Wes Anderson’s features have become tired and over-saturated, but I love that later in his career he’s devoted himself to shorts—he hones his delightful love of the stage in this beautifully orchestrated story that never feels over the top
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The Hudsucker Proxy 1994
Has the feeling of an ‘80s Tim Burton film, a noir/golden era/deco industrialism aesthetic Citizen Kane comedy?
The only non-white character is The terrible trope of a magical Black man which is such an eye roll
Tim Robbins, Paul Newman and Jennifer Jason Leigh are perfect
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Neptune Frost 2021
Beautiful, not terribly clear in terms of narrative, but dreamlike in its lack of linearity, lots to be left to the imagination (in a good way).
Interesting minimalist nods to representation in the art direction. I appreciate the stand-ins of organic objects for weapons and tools of violence. Future and past beautifully entwined.
In terms of being “a musical”, I appreciate that it is more of a soundscape, a current that is peppered with language, that contributes to the pulse…Translated from by -
Jack Goes Boating 2010
I cried when Philip Seymour Hoffman died, which surprised me. The crying did. It felt like the world hadn’t given him his due until his last few years, and he never had the chance to show us fully what genius he had in store.
I am surprised that this is the movie he made, or maybe It gives us a glimpse into who he was. Jack Goes Boating is incredibly tender—but not saccharine. It demonstrates human fallibility—or really just the…
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