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The Delinquents 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The anagrams and dual roles make me think of Bioy Casares and Borges' "Six Problems for Don Isidro". The overlapping love interest remind me of "The Adventures of a Photographer in La Plata". Between these clever literary turns is a color, intimacy, and melancholia that I've never seen in those authors and remind us of the potency of film.
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The Night Watchman 2011
I want to know about the dogs. There are several long tracking shots of them which linger longer than other pans around the cemetery. There’s the closeup of a nursing pup and mother. There’s a dog that arrives in a haggard state, with open wounds, being smelled by one of the strays from the cemetery we come to recognize and, maybe, adore. In a Q&A at HFA, Almada says banda music, featured prominently in the film, is ubiquitous in Mexico. Are these stray dogs just another example of that? Who are they, for the director, in this cast of characters?
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Five Easy Pieces 1970
Jack Nicholson is a cruel, failed West Coast patrician who can’t commit but plays a nice Chopin Prelude in E minor. Tammy Wynette features heavily in the soundtrack. A nice follow up to Easy Rider, this film shows the rise of individualism and the melting away of tradition that came in the years surrounding its release.
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Return to Seoul 2022
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
A proper meditation on linguistic and cultural translation. Several moments are unforgettable for their visuals or their dialogue. The protagonist’s aura is intoxicating, and to see her journey is painful and a pleasure. Expertly-acted with a bangin’ and partially-original score; see “Anybody” by Jéremie Archache & Christophe Musset and “Petal” by JungHwa Lee. As for the sight-reading metaphor: kin and culture are the sheet music, but the space for interpretation is immense.
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