Watch the premiere night

Linnea 2022-12-02 08:38:58

Lots and lots of close-ups and close-ups, myrtle's frowns, smiles, and even tongue licks, all shrouded in grey anxiety. The director recklessly placed the camera in a "dangerous distance", as if tying the audience and the actors in an elevator, making people feel insecure. I believe that the actors will inevitably have the same feeling when facing the camera, so they are naturally neurotic. overflows on its own. In contrast, Inarido's technique is too clumsy, endless long shots, computer effects. Although it is an undeniable masterpiece, it can only be seen in the environment where the movie is greatly degraded. I feel more and more that every time I watch a movie from the golden age of the last century, I get older.

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Opening Night quotes

  • Nancy Stein: I never bothered you. You want to kill me. I devoted my life to you. To movies. To music. To theater. I'm 17 years old. I like sex. I like to turn people on. And that's what the theater is: sex. It's like getting laid.

    Myrtle Gordon: Um, what did you do to her?

  • Maurice Aarons: I have a small part. It's unsympathetic. The audience doesn't like me. I can't afford to be in love with you.