ando here

The Little Foxes (1941, William Wyler)

Corrupt, Southern, bourgeois siblings at the turn of the 20th century vie for controlling interests in a proposed town factory. Great copy. Classic.

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I spent Christmas taking in Alan Zweig's documentary, Vinyl from 2000 and his follow-up, Records from 2021. They explore the obsessive and compromising nature of the most rabid of collectors.

The films were surprisingly dark, vulnerable, and self-examining, bordering on existential. As Zweig himself says in the film, if Vinyl is about failure, Records is about "acceptance."

From "2011 Focus On Alan Zweig - Hot Docs" hotdocs.ca -

In his documentary work, Alan never pretends not to be there, placing himself inside the narrative along with the rest of his subjects. His use of first-person video diary is a courageous method of self-analysis, introspection and presence that speaks to the audience as if there were no camera in the room. This generous sharing of personal experiences, neuroses, fantasies and opinions acts as an empathetic way of drawing out the same in others. Zweig has honed a conversational interview style and easy repartee with his subjects that result in some of the most inspiring vulnerability and honesty you will ever experience while watching film.

Vinyl was ranked one of Pitchfork's 20 Essential Music Docs in 2013.

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ando here

Cool. Watching it now. Thanks!

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innerspaceboy

The sequel is on YouTube as well. You'll just need to set your VPN to an address in Canada to view it.

There is also a considerable amount of bonus footage offered there. Enjoy!

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adidasss

Don't look up (2021)

Critics are apparently divided on this one so I came into it a bit apprehensive but I ended up enjoying it. Depends on how you feel the satirical humour. For me it worked, I thought it correctly portrays what could (and does) realistically happen with human civilization if/when faced with a potentially catastrophic event. It could be applied to the pandemic, climate crisis, a world ending meteor headed towards Earth. Human stupidity + never ending pursuit of profit = disaster. An apt depiction of our times and state of mind.

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rubber soul

I think it's supposed to be a comment on Global Warming though, like you, I see so many parallels (Orlean as Trump/Hillary, Isherwell as Elon Musk, etc.) . Especially liked the last fifteen minutes as everyone reflects on their lives and that next to last stinger is hilarious. Great film, imo.

I wonder what the Trumpsters think of the movie?

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Quite. No consistent visual style, though. I think the satire could have been played more broadly - maybe with a crack team of actors, not just stars thrown together. It's missing a real dynamism. My two cents.

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adidasss

I mean, objectively they are all (minus Ariana Grande obviously) top notch actors who did a very good job, it's just that that amount of top talent in one movie is for some reason a little off-putting. That definitely contributed to my apprehension but thankfully, it wasn't another Hollywood circle jerk.

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rubber soul

I usually don't like star studded casts either. It seems to reek of desperation. But to me, this movie really works.

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RMNT

"Amelia" (2001). First time watching it. What a funky movie