A Long Road: On Memory And 2011 Films
A number of movies from last year, including a few of the Best Picture nominees, rotated around the idea of nostalgia, or more generally the power of memory, as a central theme. In Hugo, a man is incapable of dealing with his memories of the past; in The Artist, the conflict between his…
If you’ve seen Midnight in Paris, this is actually a pretty great little essay that kinda turned my head around on the movie as a whole. Oh, also, watch Kicking and Screaming if you’re presently in college and looking to get a laugh before feeling incredibly depressed that your life may very well be going nowhere.
