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  Words on Bathroom Walls 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Apr 2021

  An incredible depiction of the allusion of control and perfection that seems possible to some young people. At a time when not being ridiculed or hiding your flaws seems of the upmost importance.

  The illusion of perfection, or having it together, can be held together for awhile, at great cost of effort and requiring deception and avoiding true intimacy with those that love you. In fact it can often only be done by pushing away the ones that see you…

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  The Dig 2021

  ★★★ Watched 13 Feb 2021

  I liked this quiet movie but am not left with any big statement. It was good while I was watching it.

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  Big Night 1996

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Jan 2021

  To dine on this quiet, beautiful movie is  to experience a cinematic multi-course feast unparalleled. 
  Stanley Tucci and Tony Shaloub are two Italian brothers trying make a go of it with their little restaurant sitting in the glow of a flashy, coarse popular restaurant. 
  This film subtly brings forth the dilemma of waiting for the break, authenticity vs caving to the masses, the knitting forces of good, nay, stupendous food and the people about you. It’s about caring for others without a balance being weighed. Well, sometimes it needs weighing, sometimes not.

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  Mouchette 1967

  ★★ Watched 04 Jan 2021

  I simply don’t know what to say. Beleaguered, downtrodden, no hope. Odd scenes of hunting over- and under- zealously, a low budget that has glycerin put to use and the rate scene that seems likely it might lead somewhere. But in all of that I’m left wondering if it was me that lacked insight to see what prize it held, or if I had it bang on....

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