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

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Post by drunkpotato » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:32 PM UTC

torben-friis wrote: post #104

qwe098cube wrote: post #66

Princess Mononoke [1] (1997) had an impact on how I value our environment and also was my gateway into anime [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke

> and also was my gateway into anime Slightly off topic, any recommendations on that area? I've never checked out any anime besides children shows and would like to see something good, preferably mature and recent, to see if I'm missing out on something cool.

"Erased" (Japanese title: "The Town Where Only I Am Missing") is my favorite recent series. I believe it's available on Hulu. It deals with some very dark themes around child abuse and murder. It's twelve episodes and each one packs a punch, there's no filler in it.

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

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Post by BrandoElFollito » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:32 PM UTC

agensaequivocum wrote: post #99

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Rape is objectively evil towards others. Murder as well (exceptions apply).

Abortion is a matter of personal beliefs, one may be lucky to live in a place where this is left to the individual woman.

Euthanasia or suicide generally speaking is strictly individual. I am on charge of my life and nobody else should be able to dictate me what to do with it. Assisted suicide avoids trauma to others, such as when someone jumps in front of a train . Not allowing it is psychopathic torture (you force someone to suffer because of your own personal views)

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

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Post by hardwaregeek » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:34 PM UTC

Andrei Rublev. It's long. And slow. And in black & white. And about a Russian medieval iconography painter. But the last sequence is stunning.

It's about a young boy who is the son of a bell maker. Everybody in his town, bell maker included, has died. Some soldiers come around looking for a bell maker and the boy claims that he was taught by his father. He proceeds to make the bell.

I won't go any further, but the story is one of the greatest analogies for creation and creativity. Tarkovsky was likely talking about his own films and his process of creation, but I believe it applies to anything creative, whether that's a startup or a programming language.

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

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Post by dehrmann » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:36 PM UTC

jcun4128 wrote: post #135

The Aviator - I don't know why I was so obsessed with this guy eg. Howard Hughes his tragic/surreal life having so much money and descent into madness. The passage of time makes me sad as well, you see the peak/height of the day... The Master - this is emotional the churning water scenes in particular with the music great sound track Her - mostly I enjoy the intro, I don't know maybe it's a part of being alone a lot…

> I don't know why I was so obsessed with this guy

I'm going to guess you're also an Elon Musk fan? I feel like he's the closest we have to a modern Howard Hughes.

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

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Post by mapgrep » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

infofarmer wrote: post #80

Ikiru / To Live (1952, Kurosawa) Only saw it once long ago, among many other masterpieces. It immediately and singularly became my deeply ingrained reference model for the mechanics of fateful changes in life, following your heart, the absolute happiness of meaningful sacrifice, cathartic paradigm shifts, and a host of other vital concepts that are otherwise difficult to visualize.

I just saw this last night and was going to add it. I agree totally with your take.

This is available on the Criterion streaming service which has many other good movies. If OP signs up try also Night on Earth by Jim Jarmusch, a look at transitional moments in life through taxi cab rides occurring simultaneously in five cities.

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

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Post by MichaelMoser123 » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

DonaldPShimoda wrote: post #118

nknealk wrote: post #74

Wall-E. The first like 15 minutes have no dialog. The rest of the movie is a profound commentary on modern life told as a children’s story

I wish I liked Wall-E more. The last time I watched it, I felt like there was a narrative disconnect about midway through the movie where the primary plot just changes. (One is Wall-E's relationship with EVE, the other is the saving of humanity.) It's not that I can't deal with both plots being in the movie, but it seemed to me that there was kind of an overt switch between them, and it really brought me out of my en…

Wall-E is the hacker robot who brought some sense to a messed up world; i thought that was very inspiring.(and they managed to draw a likeable cockroach; genius plot)

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

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Post by kstenerud » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

The 13th floor. I liked it better than Matrix because it touched upon the ethical issues dealing with AR and potentially sentient simulated beings.

12 Monkeys. Probably my favorite time travel movie, and the trouble with fate.

Grave of the Fireflies. Probably the saddest movie ever made, touching on so many aspects of human suffering.

Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run). It's been done so many times, but not as well as here.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Body". The show itself was basically mindless entertainment that I almost stopped watching, UNTIL this episode. I've never been thrown so much. If you're going to experience it, you MUST watch the entire series up to and including that episode to understand why it's so powerful, and you must not read anything about that episode beforehand.

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

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Post by DJBunnies » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

DonaldPShimoda wrote: post #118

nknealk wrote: post #74

Wall-E. The first like 15 minutes have no dialog. The rest of the movie is a profound commentary on modern life told as a children’s story

I wish I liked Wall-E more. The last time I watched it, I felt like there was a narrative disconnect about midway through the movie where the primary plot just changes. (One is Wall-E's relationship with EVE, the other is the saving of humanity.) It's not that I can't deal with both plots being in the movie, but it seemed to me that there was kind of an overt switch between them, and it really brought me out of my en…

It was always about earth, though. It's why Eve was there in the first place?

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

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Post by hardwaregeek » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

copperx wrote: post #21

Blue by Kieslowski. A movie about loss and freeing youself from the past. I saw it when I was 15, and I still remember how I felt when I got out of the theater. It has shaped the way I handle difficult times in life such as the loss of loved ones. Losing someone close to you breaks your soul, and to keep on living, you have to reinvent yourself every time. Loss is an integral part of life. Acquiring material goods fo…

Kieslowski can give such incredible lessons. Dekalog has some utterly brilliant ideas within it.

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

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Post by jcun4128 » Sat, Aug 08, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

dehrmann wrote: post #144

jcun4128 wrote: post #135

The Aviator - I don't know why I was so obsessed with this guy eg. Howard Hughes his tragic/surreal life having so much money and descent into madness. The passage of time makes me sad as well, you see the peak/height of the day... The Master - this is emotional the churning water scenes in particular with the music great sound track Her - mostly I enjoy the intro, I don't know maybe it's a part of being alone a lot…

> I don't know why I was so obsessed with this guy I'm going to guess you're also an Elon Musk fan? I feel like he's the closest we have to a modern Howard Hughes.

Not as crazy as reading his biography as I did with HH. But I was amazed with the whole Zip2/Paypal thing like "that's the goal/plan"(make a lot of dineros). The space venture is great I'm glad he's one of the few people (with noticeable impact) that has a future-looking mind unlike the "why spend money on space" thing. I mean PayPal personally affected me, I was using it in stores when I was really poor selling my stuff/getting paid through PayPal and using my phone number by keypad to buy nuts/iced tea at home depot. Just surreal/weird.

But yeah I only really became aware of him because people kept comparing Tony Stark with Elon Musk haha... but at least Elon's stuff works... HH stuff worked too but seemed to be "impractical" or a one-off eg. the giant 88rpm helicopter.

Anyway, I watched the movie The Aviator over and over when I was younger, mostly the intro/mood. The color thing I think was well done indicating time... "Where are my god damn clouds!" haha. I was also super into aviation(models and trying to get into aero industry) until I ended up going to software instead.