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DIRECTOR: Archenemy (2020) | Daniel Isn't Real (2019) | Holidays (2016) | Some Kind of Hate (2015) | GRAPHIC NOVEL: Ballistic (2015)
Dec 23, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
There were so many things I loved about Matrix Resurections but the element that really got me was how courageously Lana W - famously an absolute innovator of film aesthetics - deliberately chose an anti-aesthetic to critique the modern world and to focus on intense emotion - - and then she goes and has the villain EXPLAIN that choice. Her approach felt super brave because it defies likability and is deeply cerebral but also asks you to abandon cynicism while watching the reboot of a major franchise. There’s a lot going on and it kinda rules
Nov 22, 2020 32 tweets 12 min read
ARCHENEMY comes out very soon — so over the next few days I’m going to post about some of the amazing people who worked together on it. And then we can all see it on December 11! Image Halyna Hutchins, ARCHENEMY’s DP, has a brilliant mind for light and texture. Her tastes and sensibility of what is cinematic were a huge asset for executing our style — the grimy but beautiful feeling I referred to as ROMANTIC BRUTALSM. ImageImage