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Germany, Year Zero 1948
The end point of fascism
Can definitely see this in conversation with Cabaret—whereas that film showed the consequences of the kind of willful liberal ignorance that helped the Nazis take power, this shows the consequences of Nazism for the society it promised would be the beneficiaries of its genocidal policies
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Apocalypse Now 1979
People who are smarter and more articulate than I am have already written about the issues with how this film portrays Vietnamese and indigenous people (issues carried over from Heart of Darkness, the book it’s based on)
The technical mastery and performances keep it from completely falling apart until they reach Kurtz, where it leans fully into orientalist imagery and stereotypes
I will say that I think the French Plantation dinner scene is pretty great, probably the best part of the film for the commentary it makes on colonial attitudes
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Punishment Park 1971
recently had a breakdown caused by the immense cognitive dissonance of the current moment so of course I rewatched this
-the liberal defense counsel who just sits there going “this is unconstitutional” while at a show trial in the middle of a death camp
-the guy telling people that resisting will “just bring them down harder on all of us” while they’re literally being hunted for sport
“America is as psychotic as it is powerful and violence is the only…
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Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964
Absolute blast to see in a theatre with friends
Love the unexplained tiny fairies and oddly graphic gore
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