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The Cat's Mill 1993
Here is the folk tale this movie is based on
Here is a poem that sticks with me in connection to this story
“Kindness” – Naomi Shihab Nye, 1952
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
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Vertigo 1958
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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-it sure is good that twist happened because I really wanted to gauge my eyes out from how uninteresting this was up until then. maybe uninteresting is wrong word. sour milk is right word. *
-you’re given a good ethical dilemma to mull over, but pretty quickly it boils down to a sad “two wrongs don’t make a right”
-[unfortunately relatable] scenes about obsession are depicted in a way that only a movie can
-points for the dream sequence
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
came into this with high expectations and was surprised to feel let down. it’s not only well done, it radiates with love for the film and care for the story by the people involved in its production, down to fine detail. constantly clever and carefully made overall, but it never hit me as hard as it did for everyone else like I hoped … it was 139 minutes of entertainment that, admittedly, made me feel like I was lost on a long…
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