Robert Eggers uses the technology of film to create immersive experiences of psychological time travel; no one else is doing quite this project. The Northman is meant to make you feel like you are a true believer in Norse mythology living in tenth century, and it’s a trip, man
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oh man is there a term for this sort of immersion into subjectivity in film criticism? i really want a way to talk about it, it seems like by far the most interesting way to use the medium
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Pasolini calls it “poetic cinema,” though there isn’t really a standard usage of that term. Wrote about that here:
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this is gorgeous, thank you for sharing 🥲 you’ve definitely sold me on watching this movie
i think movies that aren’t upfront about their subjectivity are kinda pretending to an objectivity they don’t and can’t have
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maybe not exactly it, but I like using this term for something close to that
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