Grovets

Grovets

27. too deep into iCheckMovies so this is just for reviews & lists

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  • Children of Paradise
  • American Graffiti
  • Bad Boy Bubby
  • It's Such a Beautiful Day

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Last Chants for a Slow Dance

The wayward camera in the bar scene left me antsy, but then the morning-after scene was quite entrancing with its still grainy shadowplay and blatant double exposure. It's one of those films whose mood of nothingness is difficult to attribute, whether to its deliberate direction or its budgetary restriction, but learning the soundtrack was original raised it in my estimation. I thought Fixing To Die was from a Van Ronk record or something, it's fantastic.

The Piano Teacher

On every level except physical I am experiencing the letter scene from The Piano Teacher whenever I am pleaded with to communicate my desires

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While refamiliarising myself with this film for this review, I fell down a rabbit hole and learned that the director almost certainly made up the story about the suicide of a close friend for the publicity and credibility it gave to justifying the graphic depiction of suicide he argues is a "deterrent". The way he walks back the deception in increments reminds me of another contemporary Aussie fraudster from Forbidden Lies.

He also roped in a suicide prevention charity as…

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