there's nothing better for our current short and shorter attention spans than a good (very) long movie. yesterday I watched milos forman's Amadeus (1984) for the first time and truly cannot believe it took me this long. A spectacle from start to finish - which made the 3 hours absolutely fly by. maybe I'll upgrade to sergey bondarchuk's War and Peace next.
One of the greatest masterpieces of cinema ever conceived. If you have the chance to see it on the big screen, itโs a must! The score, the costumes, the sets, everything makes this a spectacle demanding your full attention.
i love you damien chazelle but i do Not love three hour long movies. amazing soundtrack (truly sort of perfect), beautiful costumes, stromg story, and obviously margot robbie. but itโs so long and is sort of insane to the point thereโs really no need to watch it twice.
being curious is in and being nonchalant is out (also Iโve been reading essays on challengers for weeks now and itโs only made the movie that much more interesting).
is All Things Must Pass the best thing an ex beatle has done? Unquestionably so, yes. However, when it comes to Paul McCartney's solo albums, one can never be done discovering, mostly because the guy just did SO much stuff, some of it strange, and a lot of it works. for example, Temporary Secretary is a weird funky little track that I simply cannot get out of my head. and Wing's Wild Life is kind of a masterpiece, really. definitely worth a deep dive.
