Cinéaste living in Minneapolis, film studies graduate from the University of Minnesota, and occasional podcaster.
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Man and the Moon 1955
All of these episodes from the ‘50s imagining the future! It’s essentially early sci-fi television dressed up as documentary.
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Man in Space 1955
The full episode as it airs on Disney+, with all the great limited animation that comes with their first television original series. Did they do it all in house or did they contract with UPA for some of these?
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984
Watched for the Weekly Animation Challenge 2019
Week 45 - Hayao Miyazaki
Absolutely stunning visuals, that were probably a little lost on my oh so tired brain. It was great seeing this for the first time in the theater, but those midnight screenings can be rough, especially for lyrical movies like Miyazaki's. I also had dreams of turning into a giant insect afterward, so it clearly got into my head. I am very interested in the original manga to see…
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Knives Out 2019
Watched for the Scavenger Hunt #56 - Watch a murder mystery
Rian Johnson has finally made a movie that I not only liked, but absolutely adored. Masquerading as a traditional whodunnit, this is really more the Scream of mystery films, a pastiche of tropes, but done in a way that really works. Every character is an absolute stereotype, practically Christie-like in their introductions and alibis, which sounds like it would get tiresome, but again, it works. Perhaps because of the…