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Ill Met by Moonlight 1957
It's slow as molasses, and aside from two stellar scenes of signal lights burning in the sky and trekking through fog, it's a bit lacking in the dreamy wonder that made The Archers' 1940s run so beautiful*. That being said, the interactions between the soldiers, the Cretans, and the German Commander are lively with the Powell and Pressburger mix of human wit, folly, and bravery. Powell himself hated Dirk Bogarde's performance, but that feels more a victim of the approach…
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Licorice Pizza 2021
70mm screening. Greatest theater experience of my life. The flicker of the projector. The grain that adds life and energy to every still moment. Every frame a conduit for the most magical human achievement. All downhill from here.
Lust for French brunettes ended. Need a hot Jewish brunette girlfriend to yell at me and whip me into shape. Sadly, I am a loser Catholic.