Diary entries forLong Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Narratively opaque on a first viewing? Perhaps for me at least. Cyclical motifs and referencing jumped out, I lost any thread twice over... but I couldn't look away from it all! The details of a life may not matter so much in the end as the excavation and interrogation of that past. It's the delving itself that takes center stage here, and staged so remarkably at that.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
i'd have to rewatch this later before give my conclusion.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
It's a very intriguing film. Excellent storytelling mixing past and present and dreams together in such an intricate way that, even though it can be confusing if you look away for a fraction of second, if you manage to follow the narrative it's a really great experience. ChiAollenge 2026 (https://boxd.it/R7raO)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
83/100 “The difference between a movie and memory is that movies are always false. In a movie, one scene follows after another. But memories mix truth and lies.” This quote encapsulates the premise of this movie. The film's first half is a mix of the past and present, where, funnily enough I couldn’t tell it was till about 40 minutes in. It’s real, yet all over the place. Whether it’s all real or not, we aren’t explicitly told. Then the second half is nothing short of a technical marvel, a 2D converted into a 3D 50+ minute one-take sequence. The transition into it was perfect, too. This was a dream sequence, a retelling of the events so far, very different but much the same. For the film itself. I’m very confused and intrigued. I found myself bored at times; however, something urged me to continue watching. I loved it despite its very slow pace. I’ll have a firmer grasp on it in years to come. Despite its 2hr14-minute runtime, it feels much longer. I’ve also replayed the karaoke scene a bunch. Something about it.
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Recently, I reconnected with an old friend in San Francisco. We used to catch films at the Alamo in the Mission, walking and talking back to his place for summer figs, crumbled goat cheese, a combination I cannot shake from SF’s Indian Summers, two weeks of blistering heat that char the sky unforgettable. The first few moments of the film lure you deep into an entrancing world, distant and nearly dystopian, and I immediately thought of him. I dm’ed him on Instagram, reminded of the way he sulked by the film’s mood. Slow. Lush. Neon. Literary. Dark. Everything I like in a film. Think a time-lapsed Blade Runner with Wong Kar Wai dizziness. But this drags on for too long. ... Follow the link to read the rest: https://medium.com/@saigongarcon/long-days-journey-into-night-284648fb9e23?sk=37d32f9d61e84b8b63b94d2141efaccd
