I'd wager he has some kind of walking clock in that box
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Solaris 1972
artless drivel! stolid russian silences between stilted dialogue are not enough to discover a rich new phenomenology at the edge of reason.
we journey to the limit of human understanding, drifting in in low orbit above a foreign star, prey to incomprehensible quantum phenomena and what do we find? a conversation with our ex. amazing.
as someone sympathetic to the idea that we should shoot psychologists into deep space, this was very disappointing.
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Mulholland Drive 2001
we must never forget that every morning when we open our eyes, we are thrown clear of a near-fatal car wreck, stripped of our memories and hopes and all life’s detritus, to stagger out nameless in search of god knows what
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Barry Lyndon 1975
this film is a mystery !!! funny and fast pace and charming and yet so cold! so relentlessly detached, almost to the point of having no drama at all!
it resists the personalisation of the past that most costume dramas fall into, but is this a good thing? does it recreate some of the mannered, detailed art of the 18th century on which it's inspired, in which events happen trivially in the corner? or is it just captivating for its distance, like dating a really good looking person who hates eye contact? i don't expect i'll ever know !!
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Sweet Smell of Success 1957
the story of the frenetic, cortisol-addled life of a shameless new york press agent and his attempts to get ahead in a sordid town comprised entirely of smoke-filled back rooms
the tragi-comedies about the way the capitalist market consumes the souls of all who serve it is usually interpretted as being about how the cold logic of money undermines every conceivable virture, from bravery to innoncence. sweet smell of success has obviously had a huge influence on these films, but…
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