Category: Letterboxd Reviews

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES, 2020 – ★★★★

Probably the best one out of the numbered ‘Mystery mixtapes’ volume 5 seems to get the balance of variety pretty solid and it keeps things chugging on at a good pace. Put it this way, out of all the numbered ones. This would be the one I’d show to Intro people to the concept.

Not *quite* as solid as the latterday mixtapes, this one likely helped set the mold for later entries, and I really enjoyed it!

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/agfa-mystery-mixtape-5-haunted-lives/

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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star, 2020 – ★★★

Another day, another ‘AGFA Mystery Mixtape’ and this one’s kind of middle of the pack for me. The framing device is a condensed ‘key scene’ version of the TV movie ‘North Star’ which we dip in and out of in between a handful pf movie ‘behind the scenes’ some commercials and random TV moments.

I feel this is a step above the first 2 mixtapes as it has a lot more variety and a much more ‘self aware’ editing style, which I really enjoyed. But, I feel like it’s a bit of a step back after ‘mix tape 3’ in terms of diversity and edit speed.

It’s fine enough, good background fodder. But not quite the ‘high point’ of these mystery tapes.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/agfa-mystery-mixtape-4-follow-your-own-star/

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