<PERSON> & <PERSON>
“nothing productive is going to be said tonight”
a fight in a romantic relationship can get nastier than a fight with anyone else in the most horrible and embarrassing of ways (probably because so often people find themselves in relationships that are extreme in every way, good and bad, and they just become hard to let go of even if they are undoubtedly toxic). somehow we find ways to continue on as if our partner didn't just say the most hurtful things anyone has ever uttered aloud to us. <PERSON> and <PERSON> illustrates one of those spats to very realistic and ugly degrees. it is never one big downward spiral where the explosions get steadily worse, but extreme attacks at the other's career, overall personality, and deepest insecurities between caresses (reminiscent of <PERSON> before midnight).
in between all their arguments, however, <PERSON> rants about the reception of his film and how he doesn't want his art to be politicized, and it just reads as <PERSON>, a white man, using <PERSON> to air out his grievances and it really does not sit right.
that said, the black and white cinematography is stylish and gorgeous, reminiscent of the films <PERSON> looks up to. 698