Extended Reading
  • Oma 2022-02-19 08:01:43

    Backlit diva (Vox Lux, 2018)

    1. The story opens with a fascinating posture: how the protagonist's experience of shooting trauma was sold for money. From this, we realize that the film presents consumerism that is even more terrifying than terrorism (consumerism is a point that is difficult for people living in its social...

  • Rico 2022-02-19 08:01:43

    That's why I love POP music.I don't want people to have to think too hard. i just want them to feel good.

    As a musical, the whole movie is like the Korean group Wonder Girl who was dancing Nobody non-stop many years ago. Those who dance may be you and me who are forced to perform at the annual meeting, or they may be stars who participate in variety shows to gain attention. It's just that the...

  • Gladyce 2022-03-23 09:03:02

    Make "A Star Is Born" superficial like a blank sheet of paper.

  • Keegan 2022-04-22 07:01:48

    The director's taste is very good, and the growth history of a female star who has been harmed by consumerism is extremely blurred and allegorical. The jumping time period and the voice-over setting bring the audience a sense of detachment. The details of the past can make people fill in the blanks in their minds, and gradually outline a female image swallowed by darkness. If it is not enough, it is that the too straightforward expression in the second half of the movie reduces the charm of the story. Portman also used force. Suspicious. Of course the first half was great.

Vox Lux quotes

  • Celeste: I am sick and tired of everybody treating me LIKE I'M NOT A PERSON!

  • Celeste: You a retard?

    Eleanor: No.

    Celeste: Cause sometimes your jaw slacks a certain way when you look like life's just happening to you? You look like a retard.

    Eleanor: Please don't say that about me.

    Celeste: Only crazy people get aggravated when you call them crazy. So you must really be retarded.