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I had the pleasure of rewatching this in a run-down theatre in Paris two weeks ago and it was quite incredible. Cried a lot and reflected on everything that’s ever happened to me and what could possibly happen now. I am grateful to be shown beauty in the world every day and I want to create something to say thank you to God but it’s so overwhelming i just feel rubbish.
Anyways, it’s about a group of teenagers setting fires and bombs around Paris and it’s wonderful and ends very upsettingly and theres a Willow Smith Whip My Hair needledrop included. Bonello you are the best!
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french movie about a teenage boy who is obsessed with the idea of blowing himself up in a magnificent explosion, not for political or suicidal reasons, but purely for the spectacle. the movie is so wispy and ephemeral, framing the characters and their thoughts and feelings wholly neutrally and candidly, making no attempt to judge or explain, only to observe. the movie opens with a building collapsing spontaneously and the protagonist pondering the difference between dying and ending. beautiful themes of what it means to be perceived and understood, and the nature of ceasing to be.
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the explosion and what it leaves behind to be so incredible
that people will go...
"Thank you so much, whoever did this."
May 15, 2024
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Watched L’Apollonide last week and can’t stop thinking about it. Nocturama also great. Can‘t wait to see The Beast.
Apr 21, 2024
Recently rewatched this movie and fell in love with it all over again. It's a slow paced movie by the director Chantal Akerman that. The movie follows Michèle, the protagonist, through her day and like the title says, paints a picture of a young girl at the end of the 60s in Brussels.
I guess my takeaway from the movie is that love can present itself in different forms and there are no right or wrong ways in going about that and exploring the different ways to love. This movie leaves me with a deep love for life, even though I'm not quite sure wether that's what the film is trying to provoke or if it's just because every time I hear the song Suzanne by Leonard Cohen I'm high on it for days, which kind of leads me to my last remark: The use of music in this movie is absolutely fantastic and feels like a delicately placed punch in the stomach.
It's on youtube for free (see the link) and only an hour long!
P.S.: This is my first post, I don't even know if this is the right way to use this website???
Apr 15, 2024
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I heard this during the end credits of Being John Malkovich for the first time yesterday and have decided that I am now a Bjork fan. So magical! And if you happen to see this, recommend me songs that sound like this. I feel like I’m always hearing the best songs in end credits of films, that’s why you must always sit through them! And it’s really nice seeing all the names of the people who worked on something, and sometimes there’s some surprising thank you notes and whatnot…
Oct 15, 2024