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The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived 1974
There is nothing in the world more moving and beautiful than people struggling for a new society with nothing but their own hands, against all the money and power in the world. Billions fought this way once, and hopefully, billions will again. Nothing else really matters.
I liked the little Godardian/Brechtian title cards. I read on Wikipedia that the Front studied Brecht, kinda cool!
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The Brutalist 2024
Had to think on this one for a bit, I will probably write a longer review of this at some point but I think I have come to a “I don’t think its good, its ambiguity on zionism serves no purpose other than thematic set dressing, which is a fundamentally cowardly artistic decision.” Movies don’t have to be didactic; but if you’re going to make the question of Israel vis a vis the progressive European Jewish intellectual post-holocaust THE theme of your movie you have land somewhere on it. If you’re intellectually honest with that felt ambiguity you’ll land on the right side!
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Mirror 1975
Like watching a novel, manages to produce such insight into the inner lives of the characters, particularly Alexei and his mother, with images alone. Love how the camera moves in Tarkovsky movies, uneasy lingering and slow sweeps.
Freud still undefeated btw, Tarkovsky’s dad doing voiceover and casting his mother in a movie so strongly about his mommy issues is crazy.
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Andrei Rublev 1966
Hadn’t really thought about how difficult it was to cast a bell in 1425 before.
In the face of suffering, is art is the only thing that matters? The only route to god? Or just to self-fulfillment and escape?
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