Favorite films

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  Shane 1953

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Aug 2023

  The most poetry I’ve seen in a traditional western. So many deeply felt emotions in this one, artistry on the level of Sirk, if not surpassing him.

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  Missing 1982

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Sep 2023

  I cannot tell if this movie is going for classical tragedy, or if it is trying to be sincerely soulful. The screenplay frequently trips over itself to make sure we understand an echo, or a character beat, or some irony. I would just read this as drama, but with the references to christian science and faith, it seems there's some spiritual or transcendental aspect. But then again, it is so dry that this notion seems ridiculous.

  The acting is usually…

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  Letter Never Sent 1960

  ★★★ Watched 24 Sep 2023

  The propaganda in this one is absurd, but otherwise it's executed well all around. Makes me want to see a Russian interpretation of Jack London.

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  Contempt 1963

  ½ Watched 18 Jul 2020

  I’ve seen movies that have made me rethink certain beliefs or choices of mine, but Godard is the only person whose ever made me question whether I actually like movies or not.

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  Mank 2020

  ★½ Watched 04 Dec 2020 1

  After this, I no longer wish to hear The Irishman referred to as an old man movie by anyone. Fincher has officially become a robot who has perfected the craft of taking soulless scripts and making them speckless. Perhaps that's a bit harsh, after all I've enjoyed all of his work until now save for Benjamin Button, but I am truly sick of these pseudo-intellectuals pretending he's anything more than a modern day Howard Hawks. The true artistic value of…