I can appreciate it on many levels from an artistic stand point but watching this was a struggle and when it ended I whispered « thank God » with the little energy I had left.
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Ad Astra 2019
I’m a little confused at the hype surrounding this? It didn’t really surprise me, though I thought its ideas & themes look great on paper. I think if it had gotten someone better on script it might have been crazy good, but as it stands i found it way too explicit (*1), and with poor narrative choices (ie: voiceover). Although i think that the main ideas (loss of a father figure, loneliness that casts life/humanity in a positive light...) could make…
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You Were Never Really Here 2017
Really powerfully put together. It makes you listen. Its pace is slow like that of someone creeping through a house. It isn’t a leisurely sort of slow like in Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name (2017), but a cautious and pained kind. The total dialogue running time must come to under 20 minutes, though it feels more like 5. It doesn’t use words to tell a story, or hardly. It is touching and effective. I think it’s a great film…
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