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Memory is a strange thing. It doesn’t work like I thought it did. We are so bound by time, by its order.

Arrival (2016) dir. Denis Villeneuve

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE has begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy… Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) dir. Richard Marquand

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9 films that capture my aesthetic

melancholia (2011, lars von trier) • the cell (2000, tarsem singh) • oldboy (2003, chan-wook park) • enter the void (2009, gaspar noé) • spring breakers (2012, harmony korine) • only god forgives (2013, nicolas winding refn) • a clockwork orange (1971, stanley kubrick) • twin peaks: fire walk with me (1992, david lynch) • natural born killers (1994, oliver stone)

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Léa Seydoux in ‘Zoe’ (dir. by Drake Doremus, 2018)

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FILMS I WATCHED IN 2018: Zoe dir. Drake Doremus

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It’s not destroying. It’s making something new.

Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex Garland

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Philip K. Dick’s ELECTRIC DREAMS | Human Is

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Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams: Impossible Planet

“Do you think you could reach God, Mister Norton?”  “Maybe when I was a kid, I did. In fact, I used to dream I’d break into whole new universes.” 

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Blade Runner (1982) : Tyrell Pyramids by night appreciation post

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Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Dir. Denis Villeneuve.

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All the best memories are hers.

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) dir. Denis Villeneuve

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I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die.

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Replicants are like any other machine. They’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit it’s not my problem.

Blade Runner (1982) dir. Ridley Scott

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90th Academy Awards Best Cinematography winner:

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Roger Deakins

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I will not be upstaged by some slut with mutant lungs! Burlesque (2010) dir. Steve Antin