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  Amy 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Sep 2022

  I really don’t know how to feel. I almost feel angry at how gritty she is portrayed, but then I have to remind myself that actually that is a quite true perception. Her life was full of grit, but also she herself was full of beauty and potential, and actually I think this documentary does do a good job of balancing that.

  I do however find it quite ironic that it tells the terrible tale of what paparazzi invasion can do, but this documentary wouldn’t be able to have half the footage it had without it. I don’t know.

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  Spellbound 2002

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Sep 2022

  This was such a fascinating documentary. I think the decisions of composition, mixed with it’s editing style, makes it very visually enjoyable. The documenting itself, the many different aspects of background presented is what really builds it all together. Even the ending sequence before the final spelling, is crafted so well. I very much enjoyed it

  
  (Also I think the one shot of the woman talking while her dog is licking her leg, acting like nothing is happening, is genuinely the best thing I’ve ever seen)

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  Tootsie 1982

  ★★½ Watched 22 Aug 2022

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  Some Like It Hot 1959

  ★½ Watched 21 Aug 2022

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