This film has furthered my interest in the use of climate in cinema, especially the restlessness and sensuality of summer heat. Such a great setting to portray longing and casual living—I think this and Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing really beautifully capture what it’s like to be restless and sweat profusely in the dead of summer. I’m looking forward to revisiting both of these once the summer hits.
What I really enjoy about “slow” movies like this is how…
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A Whole Night 1982
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The Living End 1992
Rewatch and I thought more about the economy and geopolitics this time around—more about the implications of pursuing individualism while belonging to a socially neglected community. Especially interested in the symbolism of the gun that Luke wields casually and recklessly throughout the whole film; he defines it himself as his “safety blanket” but only really uses it in self defence once, against a threesome of gaybashers. More often than not he uses it to threaten, whether it be other people…
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Dirty Girls 2000
shoutout to that one dude that called their zine a “brilliant marxist critique of the world”
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Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?' 2000
tom seriously needs to fuck off i hate him so much
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