Licorice Pizza

One of my favorite movies of the year by far! I managed to wait until it hit theaters here in Italy to enjoy it as it is meant to be and I was not dissapointed. I enjoyed every single aspect of it, production wise and story wise; Licorice Pizza feels like it takes place in his own world (and his own time) and tells the story of this complicated love between two people who are still figuring out their selves. Amazing debut performance by Alana Haim (honestly I am surprised she wasn't at least nominated for this year's Oscar) whose I cannot wait to see more in the future. (ALSO THE HAIM FAMILY YES) I liked how the two main characters were portrayed, in a similar but yet distinctive way: they both were showed as two immature people (for different ways), but if in Gary you can "understand" it, with him being 15 years old and trying to be a "big man", with Alana I think it's much more complex. She tries to find her path in life, she tries to be with the "bigger guys" to show that she fits in, that she is mature and ready for the world but every time she does it, the world shows her different version of immature or dishonest people that just "disappoint" her. I could talk about this for hours, so I better stop, anyway I cannot stress this enough I LOVED IT!!! P.s. "Gotta stop fighting with everyone all the time" "Oh f*ck off, Danielle"