Strange that there are no comments on this movie. It has a big reputation in the Mexican-American and queer communities.
The film itself is fine. It doesn't take risks, choosing to show a lot of reverence for Selena (which makes sense, coming out only two years after her untimely death). The ending of the film might be jarring for someone who isn't aware of how the real-life events unfolded. Telling the story via news reports instead of actually filming Selena's death was a choice that perhaps made sense at the time, but feels like the wrong one 30 years later. It robs the film of a lot of the power and tragedy of the ending.
Small correction, the Belly entry on this list is incorrect. It should be this one:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158493/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/belly/
EDIT: Turns out it was a duplicate entry on ICM. I contacted the mods and the two entries were merged into one. All is well.
I go up to this queen and I say, "What's your name?" The queen says, "Monique." And you say, "That's marvelous, darling, but what was your name before?" And the queen will look at you straight in the eye and say, "There was no before."
You know how boring it is when someone tells you about a dream they had? Well this is like watching someone else's dream. Not as boring as just hearing about it, but it still makes zero sense unless you are the one having the dream.
Ending hits like a ton of bricks. I wasn’t sure about this film’s placement on the Art and Faith list until the end, but it makes sense once you get there.
Some really nice closeup photography of Garson in this one. The cinematography could have been inspired by the radiation of the elusive element the Curies discovered.
“I imagined a summer peach with its perfect colors, and inside, there is a worm. And impressionist paintings, which emanate such melancholy, though they depict scenes of everyday happiness. I listened to Mozart, and thought of death’s preponderance. I wrote the film fast and shot it fast, like the vivid brightness of our short-lived summers. In a world full of prefabricated images of happiness, it’s interesting to take apart the cliches.” - Agnes Varda on Le Bonheur
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Toplist comment on Criterion Channel Expiring April 2024
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Thank you for adding these each month!Movie comment on Past Lives
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Movie comment on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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This is the first movie where I understood how the Shatner impressions started. He was really laying it on thick throughout the film.Movie comment on Quatermass 2
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https://youtu.be/Po-zuiTPAE8Movie comment on The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
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The Library of Congress website cites this link to the film, which is 3:12 in length:https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs00064432/
Movie comment on Selena
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Strange that there are no comments on this movie. It has a big reputation in the Mexican-American and queer communities.The film itself is fine. It doesn't take risks, choosing to show a lot of reverence for Selena (which makes sense, coming out only two years after her untimely death). The ending of the film might be jarring for someone who isn't aware of how the real-life events unfolded. Telling the story via news reports instead of actually filming Selena's death was a choice that perhaps made sense at the time, but feels like the wrong one 30 years later. It robs the film of a lot of the power and tragedy of the ending.
Toplist comment on Criterion Channel Expiring November 2023
beasterne
Thanks for the monthly list as always.Small correction, the Belly entry on this list is incorrect. It should be this one:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158493/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/belly/
EDIT: Turns out it was a duplicate entry on ICM. I contacted the mods and the two entries were merged into one. All is well.
Movie comment on Mommie Dearest
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I think you’re overreacting Ms. Crawford!I think you’re UNDERREACTING!
Movie comment on Ging chaat goo si juk jaap
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The fight at the playground was the best! Probably inspired hundreds of kids to hurt themselves pretending to be Jackie Chan.Movie comment on The Queen
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Movie comment on Three Thousand Years of Longing
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My three thousandth check!Toplist comment on Black Film Archive
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Great list, thank you for creating it! Lots of films I’ll need to check out.Movie comment on Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
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I'm surprised Tom Cruise let so many beautiful people be cast in the movie alongside him. He's on the outside of the top 10 looking in for this one.Toplist comment on Letterboxd Top 250 (updated regularly)
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Needs an update after the new Letterboxd formula dropped!Movie comment on To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
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Bodhi, Blade, and Sid the Sloth get sassy.Movie comment on I Remember Mama
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Great special effects work in this one, especially for the time, which help tell the story as a bit of a möbius strip.Movie comment on Sang sattawat
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You know how boring it is when someone tells you about a dream they had? Well this is like watching someone else's dream. Not as boring as just hearing about it, but it still makes zero sense unless you are the one having the dream.Movie comment on Places in the Heart
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Ending hits like a ton of bricks. I wasn’t sure about this film’s placement on the Art and Faith list until the end, but it makes sense once you get there.Movie comment on Madame Curie
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Some really nice closeup photography of Garson in this one. The cinematography could have been inspired by the radiation of the elusive element the Curies discovered.Movie comment on Dyketactics
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alternate link: https://vimeo.com/682819393Movie comment on Encino Man
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Starring Academy Award winners Brendan Frasier and Ke Huy QuanMovie comment on Le bonheur
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“I imagined a summer peach with its perfect colors, and inside, there is a worm. And impressionist paintings, which emanate such melancholy, though they depict scenes of everyday happiness. I listened to Mozart, and thought of death’s preponderance. I wrote the film fast and shot it fast, like the vivid brightness of our short-lived summers. In a world full of prefabricated images of happiness, it’s interesting to take apart the cliches.” - Agnes Varda on Le BonheurMovie comment on Zaniklý svet rukavic
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Really good!Movie comment on Guys and Dolls
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Imagine my surprise when, after the intro to Luck Be a Lady played, it was Brando and not Sinatra who sang the song!Toplist comment on AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals
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Thanks for adding this. Unfortunately Gentlemen Prefer Blondes didn’t make the list so it’s pretty invalid.Showing items 1 – 25 of 86