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Cabaret 1993
Oh my god. How can I ever watch any other production of this, much less any other musical? I love the recognition of the queer "soul of Berlin" or, really, "soul of cabaret" (as a genre of performance). I bought a copy of Christopher Isherwood's The Berlin Stories and will begin reading them today. I need to learn much much more about Marlene Dietrich. I can't believe the bisexuals exist.
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The Imaginary 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Technical opinions: I don't like how Studio Ponoc films always heavily mimic the Ghibli style. I thought that the departures from the Ghibli animation style were some of its strong suits - the intensely technical realism of movement of human characters, the work with having both soft and hard edges to shadows on everything, the tasteful use of a blend of 2d and 3d for rendering complex settings and movements through them. I really enjoyed this last part and thought…
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Wonka 2023
Willy Wanker's chocolate appears out of thin air but props to the film makers for emphasizing the imperial origins of chocolate using anything but chocolate as a stand-in. Chalamet's acting in this felt shaky at times. I could've sworn that I blinked and he turned into Franz Kafka a couple of times.
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