Just a good time. De Niro is so lovable and the focus being on a work friendship with only peripheral rom-com narrative accoutrements is a delight.
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2023
The vertigo effect on the shot as he enters the bookshop is an all timer.
The longer I sit with the film the more I feel it just warm into my heart. I’m in love with the opening shot being crown shyness of the trees and then that running motif of shadows and light playing with concepts of people existing in their space and needing a chance to stay alive and grow. I actually really enjoyed the hell out of…
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1998
I last saw this as a teen. I knew it was good, but also out of my reach. I was a fool who knew enough to know I didn't get it.
Cut to now and I completely get it. There's so much going on in this thing. The balance of nature and man; the obfuscation of war played through the obtuse structure of the main central plot; the brutality and pointlessness of the repetitive nature of warfare.
It's a slow burn, and the voice over feels ham-fisted in parts, but be damned if Mallick didn't make this thing absolutely hum with meaning.
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2023
The vertigo effect on the shot as he enters the bookshop is an all timer.
The longer I sit with the film the more I feel it just warm into my heart. I’m in love with the opening shot being crown shyness of the trees and then that running motif of shadows and light playing with concepts of people existing in their space and needing a chance to stay alive and grow. I actually really enjoyed the hell out of…
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1998
I last saw this as a teen. I knew it was good, but also out of my reach. I was a fool who knew enough to know I didn't get it.
Cut to now and I completely get it. There's so much going on in this thing. The balance of nature and man; the obfuscation of war played through the obtuse structure of the main central plot; the brutality and pointlessness of the repetitive nature of warfare.
It's a slow burn, and the voice over feels ham-fisted in parts, but be damned if Mallick didn't make this thing absolutely hum with meaning.
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