Learning about its ambitious concept of using a single camera angle, I was curious to see how Zemeckis, a very crowd-pleasing (but still talented) filmmaker would tackle on such a concept and make it "digestible" for a wide audience. The result did surprise me in how consistently entertaining it all was, though this does result in a clash between the concept's ambition and Zemeckis' desire for melodrama; but I think he and co-writer Eric Roth reached a good solution: Simplicity.…
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Joker: Folie à Deux 2024
I got the sneaking suspicion that we're not giving people what they want!
Few films make me think about the artist behind them more throughly than the plot itself. I think of Panos Cosmatos making Beyond the Black Rainbow as part of his therapeutic process, with a style that is deeply personal to him (yet inconsistent and shallow to many others) to deal with his depression. I think of Adam McCay making Don't Look Up as a way to channel…
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All the Mornings of the World 1991
Few films attempt to demonstrate the power of music, and even fewer films succeed. Tous les matins du monde succeeds not because of its drama, but in the way music is incorporated into the characters' pain and sorrows; accompanied by gorgeous cinematography, powerful performances and, quite possibly, the most beautiful screenplay I've ever seen.
What do you seek in music?
Music is the eternal art; it speaks to the soul. A single note can express more than a thousand words.…
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