I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024) • Page 6

think I'm gonna double feature this & Babes this weekend, should this be first or last

 

Yes

 

I don’t know anything about Babes, but it looks like a comedy? So probably see it after this one.

 

I know a lot of things about babes. Also, the movie looks pretty funny too!

 

Just saw this and my first thought was all I want to do now is rewatch Pete & Pete.

 

I'm thrilled that this exists and I've loved reading about so many people seeing their own experience reflected in it, even if I ultimately didn't "get" it.

 

Gonna catch this tomorrow before Sleep Token, what a day.

 

had a visceral reaction watching the trailer to this just now having never heard of it. Took me back to being aimless 16yo because of that BSS song and the visuals of friends bonding over media that represented them more than they felt irl. Gonna watch this soon worried its gonna hurt lol

 

the Mr Melancholy scene was so mesmerizing

 

So true.

Really gotta catch this again.

 

I have not stopped thinking about this scene since I saw it. Definitely need to watch again ASAP.

 

I’m hopefully seeing this again on Monday, possibly even tomorrow.

 

This was really something else. Just wrecked me. I've had a lot of thoughts lately about being 33, starting to feel a lot older, and anxiety over having my son grow in the world we current live in, I felt attacked.

 

Eternal Sense of Play with Jane Schoenbrun & Brigette Lundy-Paine

 

Seated for this now

 

Was looking through the cast for this on IMDb and saw that Danny Tamberelli was in it very briefly. Absolutely incredible haha

 

both Petes were in it

it probably drew most of its nostalgic inspiration from that show

 

Caught this in Pittsburgh yesterday and adored it. Feel like Jane has taken something so personal and created something universal out of it, a trans allegory that goes on to tap into the feeling that you are not who you say you are, that there is a piece of you missing or that you've neglected but that it's never too late to truly become yourself. I don't know what I can say about this that hasn't already been said, but I feel like it's gong to be an important film for SO many people, and I literally already want to rewatch it a day later. The visuals, soundtrack, and score are literally perfect, everything about The Pink Opaque (show) within the movie is like a cherry on top. And even when Smith's and Lundy-Paine's line delivers felt stilted or made me uncomfortable, they also felt very real and I can't imagine anyone else in those roles. Just so many moments that felt like a total punch to the gut -- not just the ending, but also the cut from Maddie crying during the show to hearing her stepdad yelling upstairs. Smith shoving his head into the TV, the sparking, Durst pulling him out and forcing him to throw up static into the bathtub is instantly one of the most visceral uses of surreal imagery I've ever seen in a film.

 

this for sure. While I got the trans allegory, since I’m not in that, obviously it didn’t affect me on that level. What did though was the feelings of a long gone childhood in the 90s, fear of growing up without realizing and welcoming who you are, loneliness, etc.

 

Hmm didn’t love it

 

This was the best part

 

I think this movie really confirms in a way that I am not neurodivergent