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Heat 1995
Not so much 'crime saga' as the densest, most brazen work in what's now superficially referred to as hyperlink cinema. The difference between this and the usual suspects lies in Mann's refusal to trivialize the collective struggle of urbanity; instead of mechanical cutting between elaborate but soulless character arcs that would ostensibly build up to some kind of epiphany, Heat is a messy stream — of images, ideas, moments, and gestures. The only two people who get any closure are…
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Silence 2016
"No one asked you to suffer. That was your idea." — Rose/Mary
"It's only a formality." — The Interpreter
Reconciling faith's ritualistic surface with its human core. Scorsese's most perverse film since Paul told Jesus in Last Temptation that it didn't matter whether he died on the cross and was resurrected or not, as long as the people believe that he did/was; and his best since Bringing Out the Dead. More to come, hopefully.