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i love a "palm springs", "ingrid goes west", "thelma and louise" kind of moment. there's something freaky and rlly great abt being in the desert that makes for rlly great movies
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i'm a sucker for anything set in the desert. dylan mcdermott stars in this bizarre b movie thats set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a surprise cameo from iggy pop, killer soundtrack too
Jul 27, 2024
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Scrolling through some of my recently watched…Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)16th century conquistadores driven to madness in the Andes. You can tell that these dudes were in the shit while filming. Always thought of this film as the original Apocalypse Now. Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Good stuff.Badlands (1973)Seen It many times. Timeless visual beauty and performance chemistry between Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Terrence Malick’s directorial debut. Love it.Network (1976)This screened the other night in LA while I was out of town so I rented it for the twentieth time. As relevant now as it was then. A stone-cold masterpiece. Paddy Chayefsky won an Oscar for screenplay, but it lost best picture to Rocky. Taxi Driver was also nominated. What a year!Tess (1979)Just saw this for the first time. One of Polanski’s best. Feel like he was inspired by Barry Lyndon.Year of the Jellyfish (1984)A French friend recommended this one. I think it’s kind of cherished by some as a trashy cult classic. But if you’re looking for a film full of gorgeous, topless French women on vacation in San Tropez in the 1980s, this is for you!The West (miniseries) (1996)I rewatch Ken Burns documentaries all the time. Jazz, Country Music, Baseball, Lewis & Clark, all of them. I’ve seen each one multiple times. The West is remarkable. A comprehensive deep dive into 19th century American history. 20-hours replete with unmistakable, soothing Burns-esque narration and somber songs of the old American frontier. Fascinating, harsh and profoundly sad.
May 30, 2023
I watched a bunch for research while working on a western screenplay. I’ll call out some specific ones.
High Plains Drifter
- borders on avant-garde
Lonesome Dove
- an epic
The Great Silence
- a subversive Spaghetti Western so controversial it was never released in America and is only available in Italian
The Proposition
- a dark Australian western
Quigley Down Under
- a fun Australian western
The Missing
- horror
The Settlers
- a dark Chilean western
Jan 30, 2025
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laying down very flat in bed after working my icky closing shift at my icky retail job feels so yummy. i can feel my individual spinal cords clicking back into place
Mar 26, 2024
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i copied her criterion closet look for work today and i feel wonderful thank you ayo edebiri for being so fashionable and amazing<333
Aug 2, 2024
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i like to think that if i knocked on the door of where i lived from birth to age 11, the people that live there now would just let me in without question. just bc it used to be my house.
Jan 31, 2024