@DannyDrinksWine Post 1967 Godard went so far up his own arse with his “essay film” aesthetic that he completely decoupled image from any emotional impact - pretty much denying the image’s most fundamental meaning. It was exhausting.
@TheMonologist Lamenting the same thing. It’s been like this for years: finding 1 film that’s comparable to any 5 best from decades past. 1975’s a tough one to beat, though, for ANY year.
@robdoar@majorityfm Why is he filming her with his phone? If he’s on duty? Don’t ICE agents have body cams? It seems to me he’s preoccupied with filming her which obstructs his judgement at the moment he draws his weapon.
@mjfree I se the failure of the Fourth Estate to hold these people accountable. Chasing clicks instead of the relentless pursuit of upholding our values. 30 years ago he would’ve been removed by his own board and thrown into the garbage dump of history’s monsters.
@TheMonologist It’s not perfect but it has its moments spread out across its run time. It’s kind of “forgotten” because it wasn’t a film of its time, didn’t quite connect with the ideological zeitgeist of 1981. Unlike Bonnie & Clyde or Shampoo.
@mjfree I’m no Trump supporter. Farthest from it. But if this were the case the firefighter who was killed in the stands behind him is either alive or collateral damage for some staged conspiracy?