Amadeus has the same kind of mean-spiritedness I find so distasteful in Boogie Nights. Any interesting ideas it may have about talent, jealousy, god, censorship are only barely explored and/or turned into jokes. The opera scenes can only do so much!
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Down by Law 1986
An old favorite for my hundredth movie of the year.
Both Jack and Zack imagine a life for themselves that seems just out of reach, their own apathy in their way. As the women in their lives narrate their failures back to them, they don’t argue or even show a hint of emotion on their faces. Each man has a persona he puts on, a version of himself who’s successful in his career: Jack, a pimp with the connections and…
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