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  Priscilla 2023

  Watched 15 Mar 2024

  The latest movie by American director Sofia Coppola sheds new light on the brightest star of the old American dream with a double-sided biographical plot and pastel camera shots. The script of the movie "Priscilla" is based on Priscilla Presley's autobiographical book "Elvis and Me". As the book, the film tells the story, describes the majesty and exposes the essence, demarcates the truth from the false splendour. The director, the daughter of the famous author of the film trilogy "The…

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  Copenhagen Does Not Exist 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Oct 2023

  A police fortress or a hippie commune? The non-existent Copenhagen.

   psychological elegy, a painful cinematographic story and a tense movie game on needles take place in the film “Copenhagen Does Not Exist” by the young Danish director Martin Skovbjerg. The film leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of every viewer and a strong blow to the heart. The intense and emotional dynamics of the film, which follows two specifically built characters, are achieved through the “dance” of the camera.…

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  Whiplash 2014

  Watched 14 May 2023 2

  The most significant victory of what cost, in the movie “Whiplash” directed by Damien Chazelle from the year 2014, presents an artistic world of rivalry, the theme of huge ambition, unreachable perfectionism and harsh reality through an amazing screenplay. This twisted drama with psychological elements dives deep into the atelophobia and social pressing in the artistic industry. The film follows first-year student Andrew Neiman (played by Miles Teller), a drummer who tries to make a name in the world. To…

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  Blue Velvet 1986

  Watched 19 Mar 2023 2

  ‘She wore blue velvet, bluer than velvet was the night, softer than satin was the light, from the stars.’ That is a strange world where director David Lynch puts viewers in the exciting story of Blue Velvet from the year 1986. This movie is a surrealistic escape from reality followed by various painful emotions and beautiful visuals.

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