through artifice, we present reality - that seems to be among the core thoughts surrounding reality bites, a film tangentially focusing on the creation of a documentary film about a group of early 20-somethings in the wake of growing up. i was shocked by how quickly i was taken in by the camcorder segments, but i suppose that's that home-movie magic that so many contemporary directors try to emulate so often. there's a part of me that finds it difficult…
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Where Is the Friend's House? 1987
"children should be seen, not heard" was a common adage in my household growing up. thankfully, it was not one that existed to justify my silence. i can appreciate the privilege of growing up how i did, to the parents i had. however imperfect they may have been, they never once aimed that oppressive rhetoric toward me, instead cementing it as the antithesis to parenting, to kindness, to empathy. it is an inherently oppressive, fascistic rhetoric on display - the…
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Three Transitions 1973
out of all the moments in the world, I would definitely categorize this one as "bruh"
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Almost Famous 2000
this seriously seriously rubbed me the wrong way. morally ambiguous in the absolute wrong way... christ, they bring up all that talk about the music industry being predatory and for what? what fucking conclusion has even been come to? that the pedos (rockstars) arent that bad maybe? Hrmmm lets see let us make a movie about the predatory nature of rockstars in a classic coming of age tale but lets not show the actual pedophiles to be bad people... instead,…
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