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Re: Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?

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Post by rtx »

clairity wrote: post #20

crouching tiger, hidden dragon like all of the best wuxia, the fight scenes are dances that metaphorically relate interpersonal conflict and resolution. also, raw ambition and talent without vision and principle leads to (self-)destruction. bonus edit: spirited away a young girl comes of age by bridging the spirit world. a child apprehensive of change, an ethereal melancholy, ancestral and karmic deference for life.…

Standing or balancing on the sword was certainly amazing. As good as dodging bullets.

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Post by dan_can_code »

Parasite.

The movie (for me) is such a reflection of globalisation, capitalism and the hard truths of the lives of the people at the bottom as well as the top. I really enjoyed its portrayal of class in our modern society and how we, as humans in this society, can be 'parasitic' towards each other. The poor want the riches of the top, and the rich use the poor to enable their high living lifestyles. It really changed my perspective.

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Post by squeezingswirls »

clairity wrote: post #20

crouching tiger, hidden dragon like all of the best wuxia, the fight scenes are dances that metaphorically relate interpersonal conflict and resolution. also, raw ambition and talent without vision and principle leads to (self-)destruction. bonus edit: spirited away a young girl comes of age by bridging the spirit world. a child apprehensive of change, an ethereal melancholy, ancestral and karmic deference for life.…

Another way to watch 'Spirited Away' is from the point of view of child prostitution.

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Post by morpheuskafka »

Going in a slightly different direction, the two saddest films I have ever seen are 火垂るの墓 / Grave of the Fireflies (1988 - Ghibli - Japan) and Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanad / Hush! Girls Don't Scream (2013 - Iran). In both of them you can feel the exact moment when the protagonist loses hope and it really hits you.

Both of them deserve a pretty strong warning--I guess the second one more of a true "trigger warning" and the first just a warning of how sad it is. You cannot get them out of your head after you have seen them.

Re: Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?

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Post by agensaequivocum »

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #60
fiftyacorn wrote: post #57

Vera drake. It's about a woman who does abortions when it was illegal in UK. She is caught and ends up in jail. It shows whatever your stance on abortion that making it illegal doesn't stop it and is risky for women The film also shows the hypocrisy of the well off woman who can still get an abortion. While the poor can't access this Finally when the film was released it struggled in America as people expected Vera d…

This is also one of the reasons I am very liberal when it comes to illegal substances. Lots of people will get them anyway, it is just more expensive and risky. Same goes for euthanasia (while we have liberal abortion laws in France, for style reasons we still need to drive or fly to Belgium, Netherlands or Switzerland for euthanasia)

> Lots of people will get them anyway

Lots of people will get away with rape and murder (including abortion), this does not justify society tolerating it.

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