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Non-Review Review: Only God Forgives

Hell is a karaoke bar…

Only God Forgives is a journey into hell. It’s an unpleasant, uncomfortable, terrifying, surreal, macabre, haunting, eerie and beautiful exploration of brutality and violence. Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film isn’t just bereft of sympathetic characters, it doesn’t even feature any characters who lend themselves to empathy or recognisability. Ryan Gosling’s Julian is so introverted and withdrawn that it’s often difficult to determine the difference between reality and his surreal dream sequences.

Then again, given Refn suggests the man is living in his own private hell, perhaps there’s not too much difference any way...

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Cinematography by Edward Lachman

Mean Streets (1973) | Dir. Martin Scorsese

Johnny Boy / Robert De Niro

The Pop Group / Justice // For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

And they'll bring in the army To break up the strikes And they'll bring the legal terrorists To control civil disorders Ireland is their practice ground To control civil disorders Our very own Vietnam Who guards the guards Who polices the police

Who

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DoP: Bruno Delbonnel

susurrus

(sʊˈsɜr əs, noun) As one of the most beautiful words in the English language, susurrus is defined as a soft, murmuring sound. It resembles the rustling symphony of the fallen leaves moving across the pavement or the whispers created by the branches of the trees on a windy, autumn day. Uttering susurrus also simulates the acoustics of nature’s effect; this is one of those rare words where its aesthetic, sound and feel coincide beautifully. (via wordsnquotes)

Name That Film?

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