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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 2010
It always strikes me how some Southeast Asian filmmakers tend to lean on very specific ideas to integrate thoughts on historical witnessing or memory. It's always this idea of the landscape as a witness, exploring instances of conflict or trauma on the earth via photography and anecdotal reflections. In an essay, I considered the idea that there was limitation within dominant colonial strategies, or relying on academic strains of historicising places and events. It's the same affect here too in…
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A Short Story 2022
Really excited to look into Bi Gan's other films now. So beautiful, sharp and quiet. Almost too pretty to look at.
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Theodora Goes Wild 1936
Get the fuck outta here, I watch all this and there’s no kiss at the end of the movie??????? BOOOOOOO! I don’t care if they kiss in the middle, I don’t CARE. I want it at the end! In front of everyone and God!
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Longlegs 2024
Great sound design work and really decent cinematography but I suppose I’m responding to some of the influences in Longlegs as opposed to film as it exists? The theater I was in had excellent sound so it was interesting to note how all the dialogue seemed disembodied, appearing from different rooms but so loud and vividly present; I was going to point out how much I liked the performances but it rather is how much I was engaged with the…
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