this year has all the goods. conspiracy, dystopian daydreams, nocturnal noir, and hair salon melodrama
- NIGHT MOVES
- THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
- ROLLERBALL
- DEATH RACE 2000
- SHAMPOO
good year for some good films THE STATE OF THINGS
- early wim wenders, meta film about making films
BLADE RUNNER
- you already know
KING OF COMEDY
- deniro is delusional
WRONG IS RIGHT
- post-bond sean connery, world is a mess, young jennifer jason leigh cameo, v timely with the state of the world rn
NIGHT SHIFT
- all the right antics
THE LAST HORROR FILM
- b-movie galore, about a fanatic at a film festival
KAMIKAZE 89
- some of the best costumes and set design ever
this goes hard - one of my fave 70s sinister sci-fi films. james cann plays a jock/reality tv star that seems to have it all but something’s not right... there’s no wars or countries, there’s a global government and the number one source of entertainment is rollerball - brutal roller derby meets gladiator vibe. if you feel like corporations are sucking the life out of everything yet are inconceivably involved in your daily life - this film takes that to an extreme zone. the set design and wardrobe is also killer
there is an underlying theme in this year for movies. people are losing their minds, obsessing over the wrong things, and distorting reality… - UHF
- SHOCKER
- RELENTLESS
- MYSTERY TRAIN
- KILL ME AGAIN
- SEA OF LOVE
- HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING
promotes positivity
pro tip, dreams don’t always make sense - so when weird/bad stuff happens, you can shrug it off and be like wow what a weird dream bro 🤷
