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Hard Eight 1996
Uses FG elements in many shots. Med CU Floorman walks up, slot machine in FG etc. I like the every so often funny line of dialogue, a lot is played straight/serious then u get “don’t mess w me, I know 3 types of karate” but still played straight and acted well so it works. I like John’s c reilys naive aloofness, a time before he’s seen as funny actor. It’s interesting that this movie feels like part of cigarettes and…
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Cigarettes & Coffee 1993
Shitty quality almost lost me again, but was still interested. I liked the twist of the 20 finally getting back to him and it getting back to him had meaning (it meant that the hitman did his job). I like the intercuts between chars in middle of their stories, right as about to get good- cut to other char- sometimes finishing the prev sentence. Nice slow zoom in when the guy was thinking about what he’d done. I liked that it starts off with story already happened, and it’s retelling the story, so the chars have already been thru shit
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The Dirk Diggler Story 1988
Turned off by shitty quality but was actually good. Hard to hear at points, half the actors acting wasn’t great. But ridiculous script/plot played with a straight face all the way thru. I liked we get interviews from all characters except main char, keeps them mysterious
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