rudemechanica

rudemechanica

Favorite films

  • Léon: The Professional
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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  • On Falling

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★

  • Bird

    ★★★

  • The Room Next Door

    ★½

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  • On Falling

    On Falling

    ★★★★

    Save us all

  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★

    Beautiful, yes. First person narrative style shot very effectively. Do I like first person narratives? Not at all really. I'd like to read the book. I'd like to learn more. Important history.

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  • My Week with Marilyn

    My Week with Marilyn

    ★★★

    All props to Michelle Williams.

  • Isadora's Children

    Isadora's Children

    ★★★★

    It's really interesting to see the protagonist exploring the meaning behind movement as she dives into Isadora's work. You can see her mind orchestrating this in how she observes the people around her. Music and direction work magic with this. Very slight camera movement, in a similar pace as the dancers' movement, to capture finger tips that are dripping with expression. Then to an extended shot of an observers face following the dance, the micro movements of the face continuing…