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  1. jpmalone4 replied to the thread The Criterion Collection.

    Making the benign terrifying is exactly right. That scene in the Straight Story, when Farnsworth (whose character was an alcoholic) walks into a bar is so disquieting, you feel that anxiety and the stakes, but yet at the same time there’s really nothing special about it. He orders milk and just talks war stories. Then it becomes this really warm, compassionate moment. That scene is like a magic trick I think about all the time.

    Jan 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM

  2. jpmalone4 liked Morrissey's post in the thread The Criterion Collection.

    I didn't really like Mulholland Dr. and Inland Empire the first time I saw them, mostly because I didn't know enough about film, but Blue Velvet was a transformative experience. I mentioned this somewhere already, but his ability to make something so benign so terrifying was a skill he had that no one else can match. Someone like Dennis Hopper, who I knew from a handful of pretty mediocre roles, becoming this monster was so affecting. A lot of filmmakers have tried to do the whole "the real terror is beneath the veneers of the suburbs" routine, but he is the one who got it.

    Jan 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM

  3. jpmalone4 liked OotyPa's post in the thread TV Show Twin Peaks (ABC).

    [MEDIA] Okay now I’m crying at him crying

    Jan 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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