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  Faust 1994

  Watched 03 Feb 2025

  There are times when we cannot help but play the roles set out for us. When we feel no choice but to chase our own destruction, singing and dancing all the way down. We fall into the archetypes of those before us and reinforce them for those yet to come. The snake devours it's own tail.

  Šwankmajer's usual strengths come through in his adaptation of Faust: the uncomfortable stop motion, the desolate set design, the depiction of food as both disgusting and strangely sexual. This one is for the real puppetheads out there. Perhaps it's for those a little too into puppets.

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  Cure 1997

  Rewatched 15 Jan 2025

  I didnt really get Cure the first time I saw it, but today I was overcome by an urge to rewatch it. This is a great headspace to watch Cure, and I loved every frame of it. The set design is what really stood out to me, everything just feels so empty and theres so much exposed metal and concrete. The film is delightfully fatalistic, proposing that the only thing keeping society from dissolving into violent madness is that people…

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  Sorcerer 1977

  Watched 05 Oct 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky 1991

  ★★★ Watched 26 Aug 2024

  Punching people is so cool. A film which boldly proclaims that if you cant treat every problem as a nail, your hammer isn't big enough. There was an incredible moment during the climax in where Riki punching the warden isn't working. He hears the advice of his ghost uncle saying that if he isn't stronger than his opponent he must outwit them. He then proceeds to punch the warden again but this time it works. True to itself and shockingly violent.

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