not whit stillman telling us that parker posey was supposed to be in last days of disco but she was too busy filming you’ve got mail 😭 a big loss for the 90s girlies
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What Happened Was... 1994
revealing yourself by saying the same thing over and over again, but changing the wording just enough that it eventually becomes the truth. i love this movie so much. almost dizzying how michael & jackie move around the room and become different people in different lighting.
it takes so long to get anywhere that by the time something starts to crack open, you’re exhausted. or embarrassed. and you go back home to try to figure out how to unravel it; make…
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Late Spring 1949
there are some cycles we begin to trust as we live through them and see them from start to finish. but others, there is no promise of something new. what falls to the ground will decay, and what replaces it will never quite be the same. instead, rely on knowing where something lies. there is no preventing life’s natural course.
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High Hopes 1988
best best best movie couple. giving without hesitation, in a way that is both practical and loving. never superficial. it’s almost like they don’t even realize they’ve created a refuge, and taking care of someone is second nature. feels like the most real, indisputable way of living. just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.
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All the President's Men 1976
tense in a really romantic way. nothing hotter than trying to reveal the truth, might as well lean in with that warm lamp glow & lots of running, ending with almost a collapse into a chair, sofa, bed. and there’s something super intimate about watching someone take notes — love that feeling of looking over someone’s shoulder. fulfills the desire of wanting to be in on the secret.
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Midnight Run 1988
perfect dynamic between robert de niro & charles grodin. eases any sign of cheesiness. and grodin is the only person that could deliver that chorizo and eggs bit with such sincerity/desperation and still make it funny <3
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