“such a sadness that you think you’ve seen a film on your fffucking telephone. get real.” - david lynch
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Phantom Thread 2017
watched with a fresh set of eyes - the film’s dialogue is so precise and layered that every line feels deliberate, like a thread in an intricate design
“for i know he would be waiting for me in the afterlife. in this life, and the next, and the next after that”
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Mr. Sunshine 2018
contrary to what i said in my previous review, i actually think the pacing wasn’t that bad. maybe it was hard for me at first to understand why all those scenes were needed and they felt super long but on rewatch they were wrapped up nicely in the end. every frame feels meticulously composed, carrying the weight of a country on the precipice of ruin. it operates on a scale rarely seen with its refusal to romanticize war or revolution…
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The Image Book 2018
“the image is the truth. now the truth is a lie.”
encapsulates the film’s philosophical reflection on the nature of images and their role in shaping perception and reality — violent and fractured acts of cinema autopsy, where images no longer serve as a narrative, beauty, or even meaning, but instead exist as ghosts of a medium in decay. cuts, distorts, and reclaims fragments of cinema history — classic hollywood, propaganda, newsreels — dismembering them with the brutality of time itself
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A Bittersweet Life 2005
“life is full of suffering”
i really loved how you could leave the ending up for interpretation. there’s a bittersweet irony at the end trying to fulfill the dreaming experience he knew he couldn’t have. sun - woo’s sweet moments and dreams were overshadowed by the bitterness with his life being defined by loyalty, violence, and betrayal — his quiet reflection at the end underscores the emptiness of it all. the life he lived was devoid of true meaning and…Translated from by -
Memoir of a Snail 2024
“no, i won’t tell you the horrors i remember, but do want to tell you what it’s like to feel imprisoned, caged. it was simply dreadful. but in the years since, i’ve learnt that the worst cages are the ones we create for ourselves. you have created a cage for yourself. your cage has never been locked… but your fears have kept you trapped”
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