I am giddy. I picked up the Dark Sky Films 4K Blu-Ray restoration a few months ago and have been waiting for the right night to see it. Tonight was the night.
What an epic and beautiful opening, and it looks SO good on the 4K. Those sunbaked corpses frying in the Texas sun. So gorgeous. That amazing wide angle shot when the gang picks up the hitchhiker, which looks a lot like a scene in Little Miss Sunshine. Theβ¦
The Criterion Challenge 2023: Heartbreak Heaven: Films to Watch When Youβre Questioning Love
"That's not her. That's only her in a movie. A long time ago . . . "
I grew up seeing this film around the family home, either out by the TV or tucked away in the DVD shelf. Its title perplexed me as a kid. Do they know that Paris is in France and not Texas? What's theβ¦
Watched this for the second time with a big group of friends Saturday night. One minute in and one said this was already one of the best movies he had ever seen. "As soon as I get home I buying a poster of this and framing it for my apartment."
How much of it is a dream? Who is to say?
The scene with the iguana and bearded dragon is legendary. You keep thinking the cut will transition, but itβ¦
The film ends and the theater is silent. No one immediately stands up to leave. There is a collective air of "What the actual fuck just happened?"
When movies end like this, I always know I've seen something extraordinary. Sometimes the extraordinary is pretentious try hard material, but most often it is breathtaking, original art.
The latter is the case with The Green Knight. I had no idea what happened after my second post-lockdown theater experience, and needed a solidβ¦
