Mark Lofye

Mark Lofye

Full time Cassavetes nerd

Top 4 is just my mood

Favorite films

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things
  • Blue Velvet
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  • A Silent Voice: The Movie

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  • Breathless

    ★★★★½

  • Cure

    ★★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    ★★★★

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  • Breathless

    Breathless

    ★★★★½

    This is exactly how I’d like to direct. Breathless is brief but takes its time, it’s flowy and continuously open to just following what it feels is interesting in that moment. In turn Godard creates this aimless loving vibe that sits for the whole movie. For a director who would later be known for his political takes and statements Godard cares little for actual “plot” and rather lets the film take him in directions he is feeling. Questions are often…

  • Cure

    Cure

    ★★★★★

    “You’re different from them. You’re someone who can understand what I’m really saying”

    Yeah yeah you know what they say, it’s pretty amazing. Really loved the atmosphere and directing. Felt methodical and reminded me a lot of Takeshi Kitano’s early films in how it builds tension and atmosphere through long drawn out shots, turning the otherwise mundane into something much bigger (plus both have a pretty depressing atmosphere too). The main difference is how cute sees this mundanity, as something…

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

    Dare I say almost perfect sci-fi first half. Second half not so much… but still so so so fantastic need more movies like this in theaters!

  • Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

    ★★★★★

    I pledge allegiance! To adam driver! And the wanking world of Coppola!