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Truly an shocking piece of media for a shocking time. Even if it does take great liberty with certain details, many other details can be corroborated and paint a realistic picture of how Trump was shaped by Roy Cohn. I walked out of the cinema feeling disjointed and strange. It's a heartbreaking story that puts in full display the ways in which late stage kleptocracy can mold a person into a monster.
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This movie left me so profoundly disturbed in a way few other pieces of media have. The premise—to film perpetrators of the mass murder of communists and other groups under the Suharto regime in Indonesia REENACTING their crimes years later (in classic Hollywood style)—at first seems too bizarre to work. The point of the film is that it was only ever going to work. ‘Inspiring’ is actually a good way to describe it: it compels you to look at yourself and your own heart of darkness, not passively but with naked honesty. And what’s chilling and shameful is how watchable it ultimately is. Like nothing I’ve ever seen or will see again.
Jan 17, 2025
Truly despicable movie making
Harvey Keitel is just bouncing around getting fucked up the entire time doing the most reprehensible shit imaginable and it’s honestly incredible to watch
He goes all the way (shows dick) which really makes a movie stick out to me because of the absurd rules surrounding it ratings wise
I feel like I need to say content warning because it is really disturbing stuff going on in this but if you’re okay with that it is just a crazy fucked up thing to watch and I really enjoyed it (feels weird saying I enjoyed it because of how uncomfortable some if it is but as a whole movie it just works!)
Apr 8, 2024
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Deeply unsettling!! It made me think about the recent wave of criticism of the ‘post-traumatic’ narrative, which this film defied quite successfully.
Apr 3, 2024
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Jan 22, 2025
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They're kind of a really relaxing place to be in tbh.
Oct 14, 2024
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Normalize staying subscribed to a bunch of channels that you don't necessarily watch alot. Because you know what?!! Maybe the mood doesn't strike now but maybe it will in the future. And by unsubscribing you may just lose that glorious content to the swirling void. Save! Hoard! I'm preaching to myself right now.
Oct 5, 2024