Letterboxd — Your life in film

the end of history.

could not finish this. obviously has some early cronenbergian ideas related to his distanced fascination with the human body, disease, and sexuality, but those ideas seem to be expressed almost entirely through an intermittent voice-over. the silent images, although competently shot, are almost totally void of thematic connection. i wouldn't say i hate all early cronenberg (Shivers is awesome) but when it isn't working for me there's just something insufferably dull about it.

there and back again.

without a doubt one of the worst hitchcock riffs i've ever seen. obviously ripping off Vertigo but despite having an arguably grosser premise (the protagonist here is framed for murdering kevin spacey's wife by kevin spacey convincing him to rape her as part of some wife-swapping fantasy that neither wives are consenting to???) it couldn't be more insufferably boring.

totally unremarkable with the exception of goat gene hackman.

frankly confused why a director with such obvious visual talent directed this laughably dull script. at least The Star Chamber's dumb story was a little sensational and had michael douglas.

very dumb but solid visuals.

not the worst movie i've ever seen tbh.

a spare, bleak, quasi-neorealist character study about about a guy doing just about anything to survive without selling his own bodily labor, no matter how despicable or pathetic. unfolds with an eye for the slimy, manipulative, character detail of recent films like Good Time and Red Rocket, but ultimately concludes as a stark, empathetic portrait of post-war class desperation.

first time seeing this but the restoration on the criterion channel looks really nice.

gorgeous little film about the simple magic of genuine connection between two people in spite of all structural and situational odds.

somehow only seen this once before but it is genuinely so great.

"this is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time."