Do I love that era-defining masterpiece film from 1994? The one that follows roughly three different storylines and bounces back and forth in time? Yes, yes I do love Exotica thanks for asking!
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Exotica 1994
I am really enjoying living in the ~people selling off their old versions of Exotica to make way for the criterion edition~ era - I’m buying up literally any version of the movie I find in record stores lol. Just got the 2010s Canadian blu ray/ dvd combo which has the incredible Mia Kirshner artwork (the new criterion art is cool but it could never top this sorry).
Did the commentary track with Atom & the brilliant composer Mychael Danna, whose…
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