I keep coming back to this line from Asteroid City. We don’t need to know all the answers to all our questions, we don’t need to understand every moment we are living though, we just need to keep living, just keep telling the story, and I think that’s just beautiful.
On my third watch today, I couldn’t stop myself from laughing at the several moments in the third act when he’s so visibly turned on by a few things that Paul does. Austin Butler is a star… such a compelling, nutty performance.
Obsessed with how Austin Butler characterises Feyd-Rautha, particularly him being a little turned on after Paul uses the voice on Reverend Mother Mohiam. Such an entertainingly magnetic performance in how unruly he plays him.
“he fucking promised it to me. promised. when i was seven” might somehow be the most tragic Kendall quote from the entire show. all the pain, trauma, and desolation he’s experienced himself and inflicted upon others is built upon the foundation of that promise.
Obsessed with how Austin Butler characterises Feyd-Rautha, particularly him being a little turned on after Paul uses the voice on Reverend Mother Mohiam. Such an entertainingly magnetic performance in how unruly he plays him.
This is my 11th time seeing the film, but the opening “Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity,” made me tear up again.
If you see this tweet, you have to mention one of your favorite paintings.
I saw Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. It’s huge and fucked me up.
Obviously an excellent set up for the rest of the film, but there’s just so many little nuances in Downey’s performance that makes me appreciate it so much. The way he enunciates certain words, the body language of him fast walking towards Oppenheimer, etc.
The final shot of The Fabelmans has always stood out to me as such a humble piece of filmmaking. It’s like Spielberg saying “study the masters” and that even though he’s one of the greatest to ever do it, there’ll always be a part of him abiding by what they thought him.
I need to see the film again, but the ending of Killers of the Flower Moon is one of the most interesting reflections I’ve ever seen in film, especially in the way it reckons with its own limitations, story, and place in history + film history.
I obviously love his previous films and collaborators, but Hoytema, Lame, and Göransson are the best things to happen to Nolan. It’s insane how much he’s evolved recently through these three collaborations in cinematography, editing, and composing.
Totally escaped me until last week’s rewatch the absolute gravitas Oscar Isaac holds as Leto. There’s a warmth to his presence, especially his scenes with Paul, but in every moment, the Duke is forever embodied with a sort of resolute spirit. Isaac’s fantastic here.
new year’s eve is always very scary to me. so much pressure for something to happen or some change to be felt when the reality of the situation is that it’s just a sentiment of time passing; just as we age every day. try not to stress too much about it, it’s all gonna be okay :)
Dune 2 will be available in IMAX for one week before the marvels comes out which means that when it leaves IMAX after 7 days you’ll never be able to see the entire frame again because they never include IMAX in the home releases or streaming. Just something to think about.
Christopher Nolan on
#DUNE
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“It’s one of the most seamless marriages of live action photography and computer generated visual effects that I’ve seen […] The way in which it’s made is for the big screen. It’s a real pleasure and a real gift to film fans everywhere.”
Baffling Killers of the Flower Moon missed out on Adapted Screenplay considering the depth and complexity to which it adapted the material while pivoting from its original perspective.
Tom dominates the frame, he fills it, but with Kendall, as much as he tries to imitate his dad’s stature, as much as he tries to fill his father’s frame, he will always be a lesser figure swallowed by his landscape; he will never be Logan.
To me, Tenet has always been Nolan’s response to the unfamiliarity of the human experience. Not knowing where you’re headed as you navigate this strange, cold world, but still persisting nonetheless, because that’s the only thing you can do. “Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.”
The Fabelmans is a masterwork for many reasons, one of which being that no one moves a camera like Kaminski and Spielberg, but one of its defining features is its pure sincerity. A film so heartbreakingly tragic, and yet at once sweet because of how truthful it is.
@frankenracula
completely different formats, but if you were to even compare them, the digital equivalent of 70mm is about 12K pixels (let alone IMAX 15/70mm which is about 18K pixels)
Three years ago, Nolan told us “Don’t try to understand it. Feel it,” and I took that advice personally. Three years later, my master’s dissertation is complete.
Vin Diesel says his feud with The Rock originated because he wanted The Rock’s acting to improve: “We had to get there and sometimes, I could give a lot of tough love. Not Felliniesque but I would do anything I’d have to do in order to get performances in anything I’m producing.”
So much Ad Astra love on the timeline recently because it’s been topping the weekly Netflix watched list. It makes me filled with a lot of joy, it’s a very special film to me! <3
Ayo Edebiri has been cast in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘THE HUNT’ alongside Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts.
The film follows college professor who finds herself at a crossroads when a pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues.
(Source: Deadline)
Ik people get on Nolan for lacking emotion (and write off Inception in a number of other ways too), but the scene with Cillian Murphy and his dad really hits
imagine being seven and being promised the keys to the kingdom as if it were your birthright. and you go on to dedicate your entire life to that promise. only for your father to take it away from you right as you get there. only for you to lose it all yet again at the very end.
First time seeing the Dune Part Two trailer on the big screen, let alone at the IMAX, and I underestimated just how big the trailer would be. Enormous film, bound to be my film of the year.