My own picks would be HyperNormalisation, The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, and Koyaanisqatsi
HyperNormalisation is amazing, as are all of Adam Curtis's other documentaries. I especially liked Bitter Lake as well. All highly recommended.
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#42Daybreakers, a subverted vampire film. The film is bad, but good grief is it terrifying that humans have to eat food.
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#43Schindler's List
me too. this humanized the holocaust for me
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#44"schindler's list" made me appreciate what I have in life. Changed my perspective on war and consequences.
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#45Watched "They Live" [1] while working as a quant dev at a large bank in '09. Work the next day was super weird. [1] https://signal.org/blog/they-live/
I like that one too.
Slavoj Zizek did a great description of it in "Pervert's Guide to Ideology" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwKjGbz60k
I didn't understand the reason for the absurdly long fight sequence, but it finally clicked after hearing Zizek talk about it.
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#46Ghost in the Shell, which also doubled as my gateway into anime.
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#47"Die Marquise von O" with Bruno Ganz. A study of the relationship between appearances and reality, and how it can be difficult to say which is which. A relief for a youngster like me who was just then coming to grips with the layers and layers of appearances underneath which we still can't be sure of much.
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#48Patton (1970) A great movie about an impressive commander. Key takeaways for me were: 1. Don't assume that because someone isn't very personable that they are bad at their job. 2. Have the courage to have a strong sense of duty. 3. Lead from the front. 4. Be willing to learn from people you dislike (Patton read Rommel's book on tank tactics, to his great advantage).
Dr. VDH has some great lectures on WW2 leadership, including one on Patton called "American Ajax":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJsC-buIkSE
(German intelligence found it literally incredible that Patton was relieved for slapping a couple of GIs for "malingering.")
The Germans learned mechanized warfare from an English book, the Americans learned stealth from a Russian paper, and the Stuka was copied from an American airplane.
The USA was blessed with some of the greatest military leaders of all time in WW2, natural-born killer OG's. The only incompetents I know of were Lieutenant General Mark Clark in Italy who killed over 10,000 GIs with 3 bungled amphibious landings, and the Mark 14 torpedo mgmt. (a decade of refusal to test.)
WW2 Battle of Anzio
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#49The Deer Hunter