I watched this thinking it was everything, all-encompassing, yet Mekas and his subject matter kept conveying this entire project was about nothing. From the thirty years of home movies and everyday photography, this is all locality and fleeting, transcendence in the recognizable. The filmmer (as he would not call himself a 'filmmaker') perfectly portrays what the title promises : As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty. The contents may be microscopic, but the final product…
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The Act of Killing 2012
English & French included. / Anglais et Français inclus.
Initially interested in field workers who wanted to unionize in dictatorial Indonesia, documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer found something seething inside the people he met. Trauma, fear, hatred for the greedy powers that be, which seized power in 1965-1966 with mass killings of everyone 'agreed upon' to be of Chinese descent, communist, revolutionary, or fun to eviscerate. Militia, gangsters, and policemen took people in their homes, took what/who they wanted, killed fathers, husbands, and…
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Suicide Club 2001
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Lots of suicides here.
A truely puzzling film that sticks with you. There seems to be a strange mixture of dark humor and profound tragedy in the entire thing, spur-of-the-moment self-harm gelled with nation-wide depression and confusion. Many interpretations of the piece point out the suicide rate in Japan (at the time of release and since), but Suicide Club itself never explains these events. You're sort of left to yourself, unwinding the fleshy spiral of fleshy remains. Seeing the bodies…
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Smashing 2004
You know, sometimes... you just wanna see someone smashing stuff and sign paperwork for it.
It's just one of those days
When you don't wanna wake up
Everything is fucked
Everybody sucks
You don't really know why
But you wanna justify
Rippin' someone's head off
No human contact
And if you interact
Your life is on contract
Your best bet is to stay away, motherfucker
It's just one of those days
- Limp Bizkit
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Paris Is Burning 1990
Such an incredible little world people have for each other, challenging and celebrating themselves in great garments. I had only been exposed to Drag through reality TV my partner enjoys, so delving into the relationships and experiences of everyday people was eye-opening. Elevated to gods for a night, these performers take hold of power only they can give, reminders that they are wonderful too. Abolish the mainstream and heteronormative, this is hot!
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The Substance 2024
This movie fucks.
The Substance made waves at its premiere and I get that it isn't for everybody. When we exited the theater, Nathan commented that the tone fell completely flat for him (funny in the wrong parts, oppressive in the worst bits). The film is not subtle about its themes and doesn’t conclude narrative threads properly, but I am not bothered by these facts. Rather, I am extremely happy to have been so incredibly entertained by this powerhouse of…
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