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Strike 1925
The poetics of revolutionary defeat. I remembered it as being triumphant and hopeful, but now on rewatch it struck me how much of the bravado is contained to the first half (so many caricatures of the capitalist class, so much comedic movement characteristic of the silent film), while the latter is pure dejection lifted only by the final reminder (massacres as "scars on the bodies of the proletariat") and the unsaid prophecy of the revolution to come (because it had…
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A Bay of Blood 1971
Ecology of crime, ecosystem of murder. The bay as a perfectly enclosed space where the barbaric logic of private property can be pushed to its logical extremes. Serial murder as a series of primitive accumulation in its naked violence. The nonsensical plot is precisely the point because the foundation of our very social reality erected on appropriation is ultimately senseless from the stance of human reason. This is how it unfolds.
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SSSS.DYNAZENON 2021
Scarred Souls Shine like Stars
At this point, the two Gridman series have become my most favorite Trigger projects by far.
We have such a perfect handling of mood and atmosphere here: just like in SSSS.Gridman, they greatly utilize drawn-out slices of silence to establish tension during the show's more peaceful, everyday chunks outside of the weekly battle. Conversations are filled with intentionally awkward moments. As such, the interaction between the cast, especially the dialogues, just feels so neatly written…
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Yurikuma Arashi 2015
Cosmic lesbianism, blooming lilies, queerness and bears...
Ikuhara continues to prove himself an anime god. His excessive, maximalist metaphorical approach always works magic in the best way possible. It's like a self-peeling onion. Superficial surface slowly revealing the rich substance underneath. Layers upon layers of narrative repetitions and subtle variations, all growing from the same central thesis. Visionary is the word.
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