zacbecker

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Favorite films

  • Phantom Thread
  • Being There
  • The Cable Guy
  • The Pope of Greenwich Village

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  • Days of Heaven

    ★★★½

  • Spider-Man 2

    ★★★★★

  • The Apartment

    ★★★★★

  • Being There

    ★★★★★

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  • Days of Heaven

    Days of Heaven

    ★★★½

    Some of the most beautiful cinematography…

    I don’t say this often but felt like a film that would have greatly benefited from 180+ minute run time.

    Like a couple 10 minute lock off oners during dusk. The pace was just like…insanely fast? lol

    edit: read more about the post production woes which explains the multiple odd fade outs and disjointed flow

  • Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

    ★★★★★

    I think it’s severely underrated for Sam to include the scene where Peter sits down to dinner with Doc and his wife. Showcasing their love and raising the stakes for when Doc ultimately kills her at the presentation the next day and seamlessly segues into the scene of Peter studying poetry.

    This film is built on so many great decisions that lend such great cadence and flow. 

    Also that one shot where he swings through the semi truck. Or when you get the zoom out of Docs lens. Honestly all swinging.

    Dude this movie fucking rips!

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★½

    Prolly feel good af for the robot to slide intelligence to 100%

  • Barton Fink

    Barton Fink

    ★★★★

    What a whirlwind of a night. Watched the Severance finale and then ran down to LF3 to catch this. 

    1st time watch and the whole time it’s like, how in the hell did I go this long without watching. 

    Hard to process that one in general but especially after Severance lol 

    Print was a lil nasty with it but it helped the story. I don’t know what I was expecting but surely not that. Performances were phenomenal. Deakins shot the…