parsa

parsa

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • The Matrix
  • The Chorus

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  • The Last Sky

    ★★★½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★½

  • Inside Job

    ★★★★★

  • Casablanca

    ★★★★½

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  • The Last Sky

    The Last Sky

    ★★★½

    pretty quick, good intro to the palestinian perspective on the resistance

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★½

    first 3 acts are just boring old silent cinema, then it gets unexpectedly good

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  • Argo

    Argo

    ½

    i mean this should be seen as a government propaganda piece. it has no redeeming artistic value because it’s not supposed to - it’s meaningless to speak of artistic value in this context. it should be judged on the same plane as 1940s war propaganda films by the nazis the americans the british and the soviets. on that front it is very significant. it’s an important historical artifact because it tells the story of the embassy seizure in the distorted…

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★½

    this is such a gentle fun movie that can be watched time n time again even as a comfort movie, but at the same time has such a deep premise that can be anywhere from moving to overwhelming to disturbing. it plays ingeniously with time and memory ofc, but where it gets even more original is with the value of love. it becomes hard to know what ur rooting for or how u’d like it to go. it makes u think about what’s a love worth pursuing and what’s a love that was worth having but now has to be let go.

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