Such a good movie, every character is fully human, the filmmaking is extremely immersive but not sentimental. It's interesting to see how characters in antagonistic positions are nevertheless united in their experiences as working class. A great central message about love. It's also really funny.
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The Happiness of the Katakuris 2001
That first the first song and dance scene that starts when they discover a dead body was peak cinema, matched only by the happy Irish folk song that starts playing when that little goblin pulls out a woman's uvula.
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 2009
It's not as awful as everyone says, but it's not even 1% as good as the book.
I don't think John Krasinski really 'got' the novel. I think this because the way he edited out parts of the book that were key to understanding it. Wallace tends to write in a way where every new part makes you reinterpret the parts that came before.
Here, we get a sense that this is a movie where a bunch of awful men…
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After Life 1998
Watching this movie feels like taking a slow walk in the most beautiful forest and thinking about your life in a deep and abstract way, but from a very human perspective. It does something calming and cleansing for your soul and reminds you of how precious life is.
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