26/09/2026
🎬 FILM 20 — MARTY SUPREME
“Ambition is easy to admire from a distance. It becomes something very different when you understand the cost of it.”
Marty Supreme feels like a fitting film to end this series because ambition is one of the themes that connects so many of the films I've chosen. What does it mean to want something so badly that it begins to define you? When does ambition become obsession? And what are we willing to sacrifice in pursuit of becoming extraordinary?
Those questions interest me deeply as a filmmaker, architect and creative entrepreneur. Creative careers are often romanticised. We see the finished film. The building. The award. The success.
But we rarely see the uncertainty, rejection, sacrifice and obsession required to get there.
Stories about ambitious people remind us that greatness is rarely a straight line. It is messy. It is complicated. And sometimes the greatest conflict isn't between the protagonist and another person. It is between the protagonist and themselves. That is why I think Marty Supreme is the right film to close this journey. Because ultimately, cinema is made by people who believe something can exist before anyone else can see it.