I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024) • Page 9

Adored this so much. So glad this movie exists. Also glad that I can finally read through the thread lol

 

lmao

 

I watched this tonight finally. I agree with everyone that is right in here and I disagree with anyone who is wrong in here.

 

What other movies from this director should I check out

 

me, reading this username not twice, but thrice

 

There's only We're Going to the World's Fair on Max and then their Slenderman documentary:

edit: the embed won't play, but the actual Vimeo link will

 

weird

 

They are also releasing a novel that’s considered the end of this “movie trilogy”. I believe it was originally intended as a 3 season TV show

 

there’s long forgotten chorus lore behind it

 

I thought this was really, really great. It might be the most loving re-creation of the late nineties I've ever seen in a movie. I'm a few years younger than the characters, but it felt like it pulled from very specific memories I have of that time, like my mom taking me with her to vote in '96 election. Not sure how fully I can unpack some of the themes as white cis person, but the way it explored how we used to engage with and discover art, form friendships and shape ourselves through it, and how our perspective on that art and, in turn, the people we were at the time changes over the years, just amazing.

 

Honestly, as a non-trans white person, I think we can appreciate the themes that might not impact us the same while taking stock in the bigger picture. That's why I loved this film so damn much. There are layers of accessibility and, theoretically, something for everyone.

 

Oh for sure. I was really just trying to say that a lot resonated with me in this, while acknowledging that I'm probably not the right person to write about it as a trans movie specifically.

 

I'm trans and I wrote about this movie

 

Yeah, definitely get what you were saying, just echoing why this works for me so well even as not the primary intended audience lol

 

Definitely think there’s a lot there for queer and/or neurodivergent people.

 

Yea I'm in the same boat. I am a straight white male so the trans allegory isn't what I relate to here but I came away still deeply impacted by it. Really special work

 

Can you post your writeup I'd love to read it

 

I linked to it a few pages back but okay here it is again

 

They’re so cool & I love them so much.

 

Jane on The Big Picture Pod was great. She seems to be pretty proud of making divisive art and level-headed when people say they don’t get it or it doesn’t resonate with them.