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Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019
Give me a sec while I catch my breath holy fuck. This film is beautifully pure, emotional, and a perfect tribute to art. There’s always something special about films that are centered around artists. Film is a medium in which the director tells a story through the lens of a character. When the protagonist is an artist herself, you get the feeling that she is telling her story through her art, and it puts us in the mind of a storyteller.…
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004
Rewatched. Undoubtedly one of my favorite films of all time and Wes’s most underrated project to date. As I’ve articulated many times, character is the most important element of a story. And I find Steve Zissou to be Wes’s most interesting—he’s an oceanographer, a filmmaker, a ghost of his former self. He hasn’t made a hit documentary in a decade and he’s lost his spark entirely, which brings me to my next point. The symbol of electricity is prominent in…
