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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried 1924
"nothing bad will ever happen to siegfried!"
explosive filmmaking composed of careful shadows and a cornucopia of shapes. lang handles composition and light like the true master he was, it's remarkable to see how much he evolved over a short period of time. i've never been big on fantasy filmmaking, but this is as potent as it gets.
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Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space 1982
-Why do you fight like this? Why?
You have no one! Nothing to fight for!-What do you mean?
-I can see it. You have no home, no family! No one you love!
-But... But... What difference does that make?
Is it wrong to fight when you've nothing to fight for?-It isn't natural.
-Then why do you fight?
-I fight for the one who saved me.
-Is... is that all?
-It's a truth that people live for!
-But, then,…
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Sonny Boy 2021
sparse, melancholic, dreamlike, full of stray observations about people and the world that feel sharp and true, with the wit and imagination to portray it for fresh eyes. is able to pull off a mix of abstraction and naturalism without getting lost in either, fully expressing itself in images where words wouldn't suffice, expressing itself in words where our own imagination is the vessel of creation. in other words, lovely.
