A truly innovative and bold exploration of a subject which is much maligned in mainstream narrative - the struggles of a middle aged female to find purpose and meaning in adult life. Maguire and Curtis pick up on the philosophical threads started by Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus in using this story as a pivot to question the very nature of human existence and the struggle we all have with the absurd. Though missed out on by many critics at the time, and dismissed as merely light entertainment, like a vintage 1968 châteauneuf du pape , this film, and indeed its excellent samples, have only improved with time and maturity. Sometimes true art demands the viewer stop, think and reflect on its deep profound colours. A masterwork.
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The Football Factory
(2004)
Genre Defining Classic
30 December 2013
For me , Love's emergence as an auteur represents a watershed moment for early twenty-first century British cinema. After the storms of Leigh and Loach have mellowed in recent years, the public awaited , day by day, hour by hour, anxious for a new cinematic messiah to ease their collective cultural consciousness, and to provide adequate imagery for the post thatcher years.
I believe the dyer/love collaboration will eventually bear fruit similar to the cross continental greatness of de niro and scorsese, and this visceral, intellectually and emotionally engaging picture will convince others of the revolution of minds love is clearly pursuing.
I believe the dyer/love collaboration will eventually bear fruit similar to the cross continental greatness of de niro and scorsese, and this visceral, intellectually and emotionally engaging picture will convince others of the revolution of minds love is clearly pursuing.
New Jack City
(1991)
A watershed moment in cinema
19 October 2012
In truth, Van Peebles neo-noir classic 'New Jack City' stands as the finest film committed to celluloid. Language is an inadequate device to convey the transcendent beauty of this monumental cinematic achievement.
To quote Barry Davies 'Whether nations live in prosperity or starve to death interests me only in so far as we need them as slaves for our culture: otherwise it is of no interest to me.'
If one is interested in the hawk, one must hunt the sparrow in the bush, for only then, can one know the crow. The Russell Crowe Psalms 11-13 If one walks with baboons, one must be careful not to look too far into the baboons, in case the baboons look into you also
To quote Barry Davies 'Whether nations live in prosperity or starve to death interests me only in so far as we need them as slaves for our culture: otherwise it is of no interest to me.'
If one is interested in the hawk, one must hunt the sparrow in the bush, for only then, can one know the crow. The Russell Crowe Psalms 11-13 If one walks with baboons, one must be careful not to look too far into the baboons, in case the baboons look into you also
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