The Thoughts That Once We Had
Grasshopper Film | Release Date: June 3, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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4
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0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 2, 2016
Even if you don’t recognize the majority of the unidentified clips assembled here, or the quotations that divide and guide them, the fascination they exert is all their own. Read full review
80
Village VoiceSam WeisbergJun 1, 2016
Andersen's restless yet scholarly methods are contagious: He makes you want to become more well-rounded. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoMay 24, 2016
Thom Andersen attempts to establish unity by effectively bridging vast swaths of film history into one cohesive body of work. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 2, 2016
At its best, The Thoughts That Once We Had functions like a kind of film-buff mixtape, queuing up one magic moment after another. But the quasi-academic aims of the project mute Andersen’s passion; the director must have felt he needed a respectable framework for his cinephilia, but the personal component often seems directly at odds with the Deleuze component. Read full review
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