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unhingedbisexual

3 years ago

Fuck film critics, if you like a movie then like it, don’t let someone whose job is to criticize movies decide what you should like. Film critics can choke for all you should care, respect yourself and your decision making ❤️

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dynkeonabynke

1 year ago

Text reads: Despite a performance from Lily Gladstone that practically redefines gravity with the force of her glare, Killers of the Flower Moon is far more interested in her suffering at the hands of her husband than her personhood. We experience Mollie and her family through the eyes of her husband Ernest, and Ernest’s Uncle, the “King”. Details of Mollie’s life before or after Ernest, is not shown, but conveyed derisively through Ernest and his uncle’s discussions.

Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), William K Hale (Robert Deniro), and Ernest Burkheart (Leonardo DiCaprio) smiling in a still of Mollie and Earnest's wedding scene.

Text image reads: Even if Ernest didn’t knowingly poison his wife (at first), he did knowingly assist in the organised murder of people she cared for. What does it matter whether white men like Ernest weren’t aware of the full extent of harm they caused? Scorsese and his creative team’s storytelling in Killers Of The Flower Moon, despite the best intentions and efforts to be culturally appropriate, hinge the film on the monstrousness of unknowing white complicity. But why should a white perspective, even a monstrous one, be the focus at all? Ironically, Scorsese told Time magazine he moved away from hinging the film on the FBI investigation like in the original book to focus on the Osage themselves, saying, “after a certain point, I realised I was making a movie about all the white guys… which concerned me.”

Mollie and her sister weep over their mother's dead body as Ernest and William Hale watch.

Text reads: In Viet Thanh Nguyen’s acclaimed novel, The Sympathizer, Nguyen proposes that white Americans are no longer as concerned with being seen as vengeful or virtuous or even good or bad, so much as they desire to, “command the bright lights of center stage”. Indeed, time and time again throughout film history, films billed as advocating for marginalized people focus as much, if not more, on the humanity of their oppressor. Schindler’s List, 12 Years A Slave, Dallas Buyer’s Club, The Nightingale, Green Book, Oppenheimer, and countless other films prioritise the anguish of the perpetrator in stories in lieu of advocating for the victims and survivors of such horror. Unfortunately, Killers of the Flower Moon, despite the efforts of the filmmakers to be inclusive, falls into the very same paradigm that maintains a hierarchy with marginalised perspectives at the bottom.

Text reads: This sentiment was echoed by Christopher Cote, an Osage language consultant on the film. Cote told The Hollywood Reporter at the Killers of the Flower Moon premiere, he had some “concerns” about the film, stating, “As an Osage, I really wanted this to be from the perspective of Mollie [Burkhart].” Cote acknowledged it would take an Osage filmmaker to do that, but that Scorsese did a great job representing his people. However, Cote also said, “but this story, this history is being told, almost from the perspective of Ernest Burkhart and they kind of give him this conscience, and kinda depict that there’s love. But when somebody conspires to murder your entire family, that’s not love.” Cote went on to say, “This film was not made for an Osage audience. It was made for everybody not Osage.”

Mollie and her sisters wear traditional Osage robes and fan themselves with fans on a picnic rug.

Text reads: Killers of the Flower Moon is a film about white people, for white people. It is a film about how white people stole land and stole the lives of First Nations people for money and power. It is a film for white people who find their collective guilt more compelling than compassion. Indigenous people are more than what we’ve endured. We are more than a source of guilt and regret, we are more than brutalised sickly bodies and drunks, and we are more than the tragic collateral of white colonial capitalism. We are people with our own realities, love and lives that exist beyond the guilty white gaze.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Can’t Escape Its Own White Gaze by Merryana Salem / Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023). Dir. Martin Scorsese

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p3arlsandcoff3

2 years ago

I watched ''Black swan" with a friend today and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the 'girlblogger' films I watch are either mild in their social critique or rely too heavily on shock factor, but Aronofsky's film is harsh and relatable. One thing I enjoyed immensely was the cinematography.

If anyone could share their thoughts on the film I'd appreciate it very much! I intend on writing an analysis in the next few days.

Stay yourself, stay curious.

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p3arlsandcoff3

1 year ago

Unpopular opinion - saltburn is a lesser version of the talented Mr Ripley.

I watched the latter in October 2023 absolutely adoring it, and seeing saltburn now is... Disappointing. A bit. It's a good film! Just clearly had TTMR in mind when shot and written.

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is it obvious i just saw saltburn and yad to talk about it? ttmr saltburn the talented mr ripley film critique cinema

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