Bergman

Persona was the right movie for me to watch tonight. Oh was it right. It was a pretentious blur to me in grad school but now, today, watching a film about a total mindfuck puts my own traumatic experience of a total mindfuck in perspective.

See for Yourself

This is an academic exploration of Scarlett Johansson’s ass. Do not view it as salacious material. Do not! Stop it! Scroll down to see the argument.


Amelie Needs a Baseball Bat to the Head

Oh yes yes yes. Add “every female in a Sofia Coppola film” to this list.


“Decorous females who insist on playing up their capacity for child-like wonder help to make an already anodyne universe that little bit worse. Both untouchable and non-threatening, they equate to air fresheners: up against such fragrance, how can natural smells not seem nasty?”


Link stolen from Greencine, as always the best film site ever.

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