Wednesday Night Movie Club
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Thats fine, in a way.
Im not here to pretend that movies have ever tried to be fully real, or ever should.
Were all watching illusions.
What happens when you put the artifice at the forefront?
During the race, one of those competitors spear hooks Speed.
That night, something just clicked, Pops says.
Speed Racerthen visualizes the idea by abstracting the world around Speed as he charges forward.
Its a moment in which the Wachowskis reckon with their own ambitions, too.
If youre creating art within a corrupt, money-grubbing system, arent you supporting it?
But what if the act of making things is what you love?
What if its your calling?
But when I rewatched the movie before this weeks Wednesday Night Movie Club, that idea landed less emphatically.
