Jameson Draper
Writer at Freelance
for we are visitors and investigators in a strange universe // a son of the midwest // email: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
draper.substack.com | Jameson Draper
For the third installment of America, as told by Cinema we’re going to talk about Nashville (1975), Robert Altman’s ambitious and sprawling cautionary tale of America’s populist obsession with celebrities. Each week I will write about one movie that perfectly encapsulates the American experience in some way, regardless of scope or intent. You can follow the Letterboxd list I’m working off of here.
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1 month ago |
letterboxd.com | Jameson Draper |Kelly Reichardt
★★★★ "Sorrow is nothing but worn-out joy."Kelly Reichardt is great, full-stop.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
letterboxd.com | Jameson Draper
MICKEY 17 is a heavy-handed and superficial take on fascism and the soulless dystopia it creates. What made Bong Joon-ho's PARASITE so great is both the profundity with which it meditates upon the class struggle and the heartbreaking reveal at the end; it's not an innovative take on world politics but a raw, slice-of-life display that humanizes the struggle.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
letterboxd.com | Jameson Draper
The best-looking movie I've ever seen, in terms of pure beauty, is either Terrence Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN or Sergei Parajanov's THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES. BARRY LYNDON is probably the third, and what makes it so special is its compositions and lighting. The allure of English and German 18th century royal architecture draped in green fields and still ponds is very nice, but what really sets this apart is how Kubrick presents it. His attention to detail is— infamously— second to none.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
letterboxd.com | Jameson Draper
★★★★★ Arguably the quintessential western, it's interesting how negative John Ford's take on the frontier is. THE SEARCHERS is a dark tale of antihero versus antihero, the wasteland that is the west and the false dream of Manifest Destiny. Even the 'good' characters are flawed to the point of evil; it's impossible to tell the story of the dreams these frontier families chased with a clean slate. They usually came from sinister pasts and their hatefulness and thirst for blood and vengeance...
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Living in two very different states it’s pretty clear that every place says their weather is crazy and every place says their drivers suck.
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