Letterboxd — Your life in film

Remember being little obsessed with Philip Glass’ Powaqqatsi soundtrack when this came out. Reading recently about how Carrey felt he was living life in a bottle by the mid to late 90s. Private life shrinking in gossip magazines.

E.T. was just on TV.. Christmas can start now.. Kuwahara BMX’s and heather grey hoodies weren’t in abundance in UK 82’.. A single chase sequence changed all that.

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Havn’t seen this since it was new. Feels little less vital than it did in the late 90s. But it means well through its kaleidoscope of MTV and Cable channel idolisation. Still a strong use of Only Thing I Can Never Have by NIN. It’s the big getting shit off your chest, cathartic 2 hr bucket of blood party after Stone got bogged down in Vietnam trilogies and sprawling biopics.
You can see some clear call and response.. From Lynch’s Wild at Heart and Fire Walk with Me and with Stones’ NBK.. Lynch going on to do Lost Highway.. Enjoyed this mess.

Post Apocalyptic Silent Running. Had the good cry. Too good to be stuck on a half dead streaming service.

This came up being projected at the city arts centre 3 days ago. After a 12hr shift.. I had to go.. Still contains my favourite Kurosawa scene.. a chiller

Roma Cinecittà Studios skit… still makes me smile.

I know the Ennio Morricone soundtrack really well. Never seen this, and I wasn’t the biggest fan of Crystal Plumage. Think Nine Tails might be my favourite Argento film. That use of Red and White accents through the film in a very undersaturated Turin cityscape.

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Wow this is the first Wes Anderson film I’ve watch since Darjeeling Limited also in a cinema.

Could watched a whole film on Simone, Moses and the Concrete Masterpiece. Because think some of these anthologies work and others don’t. Possibly but more grounding in the offices around these stories. Remember when Tim Burton hit the 2000’s and became a parody of (TRAPPED BY) his own style… that.

All feels very distant. Feels along way from Rushmore and Life Aquatic.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.