My blog reviews movies as political, historical or social commentary with intentional disregard for their artistic or cinematic value. One foe of American political scientists and economists is that they ignore movies as sources to inform them on changes in American culture, view exoticism as a hallmark of "foreigness" and, at the same time, impart American values and judgment to foreign movies.
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Once upon a time... in Hollywood
Solid performance by Leonardo Di Caprio and brilliant--by Brad Pitt glosses over weariness and unsure gait of Quentin Tarantino. Rick Dalton must be his alter ego--washed up auteur compelled to repeat wonderful but aging tricks indefinitely. Whether the choice of his real life wife as a new wife of his protagonist is a Freudian slip or a conscious choice is not material. Australian bimbo in the role of British bimbo is amusing. But again, Scarlett and Keira appeared as another pretty faces and slowly but surely learned how to act.
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