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Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by rurban »

082349872349872 wrote: post #65
netsharc wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I knew of Werner Herzog but recently got really interested in his work after he guested on Conan O'Brien's podcast. I'm reading his autobiography right now. It's fascinating how he was begging some investor about how he had to make the movie Fitzcarraldo, because if he didn't, his life would be purposeless (I do hope I'm remembering this right). It got me wondering how he got away with things like forcing his crew to…

There's also a "making of" of Fitzcarraldo, which left at least me wondering who was crazier: Fitzcarraldo or Herzog.

All three were crazy. Herzog, Kinski and Fitzcarraldo.

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by 082349872349872 »

aristofun wrote: post #77

Once you’re familiar with bible, aristotle, platoe snd few other foundational sources - no movie or book can really change your perception. Whatever you see - It’s all been described many times.

on the other hand, a classically homeschooled person's account of perceptions changed: https://dakotavadams.substack.com/p/gunshow

(I suggest you familiarise yourself better with Ἡράκλειτος? Come to think of it, even Mr. "nothing new under the sun" admitted that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; there's biblically always room for surprise.)

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by 082349872349872 »

luxuryballs wrote: post #56
lobito14 wrote: post #3

Fight Club and The Matrix, but I only understood the latter several years later.

Good reminder. Fight Club had the same effect on me but it went through phases as I first watched it in my teens and appreciated it for certain reasons, especially the more anarchist future “back to nature” aspects. But then as I grew older and read the book and gained more life experience in general, I appreciated it differently, the deeper meaning, anti-satire, realness and broader narrative as I then started to un…

> READ THE BOOK!

I am Jack's nodding in approval.

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by avidiax »

theideaofcoffee wrote: post #117

Threads (1984), while it was made for TV in the mid-80s and some of the effects are dated, there's an almost visceral, gnawing, devatastaing, haunting (choose your adjective because not one does it justice) feeling that attaches to yourself that has yet to leave me, I think about that film every few days, especially now with some of the more recent, insane developments in politics and international relations. It rein…

I've heard it called the most realistic depiction of nuclear war, but also seen it panned on this site.

Nobody actually knows what it will be, except terrible for all the belligerents.

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by Log_out_ »

timothevs wrote: post #102
timbit42 wrote: post #48

The Man From Earth Can't describe this without giving it away.

I find myself going back to rewatch the movie over and over again, hoping to capture the emotions I experienced during the first time I ever watched it… and it doesn’t disappoint. Love the setting, the casual nature of the gathering, and how it draws you in with the premise, and always leaves the imagination running wild.

Read "all men are mortal"

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by 082349872349872 »

lll-o-lll wrote: post #101
defrost wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At just under three hours it's still shorter than Peterson answering a Y/N question.

Is that intended as a snide criticism? I see so often an attempt to force “controversial” commentators into answering “yes or no!” as some sort of “gotcha”. Often the argument is that simplistic reduction of a nuanced stance is the actual problem being argued against . I see no issue with refusal to engage in the game as rigged by an opponent.

German has the word "Jein", allowing people to quickly answer neither yes nor no.

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by [deleted] »

alfor wrote: post #83

Not a movie but the biblical lectures of Jordan Peterson. Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective. From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc. It's been eye opening. Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies. I used to be very progressive, left leanin…

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Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by 082349872349872 »

alfor wrote: post #83

Not a movie but the biblical lectures of Jordan Peterson. Made me start to understand the bible and christianity from a scientific perspective. From there reading the bible understanding more about the roots of our culture and seing the constant propaganda against it in the media, the movies, etc. It's been eye opening. Then you can read Atlass shrugged and live not by lies. I used to be very progressive, left leanin…

If you're reading the bible, you might like Abelard, Sic et Non.

Also: Tanakh commentary.

Re: Ask HN: What movies changed your perception of reality or life?

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Post by throwawayyy9237 »

So many great movies mentioned here, I won't repeat them.

I'll just add Hitchcock's The Birds.

I saw it as a kid and it made an impression on me on several levels. For instance, a scary movie doesn't have to be about monsters. And made me realise that other living beings aren't in this planet just to be either food or pets, they're our neighbours.

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