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Body Double 1984
The weird alchemical magic of this film is the way is steadily burrows deeper into your brain further with every passing year and only gets better and better with every viewing.
I first really hated DePalma’s indulgent, formally and sexually transgressive thriller. But with age, repeat viewings, and a deeper connection to the 70s/80s giallo movement, the filmmaking world of Los Angeles, and my own personal connection to lgbtq and kink communities, the richer themes emerge and the more surface…
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004
You have to understand first and foremost that I grew up in the midwest with a neglectful scuba instructor father who had my brother and I licensed and on dive trips by the time we were 10. And in high school I lived with a manipulative, alcoholic step father who always had David Bowie playing in our house. And that I spent many years trying to emulate and live up to their expectations of me even as they continually ran…
