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Unexpectedly I kind of fell in love with this movie. A lot of it felt staged. They try to push this side narrative by pulling some emotional relationship strings which I can absolutely get behind. But here it felt forced? I can definitely see It work in an actual documentary. Recording everything in GTA5 is awesome. I was, by the end, really invested in the play. And spoilers, when it finally happens and everyone is cheering away. Kind of felt my eyes water. But maybe that's just my mood today. ParTeb was awesome. Loved that it was all done during the lockdown. I remember playing everyday GTA online with my friends. Maybe brought back some memories. Im curious to see what in game movies this may inspire. Is there a full VOD of the in game play online?? ill have to find out.
Feb 22, 2025
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the timing of me watching this movie at this moment in my life was right :-) i enjoyed the deliberate slowness of this movie, and the way the emotions felt very real - never in your face or all at once, but slowly appearing and disappearing and emerging again. I laughed out loud at parts (like genuinely belly laughed!) and also cried. so so glad Da’Vine Joy Randolph got her flowers for her beautiful performance, and honestly Paul Giamatti was robbed ‼️ Dominic Sessa also really blew me away. I really can’t believe it was his film debut
Mar 25, 2024
Genuinely such a good time. All-star cast. Doesn’t require much thinking or over-analysis. Huge pay-off at the end. I challenge you to watch it, enjoy it, and forego putting it on Letterboxd.
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In an earlier draft I sent Tyler 87 different movies so this is my favourite of those 87 movies. House of Games is a perfect movie about confidence art, which really is the same as visual art. My dad was a con artist, so I like this nonviolent way to revisit my childhood. Joe Mantegna (I smoked a joint with Mantegna in 1994 on the set of a film I was working on) and Lindsay Crouse are perfect, the writing is perfect, tight as a fucking trampoline like all Mamet stuff but not as sweary and unnecessarily verbose as his other stuff.I like seeing anything where smart people get played by people they think they’re smarter than. I like confidence art (The Grifters also v good) because (at least ideally), the victims are just idiots who want an easy buck, not fundamentally vulnerable, although that clearly happens also, and really this likely isn’t an accurate take on con-art but just some romantic reimagining on my part. Also Ricky Jay was one of the greatest character actors of all time.
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I've been trying to leave instagram for years. Rather for me it's a question of addiction. Especially because of my obsession with reels. But instagram remains for me the easiest way and to expand my creative reach. I've started photography as of last year and have gotten stupidly invested. And I'd never be where I am now without specifically using instagram. What ive done to limit instagram is simply to have a friend put a parental control on my phone with a limit of 45min a day. Works pretty well.
Feb 22, 2025