Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
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Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
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Re: Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
#2I was fully expecting this to be about a micronation founded by the crews of the stranded freighters last week. Wouldn't have been the strangest thing to happen recently.
Re: Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
#3This is so HN. Thanks!
Re: Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
#4Surprisingly interesting read, I had never heard of this.
After 8 years - only the German ships where able to make it out under their own steam!
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#5Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future.
For posterity, how long will that take?
I'll start the bidding at ten years.
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#6Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future. For posterity, how long will that take? I'll start the bidding at ten years.
This happened in the sixties, during and after the six-day war between Israel and Egypt. Therefore I think a movie could be made out of this story any day now.
Re: Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
#7Surely someone will make a movie or a series out of this in the future. For posterity, how long will that take? I'll start the bidding at ten years.
This happened in the sixties, during and after the six-day war between Israel and Egypt. Therefore I think a movie could be made out of this story any day now.
See Curtis — bitter lake?
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
This happened in the sixties, during and after the six-day war between Israel and Egypt. Therefore I think a movie could be made out of this story any day now.
See Curtis — bitter lake?
It's been a couple of years since I watched it, but I don't recall the GBLA being mentioned in the film.
For anyone interested, the film we're talking about is the 2015 documentary "Bitter Lake" by Adam Curtis which tells the story of how an agreement signed on the Great Bitter Lake back in 1945 could have had an unexpectedly huge impact on how the modern world developed through the next 60+ years.
It's long, but entertaining and as always has a great soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84P4dzow1Bw
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
This happened in the sixties, during and after the six-day war between Israel and Egypt. Therefore I think a movie could be made out of this story any day now.
See Curtis — bitter lake?
Indeed, coincidentally just watched this a week before the Ever Given blockage. It's relevant to this thread. The soundtrack, the archival footage and the pairing between them makes for fantastic viewing, although I personally found this not as intellectually interesting and even more 'tenuous' than Hypernormalisation or Can't Get You Out of My Head.
Re: Great Bitter Lake Association, the Sort-of-Micronation Formed in the Suez Canal
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
See Curtis — bitter lake?
It's been a couple of years since I watched it, but I don't recall the GBLA being mentioned in the film. For anyone interested, the film we're talking about is the 2015 documentary "Bitter Lake" by Adam Curtis which tells the story of how an agreement signed on the Great Bitter Lake back in 1945 could have had an unexpectedly huge impact on how the modern world developed through the next 60+ years. It's long, but ent…
Pretty sure the GBLA isn't mentioned, but I think the Six-Day War probably was?