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Favorite films

  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
  • Phantom of the Paradise
  • Oldboy
  • Ichi the Killer

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  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    ★★★★

  • Obsession

    ★★★½

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★½

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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
★★★★★ Liked Watched

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is more than just a biography - it’s a reflection on ambition, discipline, and the search for meaning. The film shows Mishima as someone who rejected an ordinary world focused on comfort and corruption, believing instead that people should live for something greater than themselves.

What stood out most to me was the film’s connection between humility and greatness. Mishima constantly pushes himself toward perfection, whether through writing, physical training, or political ideals. Yet…

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Obsession
★★★½ Watched

Whole cinema fell back into their chair followed by a audible gasp😭

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Dancer in the Dark
★★★★½ Liked Watched

Such a brutal exploration of extreme suffering and self sacrifice. Bjork really is one of a kind, how can a human be so talented at everything they do. Dancer in the dark shows a reality of the meekness in the world, it shows confrontation isn’t always a choice. Confrontation isn’t always an option for those who feel they have no voice. Bjork’s character uses performance as a way of expression, all though the escapism is all in her head this…

Phantom of the Paradise
★★★★★ Liked Watched

Art is constantly stolen and uncredited, used as a medium of benefit rather than appreciation.

Usually not the biggest fan of musicals but this was great, not taking itself to serious while balancing a great story with amazing costume design really makes this something special for me. How Brian De Palmer can make a movie as silly and fun as Phantom of a Paradise then do a complete 180 and make a project as serious as scarface is astonishing. Beefs…