David Lynch has spent his whole career trying to convince people that his work isn’t built on moral or political grounds, but is almost entirely a manifestation of his id. This is largely ignored by critics and fans, who, after seeing movies that operate with such a perfectly encrypted view of our world, assume that there must be a key to unlock them. It’s fun to search (in vain) for the passage in Laura’s Diary that bridges…
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957
Seeing Burt Lancaster in his prime being outclassed by Kirk Douglas scene after scene is surreal. What it must have felt like seeing Mike Tyson get knocked down for the first time in the Tokyo Dome.
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King Lear 1970
Touch me with noble anger…
I still have to get through a few of the Bard’s minor plays (I have an untouched copy of Timon of Athens that’s been glaring at me from the shelf for years), but as of now King Lear is my favorite Shakespeare and I don’t see it getting dethroned anytime soon. I think that affection has blinded me to a lot of issues with Kozintsev’s adaptation. There’s the awkward score, some unnecessary over-abbreviations of key…
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Knives Out 2019
Breathtaking feature. Johnson at his whodunnit-loving best.
Some highlights:-Lakeith Stanfield calls Daniel Craig “hoss” no fewer than 40 times.
-Jamie Lee Curtis won’t stop looking into the camera and mouthing “I was in Halloween.”
-Not a single knife.
-Michael Shannon punching Chris Evans in the mouth.
-Michael Shannon punching Dode in the mouth.
-Michael Shannon punching me in the mouth (3D screening).
-It’s actually a prequel to Brick? This didn’t really land tbh.
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The Magician 1898
Georges Melies filmography breakdown:
10% brilliant, ground-breaking phantasmagoria
20% Faust / Mephistopheles
70% horny magicians
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