Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Debbie Does Ascii 2007

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Jul 2020 1

  Recently, I found myself deep in the annex of pornographic ASCII art, riveted by my own attraction to the medium.

  I'm sure some wide reaching hypothesis on my dopamine receptors being structurally connected to screens and technology was sputtering out of me...I'm sure I made sure to have Daft Punk's Technologic playing while I finished.

  But I neglected to find out if ASCII Art had been attempted with moving image. Here we are, and boy is it perfect. As a childhood fan of the Debbie Does Dallas TV series, this short checks all the boxes.

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  Element 1973

  ★★ Watched 29 Jul 2020

  Silent, B&W footage of a woman rolling around in mud. She manages to keep her eye sockets clear which has to be work of the production crew, and it really takes me out of it.

Popular reviews

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  Good Morning, Mr. Orwell 1984

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Jan 2015 1

  I believe the effect of film changes over time. As a time-capsule of New Years Eve 1984, this video could be mistaken as an after-hours acid-throwback on Adult Swim or some alternative channel. Anyone watching the video today is probably trying to get that effect, or searching for the lost images they vaguely remember from that night. As someone who was never alive to see stuff like this actually on TV, I find the effect this piece has on me…

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  Love Exposure 2008

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Jul 2014 1

  I'm just going to highlight the things I enjoyed the most, and there wasn't anything I didn't enjoy, first time watching.

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  With most movies I watch, I find myself constantly looking places other than the screen, halfway through a scene because I can pick up the idea and want it to speed up. In the doubled length of Love Exposure, I can't think of a time when I wasn't looking deep into the film, pleading the scene to stay…