The Saddest Music in the World is Guy Maddin’s nostalgic cinematic sensibilities at full effect and serves as a pretty safe entry point for someone just getting into his work. Though still bizarre and surreal, the simple narrative and Maddin’s sarcastic tongue-in-cheek comedic tone are engaging enough for a newcomer while still giving the viewer a taste of the filmmaking techniques of the past that Maddin reinvents, mainly German expressionism and Soviet montage editing.
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Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles 2021
I like Billie Eilish’s music quite a bit. I have ever since she released her first EP, so much so that I own all of her albums on vinyl. However, I try to avoid most things she does outside of music as a lot of it teeters on the line of cringe. That’s why I’ve stayed away from the Apple streaming service doc that was released about a year ago, but I was eager to watch this as it was…
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Bath Tub 2020
I have a serious question about the work of mr. Runquist: Why is there 3 separate director credit pages for him on this app? The magnum opus known to us mortals as Pine is under the first along with a handful of other forgotten gems. The second page is home to the second-era Runquist classics; Wave Sounds and Rhubarb. Now we have the third with this and the toast one. But why?
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Tribute to Zgougou the Cat 2002
Shout out to Bernard who doesn’t get enough love in this short. He accepts it though.
I want to make movies about my cat too. Thank you Agnès Varda for showing me that I can.
