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1999
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Malkovich. Malkovich... Malkovich? MALKOVICH!!!
A masterclass in originality as dark humour meets existentialism in this surreal exploration of desire, consciousness and identity. Charlie Kaufman's screenplay is from another world - so crazy and clever and full of absurdist imagination. The ideas he develops and the places he takes them are truly one of a kind. But it wouldn't have translated to the screen even half as well without Spike Jonze's incredible debut direction. The way he grounds the concepts and…
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1999
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Malkovich. Malkovich... Malkovich? MALKOVICH!!!
A masterclass in originality as dark humour meets existentialism in this surreal exploration of desire, consciousness and identity. Charlie Kaufman's screenplay is from another world - so crazy and clever and full of absurdist imagination. The ideas he develops and the places he takes them are truly one of a kind. But it wouldn't have translated to the screen even half as well without Spike Jonze's incredible debut direction. The way he grounds the concepts and…
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1971
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A New Hollywood film with old Hollywood sensibilities; made in the 70s, set in the 50s, and still relevant today. Such a bleak and beautiful film, and what an incredibly resonant depiction of a small town in decay – with people drifting apart and shops boarded up. Really captures that vibe of a time-locked community where everything and everyone, present and past just sort of overlaps – jobs, parties, hangouts, relationships. Things change, and times end, but less with a…
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1973
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“Melt the cheese on this for the chief, would ya?”
Two sailors escort a young seaman to a naval prison and on their journey together, enjoy a few brief but blissful moments of dudes being dudes. Ignited by camaraderie, indebted to vices, and trapped by authority, as apathetic and aimless as this road movie seems, it manages to draw out so much humanity from its melancholic male odyssey of fleeting friendship and freedom.
This is my first Hal Ashby movie…
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1971
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A New Hollywood film with old Hollywood sensibilities; made in the 70s, set in the 50s, and still relevant today. Such a bleak and beautiful film, and what an incredibly resonant depiction of a small town in decay – with people drifting apart and shops boarded up. Really captures that vibe of a time-locked community where everything and everyone, present and past just sort of overlaps – jobs, parties, hangouts, relationships. Things change, and times end, but less with a…
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1973
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“Melt the cheese on this for the chief, would ya?”
Two sailors escort a young seaman to a naval prison and on their journey together, enjoy a few brief but blissful moments of dudes being dudes. Ignited by camaraderie, indebted to vices, and trapped by authority, as apathetic and aimless as this road movie seems, it manages to draw out so much humanity from its melancholic male odyssey of fleeting friendship and freedom.
This is my first Hal Ashby movie…
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1967
Reading Easy Riders, Raging Bulls while away and have been eager to get back and watch some of the films mentioned in the book, starting with the landmark Bonnie and Clyde. As promised, this is full of shootouts, robberies and a final showdown that is still heartbreaking some 60-odd years later. But also, amidst the cruelty and chaos, this film has a surprising amount of warmth and humour that helps paint its iconic criminals with a kind of sorrowful comion.…
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2011
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Yeah, this is great! Totally in that Melville/Mann lineage where it distils noir down to its most base level and then illuminates it with neon-lit lucidity. And how great too that in true Michael Mann fashion this makes perfect use of a beach scene! The plot here is simple but the execution is fantastic - stylish, gripping, bleak and beautiful.
Every fella's a psycho in the driver's world, including the driver, which then makes the build-up to the violence all…
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1967
Reading Easy Riders, Raging Bulls while away and have been eager to get back and watch some of the films mentioned in the book, starting with the landmark Bonnie and Clyde. As promised, this is full of shootouts, robberies and a final showdown that is still heartbreaking some 60-odd years later. But also, amidst the cruelty and chaos, this film has a surprising amount of warmth and humour that helps paint its iconic criminals with a kind of sorrowful comion.…
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2011
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Yeah, this is great! Totally in that Melville/Mann lineage where it distils noir down to its most base level and then illuminates it with neon-lit lucidity. And how great too that in true Michael Mann fashion this makes perfect use of a beach scene! The plot here is simple but the execution is fantastic - stylish, gripping, bleak and beautiful.
Every fella's a psycho in the driver's world, including the driver, which then makes the build-up to the violence all…
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