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August 14, 2023 / barton smock

_____ small words toward films ‘Tower. A Bright Day.’ and ‘Beginning’ _____

Tower. A Bright Day. / directed by Jagoda Szelc

Just because it's ancient doesn't mean it's a demon. The world comes for us, despite our rituals. What is it about non-American performances that seem to be lived-in and okay with dying? None of this art matters if there isn't some recognizable earth. Anna Krotoska is revealing and familiar in her demands and commands and reprimands, and makes this whole thing human. What a perfect film. Humanistic, animalistic, so known, so unknown. It only takes a moment. The abyss, the void, the hour of confession, the always of nature, the possessed second. Good goddamn.

Beginning / directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili

What an indictment of absolution. Witness is a weak viewfinder. One mirror turns to salt, one to stone. Fire is just trying to see itself. Sorry, I got drunk. Watch this film anyway. Sober up.

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