Category: Reviews
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Zabriskie Point
Fractured and unadorned review of Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point.
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The Garden of Allah
We are believers, Boris, we know this isn’t all, it can’t be. Surely in that other world, the real and lasting world, we’ll be together forever.
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Behold your mother!
The symbol announces a plane of consciousness distinct from that of rational evidence; it is the “cipher” of a mystery, the only means of saying something that cannot be apprehended in any other way.
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The Zone of Innermost Desires
You are sitting at the bus stop, or shopping at the outdoor market. A man who calls himself the Stalker hands you his calling card with his phone number and a mysterious, yet compelling, tagline.
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Have Gun, Will Travel
He doesn’t care about proof, he doesn’t care about the law, he only cares about what’s right.
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Fallen Angel
The Chad, the Town Flirt, the Alpha Widow, and the Girl Next Door get involved in a drama of love, hate, and redemption.
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The Last Duel: God’s Justice
If the State’s system of justice results in unresolvable aporia, how can justice be achieved?
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Gone, Baby, Gone: Man’s Justice
Follow the Law or embrace Justice and Mercy.
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Charade or the Primordial State
Sometimes you have to break free of the system to finally see the truth. Love cannot be explained by the logic of the world.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
For a young woman, while there is a lack of love, her fantasies keep her soul alive. Elaine did experience real love, which could never be matched by a fantasy because it was unrequited. Hence, her soul slowly died.