A story of promoting a pet to a darling and downgrading a darling to a pet, with all the characters speaking in beautiful cursive—what’s not to love?
A few rewatch observations:
– aged so well (foldables, wearables, LLMs, and VR have almost caught up with their ‘futuristic’ depiction)
– production design is iconic (loved the tactile gadgets, spatial GUIs, and vintage color grading)
– surprisingly funny with an audience! (missed a lot of the irony about dating and sex the…
A possibly unmatched career run and a regular concert film (with fun chats with Hans’ collaborators and blunt promo of Dubai). Felt great to revisit the pieces with cinema sound, bringing back memories of where and when I first watched these iconic films.
But what a night! Hans Zimmer brought a bunch of friends—musicians and filmmakers—to BFI IMAX as regular audience members, and Denis Villeneuve wished me a happy birthday on the stairs…
Life has peaked so early 💔😭😭😭
Sets off as the great American Dream novel and zooms into sins, hardships, and compromises along the journey. Treats the audience as smart adults, even if some subplots felt too brief and under-explored.
The format—a 3.5-hour 70mm film screening with an interval—is both a fitting megalomaniac gimmick and a celebration of the medium in an era of serious stories reserved to smaller screens.
