It’s the festivity that is damned above anything else. It is the most uncaring, the most indifferent agent in the film. Better to follow the decorum than face the truth.
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992
(First 2 seasons + movie) Been thinking that the closest thematic analogue to David Lynch may well be Cervantes, minus the discomfort and darkness that has defined Lynch’s work for so many. The “campiness” of Lynch’s worlds are themselves an act of Quixote-esque imagination for its characters, choosing to believe in the goodness of the world at the expense of those grappling with its dangers. But like Cervantes, Lynch refuses to either condemn or endorse the characters’ fantasies. They exist…
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Howl's Moving Castle 2004
Spirited Away into Howl’s Moving Castle into Ponyo is a generational run. Will not be matched again.
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