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In the era of the ultra-glossy $200 million blockbuster, a little bit of artifice can be welcome and even touching: It’s a reminder that every movie comes down to a whole bunch of human beings who’ve decided to play pretend for you.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/movies/uma-thurman-red-white-royal-blue-accent.html
The uneasy feeling that this aesthetic brings with it is only more compounded by the film's setting, which feels both vividly real and built as an artifice.