless nerd sleep with his wife, to spread the wealth around. This is presented with a straight face but obviously not meant sincerely, which didn't go over well with the censors. There's an Oliver Hardy impersonator toddling around and day drinking that represents bourgeois vanity, which is cool. I like the shot where he's passed out next to a table of heavily frosted pastries, really conveys an air of suffocating malaise
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The Howl of Winterland 2022
I think it was Graham Greene who said Evelyn Waugh was as funny as a fascist could possibly be. Well. This is probably the funniest movie you could expect from a strident antivaxxer. For better or worse, Packard's made some of his best stuff after going off the rails during COVID.
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The House Is Black 1963
All these reviews talking about being overwhelmed with pity and sadness by this material are sort of depressing in and of themselves lmao. maybe this is just a consequence of an adolescence spent marinating in internet shock imagery, but i think these guys are "humanized" right quick, and as the film goes on the approach starts to feel pretty shallow. not letting anyone speak for themselves is a major limitation imo
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