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PlayTime 1967
What a DELIGHT
A lovely film that’s optimistic within the confines of a limiting modernity, placating the average pessimistic skeptic with absurdist comedy that allows it to be critical but not cynical :)
The build up and execution of the restaurant/nightclub scene and the conclusion is just perfect in so many ways. Though the beginning is a slow burn each and every small detail builds up to some comedic venture that evidently pays off - the absolute chaos it must’ve been to film this! Clearly a CLASSIC
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Monster 2004
I have a hard time rating any film on Letterboxd above four and a half stars. For me, providing a (perfect) five star rating for a series is a much less likely affair, as naturally, series cover a lot more ground on which to be scrutinised and critiqued.
But this adaptation of Urasawa’s Monster is perfect. I can’t say I watched a single mediocre/boring or filler episode. My overall view is that nearly every episode comes close to a perfect 10/10.…
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La Notte 1961
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I don't think I've ever felt the emotion of despair more than I have after watching Antonioni's La Notte. I adore films such as Fellini's La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2 for their comical and clever characterisation of the emptiness and hollowness of our existence within the backdrop of various social and class-differentiated settings. Indeed, La Notte continues the comical trope of rich people out-of-touch with the banality of their own existence. And yet, Antonioni elevates this to an entirely…
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