expressionistic, earnest, unwavering . does the most important thing film can do, which is exalt the path of the star, the path taken by the best of humanity, that is, the revolutionary insurgent.
to die for the people is weightier than mount tai.
god please let the red star rise. over a world where the suffering of the people in this film is as alien in that future as it is archetypal today. yet in the masses, the beauty of…
kind of have to respect IF if you imagine that he took filthy american blockbuster money and made a parody of american blockbuster slop with no nutritional value bc this dude rightfully hates america and rightfully recognizes us for the idiots we are (especially after those oscar people ate up parasite, objectively his most overrated film, he knew we were ripe for the taking LOL but i digress)….. unfortunately if you don’t engage in this thought experiment of mine and…
an unbelievably cruel film. dressed in this unctuous, pretentious faux-humanist veneer which is what disgusts me over everything else (which is the a24 mark i guess). the evil voyeuristic camera gaze, overwrought performances (sadie sink’s acting is straight out of prestige teen drama and unbearably bad), and hollow script (it sounds like a high school play). stale commentary on religion, people treat each other like shit, and the director clearly revels in pain and suffering, plus the final scene is…
hank? shot
weed? annihilated
giacomo puccini? renounced
probably one of the most understated, empathetic, charming, magical, compassionate films ever , if studio ghibli animated this it would go triple platinum on xmas, valentines, new years you name it (like tokyo godfathers) but yall playing. charles burnett you will always be famous
