The theme of Friday’s thoughts: when an introductory text acts as a framework through which the art can be interpreted.
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Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
Subtitles (no, not those subtitles)
Frameworks FRAMEWORKS FRAMEWORKS!!!; Write All Nite’s keyword of 2021 continues into the new year!
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Parallel Oeuvre
Pedro Almodóvar is an auteur in the truest sense of the term; his movies are immediately recognizable from top to bottom.
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No Such Thing as a Pure Introduction
A basic definition of a critic: someone who shares responses to art.
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Sunrise
Michel Franco: a burgeoning auteur (who basically no one has heard of).
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Anything but Simple
Does it make me sound like a nympho to say there’s a dearth of movies that are actually about sex?
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Flee the Procession
Reenactments in documentaries are always tricky.
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AMA
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!! is having a cinematic moment.
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C’mon, Flee
How many vivid memories do you have of your childhood?
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Mea Culpa (kind of)
Fine, I’ll defend cinematic parenting for a change.
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