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The Demon 1963
Incredible film, if you like anything that Robert Eggers puts out, you’ll love this. An Italian gothic horror that follows the possessed Purificata. Directed by Brunello Rondi, the same man who happens to have writing credits on 4 Fellini films I have rated 5/5. And you can tell, the script in this is just so good.
The camerawork wasn’t the best and was holding this back. Otherwise I really like this. So much symbolism, spirituality, and feminism in this film.…
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Far from Vietnam 1967
This has a very strong opening, and is really beautifully shot. It loses focus, with too many Europeans taking the focus and talking about how America is oppressing Vietnam. It definitely gives the same vibe as all the famous people singing imagine during COVID. At one point one of the narrators even says “if I was Vietnamese I would be fighting next to you”. If you believe in their cause then why aren’t you fighting?
Jean luc-Godard also takes over…
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In Name Only 1939
Cary Grant is such a good actor I almost didn’t realize this was a bad movie. It starts off with a bang, with Cary Grant riding on a horse watching Julie failing to fish. It’s a great opening, showing the independence of Julie, and the courtship of Alec.
It just goes downhill from here though. Alec is married in loveless marriage, and the film does everything to make you not like his wife Maida. They dress her up terrible, and…
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The Favourite 2018
This very much in the mold of Yorgos’ next work, Poor Things. This period of his work is probably my least favorite, but even the films of his I don’t like as much are better than most films that come out today.
It has the same feel of Poor Things, and feels very mainstream for Yorgos, which is probably why this and Poor Things are his highest rated films.
A period piece power play between 3 women is not really…
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