Bryan Bortz

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Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • PlayTime
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Mad Max: Fury Road

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  • Grabbers

    ★★½

  • Contact

    ★★★★

  • The Gorge

    ★★★

  • Idiocracy

    ★★

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  • The Gorge

    The Gorge

    ★★★

    His and Hers towers.

  • Idiocracy

    Idiocracy

    ★★

    A sloppy silly movie that coulda been a classic with more care taken.

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  • Turning Red

    Turning Red

    ★★★★

    Letterboxd has the perfect still in the header.

  • Fitzcarraldo

    Fitzcarraldo

    ★★½

    I'm not sure the feats displayed in the last third really carry the movie anymore.

    For most of the movie, it felt like a mockumentary. This is due to the shooting style, the inconsistent film quality, the locations, the dubbing of all dialog, and the weird characters.

    I found the dubbed dialog throughout the whole movie especially distracting, taking me out of the movie constantly. I realize that getting good audio on location in the places that they shot at…