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Holy Motors 2012
Did I sit and try to come up with lofty interpretations? Yes.
Should I have? Probably not.Some parts are undeniably bizarre, but it feels original. And maybe that’s enough—just letting it exist as something strange and singular. No talking limos though, that kinda ruined it.
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Cold Water 1994
Loved this film maybe a little too much.
That party sequence with its brilliant soundtrack—possibly one of the greatest depictions of teenage life and emotion—makes me feel nostalgic, even though the parties I went to looked nothing like it. But maybe that’s the point. The scene doesn’t just recreate a specific experience; it taps into a collective feeling of being young, where everything feels endless in a moment.The experimental camerawork in the opening scenes pulled me into the characters’ movements and emotions, but it was also a bit disorienting, made my head hurt a bit.
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Trijya - Radius 2019
Loved the contrast between movement and stillness woven throughout the film. It felt deeply personal, as though the filmmaker was using the medium to grapple with and make sense of life, to express the ineffable, and to reflect, meditate, and question existence. Despite the potential for such themes to descend into nihilism, the film carefully avoids this pitfall. The protagonist keeps moving—sometimes against the stillness of his life, other times against the whirlwind speed of the world. The cinematography, with its evocative imagery, reminded me of Thien An Pham's 'Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell'.
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A Real Pain 2024
If I met someone like Benji, I’m not sure if I’d be charmed or just annoyed—probably the latter. The film tries to explore pain and connection but does not quite succeed at either. Jesse Eisenberg, though, is a delight.
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