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  Irma Vep 2022

  Watched by Nick Newman 27 Jun 2022

  I talked to Olivier Assayas about episodes one through four.

  "But, you know, it’s me and it’s not me. René is myself and not myself. The moment I give it to an actor and write the lines, shoot it on the set with a film crew, it does become something else. In the same way Jade Lee is not exactly Maggie — even if part of it is [Laughs] based on real life. The thing is… again, I feel comfortable…

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  Sex Hunter 1980

  Watched by Nick Newman 20 Jun 2022 1

  I watched it for the mise-en-scène.

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  F for Fake 1973

  Rewatched by Nick Newman 24 Sep 2018 1

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

  Convincing the audience your girlfriend is hot enough to horn-up Picasso into 22 portraits... ultimate flex.

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  Crimes of the Future 2022

  Watched by Nick Newman 24 May 2022

  Supported by some dozen financial entities and blocks of co-producers but looks very cheap. Largely linear plot that remains vaguely inscrutable. Super-precise lens choices and anemic palette on every off-center close-up. Gross, sensitive; tactile, phony; antiseptic, erection-inducing.

  Old man's still got it!