Fascinated with the idea of an updated vintage formula film releasing concurrent to Chicago in post-9/11 New York. I don’t have time for analysis.
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To Die For 1995
I initially struggled to understand Suzanne. Because, on the one hand, she seems to be savvy and in control of every situation that she’s in, but on the other hand, she’s painfully naïve. By the end of the film, I came to understand that she was someone who believed that her middle class whiteness, entitled her to Everything that she could possibly want. She felt that Italian Americans, and poor Americans, were people whom she could use to get to…
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Ingrid Goes West 2017
I’ll be thinking about this for a little while. Posting about it on social media seems like a trap I’m falling into. Like, I know that Letterboxd is functionally a journal for me. I don’t think that anyone has ever read or ‘liked’ a review I’ve written on here. But then, why not a more traditional journal? What is it about posting that makes me feel seen, relevant, even, when I know that no one sees what I write? Am…
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The Misfits 1961
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Lays bare the whole tangled wreck of the 20th century. Due to pain, or stubbornness, these three men resolve to live independent and free. At the film's climax, with Monroe screaming at their hypocrisy, Eli Wallach prattles in Gable's ear about how they won't need anyone. Their kind of freedom destroys beauty, joy, and compassion. Monroe's character is right! Gable's character says it best: "I just gotta find some other way to be alive." Maybe being a good family man…
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