“Only pain and suffering will make you realize who you are”
Trauma is a powerful agent that affects us all, light and dark. it lives within us, writhes like a worm in our skin. by the end of the film i had a line by E L U C I D of Armand Hammer stuck in my brain,
“Vicious cycle, Hurt people, hurt people”
Through death and abuse we change. no longer do we have what we once knew before, it’s obscured.…
“One fucking hit. To get us over this long, hard day.”
disgusting, vile, revolting, putrid.
gorgeous, dazzling, evanescent, euphoric.
these are just a few words one might use to describe a crippling drug addiction, and perhaps the once in a life time, sensationally overwhelming, erratically stimulating magnum opus put to screen by Danny Boyle, Trainspotting.
i don’t believe there’s a film that captures the scenes, the angles, the complete highs and lows and humanities of a junkie quite like Trainspotting.…
A job will have you 21 years old with a 56 year old best friend like dang where tf Mr. Otis at today 😂
(starting my 21st birthday with my fav film of the decade, only better with time.)
i think i have to sit with this one more to be able to articulate my thoughts more for sure, but i didn’t expect to be gutted in this way, almost more so than Drive My Car. while Hamaguchi’s marriage of color, gorgeous scoring and dialogue remain all the same, it feels wholly contrasted from his other works in its parabolic finale. a stunning character driven drama regarding the complacency of those aimlessly moving through capitalistic means juxtaposed by a…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
taking the time to write more thoughts because the attention this film is getting is starting to piss me off. i know ill be written off as another “annoying male” about the whole subject while people continue to crack the most ludicrous and vile jokes about this film. we get one of the most haunting and empathetic depictions of victims ties to their abusers, the power struggle between the two and the like, actual on screen depictions of assault. like…
utterly mesmerizing and entrancing while equally repulsive and disturbing. yet at its core, a very empathetic story about the evils that men do and the struggles and horrors people experience in attempts to undo them.
i’ve never seen the original adaptation, but this feels like a collection of so many directors and films i love with a story and acting so strong i just could not look away. despite the horrible theater experience i had (corpus christi drafthouse i loathe…
