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Tag: tragedy

The Chic Nothingness of Play it As It Lays

  By Finn Odum August 16, 2024 August 12, 2024 Tuesday Weld & Anthony Perkins

|Sophie Durbin| The unexpected thread that I chased for Play It As It Lays was a comment a family friend made when she saw me doing my due diligence by reading Joan Didion’s novel of the same name. “Oh, that’s a good book,” she said… Continue reading

Tagged   addiction, Character study, Joan Didion, Lana Del Ray, tragedy, Tuesday Weld

Life Has a Funny Way: Tragicomedy and The Earrings of Madame de…

  By Finn Odum June 9, 2024 June 4, 2024 The Long Take

|Courtney Kowalke| The adage “Comedy equals tragedy plus time” doesn’t really hold true for The Earrings of Madame de… (1958). In one early scene, aristocratic main character Louise (Danielle Darrieux) lies to her husband about losing the titular earrings while attending… Continue reading

Tagged   comedy, french cinema, long take, psychology, tragedy
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