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watch it with your partner and then use it as a vehicle to reflect on your relationship
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I’m admittedly not well versed in Akerman’s work, though I did manage to duck into a Metrograph screening of ”News From Home” sometime during the eight months I lived in NYC. I was really taken with this one, though, newly released in a 4K restoration as part of a retrospective Criterion Collection box set.
Aurore Clément (who I primarily associate with the twenty minutes of Paris, Texas that I can usually make it through before falling asleep) gives such a restrained, natural performance in the titular role. Akerman’s shot compositions are so extremely static that they truly give the feeling of being a wordless observer of the scenes she’s directing Clément through. I‘m sure there are many great essays on how Akerman leverages voyeurism, and I look forward to doing some deep diving here.
Jan 24, 2024
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I love the relationship between these two iconic filmmakers – two wildly talented gals meeting in their 20s, discovering New York together in the 1970s, further developing + expanding their artistic voices, deeply supporting and nurturing one another’s ideas, all while exposing each other to new forms of expression and experimentation. The magic that came out of their collaborations (Hotel Monterey, News from Home, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles) as well as their individual work is amazing and highly worth a deep dive.
Mar 23, 2023
Unapolagetic violence is a great way to start a movie. Before you even had time to care about this family, you hate it, you fear for it, you don’t understand it. Suddenly, it becomes a generic divorce movie, which almost lost me. But then, oh boy, what a great ending. The drugs, the sex, the visuals and the nonsense desperation of life where everything happens all at once. When you go crazy, it suddenly becomes very clear what’s it all about: where your mind and heart want to go, and you just need to follow through.
Feb 9, 2024
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in famed platonist iris murdoch’s essay on god and good she says that ego prevents us from recognizing that another person is as real as oneself. attention turned outward toward others without interference from the ego allows us to liberate our souls from fantasy and attend to a reality in the illuminating light of transcendent Goodness
Dec 19, 2023
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i love making and receiving playlists, it’s sweet to know that someone really thought about what you might enjoy
Dec 20, 2023
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Taiwanese chocolate popcorn that is transcendently succulent, if anyone has a hookup in new york i would pay top dollar
Dec 19, 2023