Sam Allemang

Sam Allemang

Comedy screenwriter, minus the credits or success or anything at all to substantiate the claim.

Favorite films

  • My Favorite Year
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • The Tales of Hoffmann
  • There Will Be Blood

Recent activity

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  • Fight or Flight

  • A Complete Unknown

  • Compromising Positions

  • Evil Does Not Exist

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  • Fight or Flight

    Fight or Flight

    The first 15 minutes were completely awful. I'm going to blow up my friend Zach's Plex server now.

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    Not really an interesting story here, but god damn, he wrote and sang the best pop songs of all time save — what? — “In My Life” and “God Only Knows” (to crib from the IWOL podcast, who also have “Waterloo Sunset” up there, which I don’t get, but anyway the point is, Bob Dylan? Pretty good!)

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  • Evil Does Not Exist

    Evil Does Not Exist

    Stunning. The big consultation scene is brilliant. Second only to the overall emotional gut punch of the whole thing.

  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    I read Jerry Stahl’s Nein, Nein, Nein! around when it came out. Curious if that was an influence at all. Didn't love the book but remember it having some more interesting reflections on the whole 'holocaust tour' business.
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    Liked the first, let’s say, half more than the second. But still, something there: solid dialogue and performances and a handful of touching moments. Remarkably little ends up happening – don’t come to this looking for a masterclass in structure and…

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