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  • The Prestige (2006): Personal Gaze

    July 20, 2019 by

    “An illusion has three stages.” – Cutter (Michael Caine) And so begins a film constructed from the very fabric of illusionary materials, never allowing its secrets to be divined by the audience until the very last second, Angier’s blind stagehands, always on the backfoot, kept in the dark awaiting the inevitable prestige. This ability is… Read more

  • City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002): Personal Gaze

    July 19, 2019 by

    Where do you want to take the shot? In the hand or in the foot? – Zé Pequeno (Lil’ Zé) This review contains some spoilers but are marked in the paragraph in italics. After first watching this film, in the early hours of the morning, surrounded by darkness apart from the soft glow of the… Read more

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