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i’m not sure if the brutalist was actually as good as it felt- but i’m a sucker for an experience, and seeing a movie in 70mm at the music box with my very own mr.movies (josh), was a soul salve I didn’t know I needed.
and WOWEE KAWZOWEEE what a freaking credit sequence?? the SYNTHS? the BOLD TYPOGRAPHY? i’ve been playing la bionda’s “one for you, one for me” every day since.
and WOWEE KAWZOWEEE what a freaking credit sequence?? the SYNTHS? the BOLD TYPOGRAPHY? i’ve been playing la bionda’s “one for you, one for me” every day since.
Jan 23, 2025
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Watched it last night and everything about it surprised me. It’s so goofy and so terrifyingly sad without any tonal inconsistences, all while maintaining a constant speed of 700 mph. Even at 4 hours long it doesn’t give you time to blink. There’s nothing in the universe, I think, that so totally encapsulates the feeling of Beethoven’s Allegretto when it’s so loud it’s in your bones. It’s not for everyone, but I’ve never seen anything else remotely like it in my life.
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Took my date to see the film cause it was playing for the 40th anniversary.
I hadn’t seen it in a good 5 years, so it was like watching it with a fresh pair of eyes.
I always remembered the scene where the Kid, already ripe with inner turmoil, walks in on his father’s attempted suicide.
What I didn’t remember was the scene that comes after, where the Kid succumbs to the torment that he’s endured, haunted by the sight of his father’s outline with the gun in chalk, the noise of his previous shouting and the fatal gunshot ringing in his ears, a unkempt rope peering out at the edge of the room, a brief flash of the Kid’s own lifeless body hanging from the ceiling, a potential oncoming fate…..he finally breaks down under all the pressure and tears up the room. He finds his father’s sheet music in the ensuing rubble, and regains his inspiration, managing to assemble the title track based off the demo tape that Wendy and Lisa put together.
I was quite disturbed by the scene in the theater, but managed to get through it. Talked to a friend on the phone the day after and finally broke down crying. It’s not one of those things that you’re proud of relating to, but you’re glad it’s there for support. I’m grateful I never went through with taking my life, I’m grateful my closest friends never went through with taking their lives. I’m grateful that we’re still here despite all the bullshit. It’s a beautiful thing to be alive and prospering on this divinely-created planet.
I’ve been in that room before, I’ve been on the edge of death, I’ve heard those deafening voices, I’ve seen myself hanging from that ceiling, I’ve had those psycho crash outs, lost friends, burned bridges and somehow wound up with a better life in the process.
I’ve never understood how people refer to the film as a guilty pleasure or a so-bad-it’s-good experience. The bizarre mystic nature of it all somehow manages to feel more grounded to me by the day. Prince and Albert Magnoli assembled a work of sheer primal genius.
Mar 7, 2025
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Also the rest of the movie is an impressively bonkers trip. Camera work, production design, and editing choices all blew me away when I watched it.
Jun 15, 2025
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this is fefu, and she won’t stop hitting. she meows really pathetic while she does it too. it’s like she wants something but she can’t articulate what that something is, which is honestly pretty relatable. just a tiny creature, yelling at god, demanding a pleasure she can’t define.