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

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Post by lll-o-lll »

defrost wrote: post #87
BMc2020 wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thing you'll like 'A Brief Look at Jordan Peterson'. It's on youtube on a channel called 'Some More News'.

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.

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Post by timothevs »

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.

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Post by blhack »

anotherhue wrote: post #91
blhack wrote: post #8

Synecdoche NY, specifically this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9PzSNy3xj0 But there is also a scene (which I cannot find online) where the main character (a playwright) is explaining that the only way to make his play work is to make everybody a main character. He realizes that everybody, everywhere, is living out a rich life and that they're the main character of that life. It is a fantastic movie and i hi…

I watch a lot of films, mostly older ones these days, I don't want to estimate how many. This film has haunted me with its beauty. Not as airy as Mallick's work, a little softer than Aronofsky (The fountain, black Swan are masterpieces). I think Mr. Nobody attempts a weaker version of this film, cloud atlas also. Gattaca, inception, 2001, kpax maybe.

Yes! I love Aronofsky's work. The Fountain is a hauntingly beautiful film. The poster from this film hangs in my children's bedroom and I can't wait to watch it with them when they're ready for that type of story.

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Post by neom »

spacecadet wrote: post #21

Dead Man 1995 I dont know, but probably the last great American "film". Shot on monochrome and depicting American history in raw and surreal way. The industry soon moved on to mainly digital video. Although many contemporary directors still shoot on film. Nolan for one.

I was in the second group that went through only digital film program in my whole country in, I was about to give you shit for saying "soon after" till I realized it was less than 10 years between Dead Man and me graduating.. getting old is weird.

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Post by alejohausner »

The Ear (1970), released in 1989. A Czech couple comes home from a formal dinner. The husband works for the Party, and knows that their house is bugged. something was said at the dinner suggesting he’s now in disfavor, and may be sent to prison. They fight like Liz and Dick in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, all the while knowing the surveillance van outside is listening in. It’s a great study in paranoia. Highly recommended.
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