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The Red Shoes 1948
“Why do you want to dance?”
“Why do you want to live?”
“Well I don’t know exactly why, I must”
“That’s my answer too”
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Uncut Gems 2019
this really feels like the culmination of what the safdie brothers started with good time. the stressful claustrophobic atmosphere they seemed to have already mastered works even better here.
everything from the framing, setting and camera work flow to create a seemingly effortless nightmare. you are never given a breath throughout the runtime. the camera is so close to the characters you often don’t even see their whole face. most of the movement and dialogue is shot handheld adding even…
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