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  9½ Weeks 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Jan 2025

  One of the great non-musicals. Horny, low IQ Hitchcock. Located in the Bermuda Triangle between Eric Rohmer, the MTV era, and, suddenly, Lost Highway. The last glance of handsome Mickey Rouke before crossing the threshold into pickled Mickey Rouke (Barfly).
  I must study this (near) masterpiece.

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  Falcon Lake 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Dec 2024

  I Saw the TV Glow for the straights.

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  2:37 2006

  ★★ Added

  This second-rate 'Elephant' was filmed at my high school. Would've preferred if it was directed by Gus Vant Sant. 'My Own Private Adelaide'.

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  I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020

  ★ Watched 10 Sep 2020 2

  Don't be fooled - this movie actually sucks.
  Just because a movie requires your interpretation, or god-forbid has a sense of ambiguity, doesn't inherently make it worthwhile. Charlie Kaufman leads the pack in proving this point. It's becoming clearer and clearer that Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind - all fine films - are indebted to their directors and strong performances above their Kaufman-penned scripts. Anomalisa was the first major hint and at this stage I'm…

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