scorpio_cinema

scorpio_cinema

film photographer and film lover

Favorite films

  • Oldboy
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Amélie
  • Paprika

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  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • Rejuvenating Apples
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • My Parent, Neal

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  • Decision to Leave

    Decision to Leave

    ★★★½

    With Park Chan-wook being one of my most beloved directors- I found this romantic noir piece to be a more abstract, artistic installment to his filmography. This film is more like poetry to me than a linear cinematic narrative. It really showcases his skill as visual storyteller with stylized sequences that convey the psychological relationship between characters in extremely creative ways that feel fresh and unexpected. These sequences are integrated so seamlessly that their ingenuity feels natural and charming instead…

  • The Northman

    The Northman

    ★★★½

    This is a revenge story rooted in myth and prophetic visions, a folkloric odyssey witnessed through sweeping long takes and heavily-informed production design. Egger's ambitious adaption of the Scandinavian legend follows viking-prince Amleth, sworn to avenge the death of his slain father.

    A man hurtling himself toward a self-prescribed destiny filled with inexorable bloodlust and driven by a sense of- what another reviewer had fittingly described as “macho fatalism”- with the exception of a few brief yieldings to more sensitive…

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