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A Hard but Good Year: Let It Be Review
Continuing (after too long a gap!) my Beatles retrospective, I look at the curious case of Let It Be. Watching Let It Be (1970) today is an odd experience. The oddity lies not so much in the actual movie as the imbalance between the movie and the wealth of associated stories, supplementary materials, and interpretations… Read more
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Seeing the World in Black and White: Shadow Review
Next in my Zhang Yimou retrospective, I look at the visually distinctive Shadow. Watching Shadow (2018), I was reminded of someone playing an elaborate game with dominoes. Like a domino master, Zhang Yimou and his co-screenwriter Li Wei set up their characters and plot through a long period of painstaking preparation, before they then start… Read more
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