#i'm like........a film boy in theory but probably don't watch enough movies in practice hahaha

[dekaja]

top 5 movie genres!

heehee thank u!!

5. noir or neo-noir

i love noir film especially as it pertains to general film history!! so much of it is dependent upon place and i loooove stories where the setting is a character in itself.

4. experimental

this is, like, very broad and up to interpretation but it's a specific corner in my brain haha. it ends up applying a lot to animated film, in fact—phil tippett's mad god in 2021 or this WONDERFUL 1986 stop motion short film called street of crocodiles.

3. documentary

admittedly i trend more towards docuseries but a well produced documentary is like........ough. also the overall intersection with journalism makes it a bit multimedia which is sick.

2. thriller

i like a tense movie!!! i like a movie that doesn't answer questions immediately (or ever!!!) i like movies where i don't really know what's going on!!!!

1. horror

yeah this is probably. not surprising. i like scary movies!!! but also i love the craft and history and general psychology that exists behind a lot of horror, and how much passion for weird goopy grimy practical filmmaking still exists in the genre.

also a couple honorary mentions for silent film (metropolis, caligari, any movie with john gilbert) and german expressionism (fritz lang my beloved) as favorite historical stylistic touchpoints