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John Bleasdale
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The Magic Hours: the Life of Terrence Malick

Darkness Visible: the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer

Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World/Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts

https://open.spotify.com/show/7LMnm5Gfb42qUV5qLdymMp?si=CC_zOz5ERTWFm_iij8ImAg
It just has a Guy Ritchie ness to it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sure. It’s not bad. And there’s some real fun in it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I’m halfway through it and it’s a kinda gimmicky collection of well done scenes with no real reason to exist. It might get better but I’m drifting.
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I prefer his early stuff The Firm, Sid Vicious - I think Hollywood diminished him. Didn’t really know what to do with him so he took on the British villain role. His Smiley was excellent.
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hopefully soon. We need to work it out.
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM