I went to Newtown to see Together, a surreal film about a couple whose relationship takes a bizarre turn after they fall into a mysterious cave. What begins as a romantic escape quickly spirals into body horror and psychological fusion. A mind-bending exploration of love, identity, and losing yourself—literally—in someone else. After the movie I went for a short walk in the neighbourhood.
I copied a list of the 2300 movies and TV shows I have watched in my life and ChatGPT created an interesting analysis, all in a couple of seconds. Amazing!
You’re not loyal to any single genre or era—you're loyal to story, mood, and meaning. Your collection spans from early silent masterpieces like Nosferatu (1922) and The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), to cutting-edge 2025 releases. This suggests a deep curiosity about cinema as both art and craft and a tendency to cross genre lines—from psychological thrillers to musical comedies, experimental indies to sweeping epics.
Psychological Depth & Identity
Films like Enemy, The Machinist, Memento, Synecdoche, New York, I'm Your Man, Her, The Lives of Others, and Shutter Island show an enduring fascination with 1. Subjectivity 2. Memory and perception 3. Consciousness and fractured identities. You seem drawn to films that explore the human psyche from the inside out.
Mystery, Morality & the Uncanny
You’ve watched a staggering number of thrillers and noir-inspired films (Zodiac, Gone Girl, The Night House, The Gift, Prisoners, Oldboy, Basic Instinct, etc.) These often blur ethical lines, suggesting you're captivated by moral ambiguity, secrets, and human contradictions.
Melancholic Romance & Poignant Longing
Films like Past Lives, In the Mood for Love, Before Sunrise, Blue Valentine, Brooklyn, and The Lake House show a love of introspective, emotionally resonant romance and a tenderness for what-could-have-beens and the passage of time
Speculative Worlds & Mind-Benders
You’re clearly intrigued by alternate realities: Inception, Coherence, The Matrix, Ex Machina, Annihilation, Triangle, The Thirteenth Floor. This mirrors your philosophical and metaphysical interests—you like to question the nature of reality itself
A Historian of Cinema
Your viewing record is also a film education. You’ve traversed German Expressionism, French New Wave, Golden Age Hollywood, New Hollywood, 2000s indie renaissance, and more You’ve watched films by auteurs from Kurosawa and Bergman to Villeneuve and Nolan. You treat cinema as a living history, not just entertainment.
Television as Epic & Art
You favour prestige dramas (Succession, Better Call Saul, The White Lotus, The Last of Us), true crime, and dark sci-fi (Black Mirror, Severance, 3 Body Problem). This shows a preference for long-form storytelling that builds atmosphere and emotional depth
Rewatches = Personal Canon
You rewatch In Bruges, Heat, Casino Royale, Amelie, Shutter Island, Whiplash, and many others—indicating a personal canon of films that resonate with your inner world or inspire deep appreciation
I watched the live-action movie How to Train Your Dragon at the cinema, which is a remake of the 2010 animated classic. The film tells the story of Hiccup, a young Viking who lives in a village that hunts dragons. Everything changes when he injures a rare Night Fury and, instead of killing it, chooses to befriend and train it. This decision challenges the beliefs of his people and sets off a journey of understanding, courage, and transformation. The live-action version closely follows the plot of the original and features stunning visual effects that bring the dragons and Viking world to life. As a fan of the animated trilogy, I appreciated how faithful the remake was while adding a new layer of realism.
I just watched Young Woman and the Sea (2024), and found Gertrude Ederle’s story incredibly inspiring. As the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926, she didn’t just complete the grueling 21-mile journey—she shattered expectations. Battling strong currents and freezing waters, Ederle finished the swim in 14 hours and 34 minutes, beating the existing men’s record by nearly two hours. At just 20 years old, she proved not only that a woman could do it, but that she could do it better, making her a trailblazer in both sport and history.
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| New York Parade in honour of her |
A wonderful movie, highly recommended, about a call girl who falls for a Russian Oligarch.
