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Twixt (2011)

Posted on December 6, 2013 by rorydean

“Twixt” is about dead-end roads and the distracted ambition of the travelers we find there in a makeshift world about middle grounds between dreams and the indecision of lost souls. We are invitees to the inky interiors of Coppola’s own perplexed life and the accumulated imaginings of his career. The result, while rewarding to Coppola aficionados and otherworldly adventurists, “Twixt” succeeds in ways and means that are simply not for everyone. Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation (2003)

Posted on August 23, 2012 by rorydean

If Lost In Translation fails the many it is for the very reason that it ultimately succeeds for the few, speaking to the deepest unspoken desires about our constant war with loneliness in all the rooms full of people of our lives and from the sharp elbows and indifferent faces we find there, touch ever so gently on the fleetingness of this here and now falling down existence to be content with the simple pleasures of being together. Continue reading →