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Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019
28,000,000 thoughts about how gaze is working as the story develops
watching this at a fox matinee and then walking down to the winter beaches in the late afternoon sun was the perfect way to revisit this 🌾
poet’s choice vs. lover’s choice — the great theme of so many of my faves…Translated from by -
My Winnipeg 2007
“thanks for the memories”
and because I’m obsessed with the idea that all my favourite things are connected, would love to know if mr. nathan fielder was inspired by maddin’s recreation of his childhood home when making the rehearsal 🛋️
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Nickel Boys 2024
the way the narrative and more lingering/poetic moments are interspersed with archival footage of the civil rights movement, space race, waterskiing, various bodies flinging through the air, and faces almost disappearing from old photographs took this to the next level for me
this film is so smart — and seems suspicious too — about the psychological impact of what we receive in that more passive way vs. images that can invoke a sense of subjectivity or witnessing
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Matt and Mara 2024
I got so much more out of this the second time…
complexities in how they are performing for each other at different points seems to tie in with theatricality as mara’s focus in her work, and the idea of a dynamic being true vs fraudulent. In my first watch I couldn’t get past my frustration with their dynamic, aggravated by the extreme close ups and rarely seeing people in the same frame. On second watch the humour and generosity the…Translated from by
