“Anniversary” by Jan Komasa
“One Battle after Another” Paul Thomas Anderson
So anniversary not the best movie I’ve seen in terms of interesting storytelling a bit obvious great acting, great pictures beautifully lit and great details but just a little bit too simple I think, but at the same time I did feel quite shaken by it, knowing what the political climate in the US is like right now in 2025 with the right wing extremist turning the US upside down so watching this film makes trying to be ignorant of what’s happening in the world really hard I chose to be ignorant for quite a few years of my life while I was working because I was just it was everything was too much knowing too much made it very difficult for me to function in the family to be there for my kids every day Smiling and positive so I chose ignorance and watching nice things most of the time but now when I finally have a break from thinking about money and work and trying to focus on my art, I am starting to think it will be become increasingly difficult for me to be ignorant. I feel like being an artist is about saying something anything as long as we choose to be artist, we have to stand up to the increasing amount of brainwashing, which is so extremely dangerous. It’s the veiled extermination of kindness that we as artists should resist. I definitely liked the more complex and emotionally deeper approach of Paul Thomas Anderson in “One Battle after Another”, with its moments of southpark-like humour and surreal madness to lighten up the gravity of the situation. But the overall weekend spent watching movies like this makes me really worry and feel fearful about the future of humanity
“Anniversary” Jan Komasa “One Battle After Another” Paul Thomas Anderson