reactions to the servant (1963)
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eleanorofaquitainei think i'll post a lot of film reactions. these will be a mixture of excerpts from elsewhere, so sorry to be repetitive, but i think they will be most focused here!! they will still be very short and...well, you'll be able to tell a lot about my brain from them, let's just say that
first up: the servant. oh, the servant.
i knew i was In For It when i saw the studiocanal intro. oh, the things studiocanal has done to me...
the VALUES in the photography of this film...huge for fans of light gray. really unsettling for the rest of us
for a bit there, tony was living on a level worse than mattress on the floor and one gaming chair opposite the tv. he scares me
barrett literally removed the chintz. that's real real (im trying to provide context for what were contextless observations. i hope you have all heard "his wife filled his house with chintz. to keep it real i fuck him on the floor." interestingly enough, tony had sex with susan on the floor)
(also, an aside, it's always so interesting when one person is primarily known by the first name and another is primarily known by their last name. things i could write an essay on)
barrett absolutely pulled an uno reverse card. tony thought barrett was in the wrong for having sex with his own sister? well she's not his sister, she's his fiancée, so who's now it's fucked up that tony had sex with barrett's fiancée!! (is this the only scene where barrett is referred to by his christian name?)
absolutely floored when they gave no explanation for a major plot point, just vibes. that's confidence.
(another aside. i loved how shitty the london weather was throughout the film. realism. oh! you guys don't know me. i lived in london for three and a half months. i know everyone knows it rains there, but it still rained)
the hide and seek scene...imagine i did a comparative between that and the curtain gag in austin powers in goldmember.
i am still ruminating on why they're playing such childish games. is it just because they're so fucking immature? to show they are regressing? lmk in the comments
it was wild how you could've made a story like this take place in any year. for much of england's history, this would have broadly made sense. however, it's contemporary, and it is one of the movies that most fully inhabits the 60s that i've ever seen. this made me want to buy cigarette pants. i remembered in time that i already own cigarette pants, and i wore them to work today. i didn't wear them with loafers, because there are lines i just won't cross
the party guests were like dark fairies. a little bit like black lodge spirits. that genre of being. it was cool
i would have loved to have seen more of tony wasting away. well, perfect type of perfect pleasure and all that
first up: the servant. oh, the servant.
i knew i was In For It when i saw the studiocanal intro. oh, the things studiocanal has done to me...
the VALUES in the photography of this film...huge for fans of light gray. really unsettling for the rest of us
for a bit there, tony was living on a level worse than mattress on the floor and one gaming chair opposite the tv. he scares me
barrett literally removed the chintz. that's real real (im trying to provide context for what were contextless observations. i hope you have all heard "his wife filled his house with chintz. to keep it real i fuck him on the floor." interestingly enough, tony had sex with susan on the floor)
(also, an aside, it's always so interesting when one person is primarily known by the first name and another is primarily known by their last name. things i could write an essay on)
barrett absolutely pulled an uno reverse card. tony thought barrett was in the wrong for having sex with his own sister? well she's not his sister, she's his fiancée, so who's now it's fucked up that tony had sex with barrett's fiancée!! (is this the only scene where barrett is referred to by his christian name?)
absolutely floored when they gave no explanation for a major plot point, just vibes. that's confidence.
(another aside. i loved how shitty the london weather was throughout the film. realism. oh! you guys don't know me. i lived in london for three and a half months. i know everyone knows it rains there, but it still rained)
the hide and seek scene...imagine i did a comparative between that and the curtain gag in austin powers in goldmember.
i am still ruminating on why they're playing such childish games. is it just because they're so fucking immature? to show they are regressing? lmk in the comments
it was wild how you could've made a story like this take place in any year. for much of england's history, this would have broadly made sense. however, it's contemporary, and it is one of the movies that most fully inhabits the 60s that i've ever seen. this made me want to buy cigarette pants. i remembered in time that i already own cigarette pants, and i wore them to work today. i didn't wear them with loafers, because there are lines i just won't cross
the party guests were like dark fairies. a little bit like black lodge spirits. that genre of being. it was cool
i would have loved to have seen more of tony wasting away. well, perfect type of perfect pleasure and all that
