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Factory Mask 2002
The only comment on the YouTube video for this was “David loves factories so much!” with a whole bunch of heart emojis. Thought that was pretty sweet.
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Monsieur Verdoux 1947
In Chaplin’s early classics, his character is a foolish but kind tramp who works desperately to gain wealth and/or love, always eventually gaining one or both but never neither. Here, that character is not reversed but essentially ripped inside out. Now he’s an intelligent but cruel gentleman who works desperately to gain wealth by exploiting an idea others have of love that he doesn’t share. The Great Dictator, arguably his most grandly idealistic work by the end, where the tramp…
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The Big Lebowski 1998
A dense political text. Contains several Great performances, one of the best soundtracks of all time, and a truly moving ending. I think there’s never been a screenwriter better than the Coens, but then again there’s two of them, so maybe they have an unfair advantage.