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★★★★½ Rewatched 07 Jan 2025
Rewatched in preparation for an onstage conversation with RaMell Ross, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Jomo Fray as part of The Ankler’s new series with Letterboxd (yay!)
The first time I saw this, the scene where Ellis-Taylor’s Hattie visits Nickel and hugs the camera, which is the perspective of Elwood, I got tripped up thinking about the logistics of an actor hugging a camera operator. The second time I saw it, the scene ripped me open.
This is a movie that will…
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When I am done with this Minnelli viewing experience I’m going to rank his movies by the preposterousness of their plots and this one is going to be really high up there.
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If I were told I could write “Highway 61 Revisited” but that it would hurt the feelings of Pete Seeger, the nicest man alive… I think I’d keep that siren whistle in my pocket.
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Isabella Rossellini mid-movie applause break.
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