@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialLongtime BlueSky mate @zombieslippers.bsky.social makes an appearance in this #ReelRank review (bc you can embed Bsky posts on ReelRank, which you can't on #letterboxd), bc I take his point re: Dark City and #TheThirteenthFloor in relation to The Matrix & I agree!
#FilmSky 📽️
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialThe Wikipedia cast list for #TheThirteenthFloor is, itself, a total spoiler 😆
But I never mind those (I encourage them). The way it's laid out is actually pretty elegant and would be super helpful for anyone who was tripping out trying to keep people straight.
Bierko plays 3 roles. What a film! 🤩
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialThis is so cool to me, bc unlike 98% of #movies, this ISN'T a story about a dude making moves and getting what he wants; it's a story about a lady making moves and getting what SHE wants, told from the perspective of the dude she wants.
That's frankly progressive 🤓
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialThe impossibly-far-flung future of June, 2024 😆
#FilmSky 📽️ #TheThirteenthFloor 🧵
I did forget this movie had a happy ending (I haven't seen it in a decade or more), and how it did it.
I gotta say, this is a fucking fine film. You should see it, if you haven't, or again, if you have 🤓
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialIncredible shot 🤩
This film is quality from wire to wire, man. The shot composition is fascinating; the writing is strong (based on a preexisting work; that helps sometimes); everything about #TheThirteenthFloor works for me, pretty much.
#FilmSky 📽️
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@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialVincent D'Onofrio is doing the Lord's work in this one 🙏
Also, literally everyone is playing multiple characters, and it's done so well. There's never really any question who is who at any given point (unless it's meant to be in question).
What a film! 🤩
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialGretchen Mol has got It. Whatever It is, she's got It in spades 🤩
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialShivers 🤩
Here's the money shot, right here. This is why you bought the ticket.
Jane: "Where are you?"
Douglas: "I guess you could call it the end of the world..."
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialCraig Bierko abs kills it in this movie. He's so vulnerable & has so much pathos.
You might know him as The Jazz Man from S4 of Sex and the City (I hear; I can't watch that show, it's horrible) or the guy originally cast to play Chandler Bing, but turned it down.
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialSo vibey! 🤩
Movies are vibes, at the end of the day, more than anything else. Even more than they're stories, movies are vibes, and this movie has a strong vibe.
It's hard not to get into it. I think this has aged well, too. This is the most I've ever liked it 🤓
@kcookandcatsco.bsky.socialThe title card is terrific, I think, and sets the tone well 🤩
I'm not going to do a full review, bc I'm picking it back up 70 minutes into it already, but I'm going to throw some vibey highlights at you, to try to tempt you to watch it again (it's free on YouTube!)
