it’s power reveals itself in the hours after the credits, it swells and breaks me. fablistic, fatalistic - subtle, cozy, cold.
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The Matrix 1999
One of the most popular films I'd never seen, although it felt like I already had. It's unique that something becomes so overwhelmingly influential that it becomes the new cultural model for classic philosophic ideas - red/blue pill, 'Matrix' is probably more recognizable now than Plato's Cave, etc. Quite a prescient and timely film, although it does have a kind of naïve optimism toward the Internet/hacking as a solution to these all-powerful systems - when it ended up becoming them. So fun!
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Riceboy Sleeps 2022
Jesus this is fantastic. I didn't expect this omniscient, long take, near-impressionistic 16mm diffused memory style going into it; it achieves an incredibly specific aesthetic and tone as the camera fluidly floats through memory. While Malick is an easy reference for this poetic, magical intimacy - he would never use it to tackle something this honestly awkward and vulnerable. The film wears palpable emotionality on its sleeve, which landed for me, as the slightly heavy-handed beats played with a Sirkian…
