Letterboxd — Your life in film

The negative flip-side of Evangelion 3.0+1.0, as it represents the exploitation of arbitrary preconception as a way towards propping up notions of the importance of oneself over others
(i.e. Thinking you're the main character of reality and your problems are more important than others, therefore living with the intent of propping up these selfish delusions rather than treating others with equal respect as a fellow individual.)

Every element of Belle props up the protagonist as the most important person in…

This film is taking a traditionally un-cinematic concept, being the day-to-day life of a woman that is unremarkable under the accepted lens of filmic characters, and putting a spotlight on her life in an ingeniously cinematic way.

The way this was done surprised me though, as I expected a sort of "leave the camera running" style to dominate this film, but the editing is incredibly conscious and lean throughout. Each shot contains an explicit idea (including many that are structured…

In case anyone was wondering if this, maybe the only anime solely centered around skiing, is currently available in any form, I paid for this Japanese assistant service on Fiverr to contact Mushi Production Company (which has the only listing of the film itself on their website). He received a response that the film was made exclusively for one screening in 1997 and no other physical copy has been made of it since. Mushi doesn't even own the rights to…

PTA, in his characteristically deeply felt way, translates Gary Goetzman's overzealous anecdotes and spirit through his own insight into the 1970's (and beyond) San Fernando Valley, honed through his own nostalgia and cultural obsessions, in a period piece (maybe the period piece) perfectly optimized for emotional resonance.

Every sequence is so lean and lasts just long enough to find an evocative image, phrase, or feeling before flitting elsewhere, in a similar vein to a distant memory (a presentation fitting for…