New multiplex stuff hasn’t scratched the itch this week: sometimes you need something that makes you giggle like a kid. Fascinating that Spalko, one of Spielberg and Lucas’ most cartoonish creations, clarifies the main theme of the series, and really the entire Cold War: epistemological power. “I want to know” vs “I don’t think we wanna go that way”. Indy and Spalko, like Spielberg and Lucas, are two sides of the same coin. The former a rigorous Kantian journeyman-become-legend, always…

might take me a while to settle on this, but at first glance it appears to be a very roundabout way of saying nothing has changed since Anomalisa.

EDIT: have given this more thought and can confidently say i think charlie kaufman is my least favourite working american director. his movies are obnoxious closed loops, only interested in shielding and supporting themselves rather than any kind of overarching thesis. kaufman feels like if clint eastwood skipped the period of his…