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Criterion finally announced they're putting out Bruno Dumont's first 2 films (La Vie de Jesus, L'Humanite). Been waiting years for this.
*keeps fingers crossed for an eventual release of Hors Satan on Blu-Ray with English subs*
La Vie de Jesus was really good. Or at least I thought so back when it came out.
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Cool!
Funded.
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People in huge tropical metropolises like to hang out in malls for a reason.
Because they're public places with air conditioning.
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superb monsieur dupieux (aka mr.oizo)!!! :claps:
this guy is a genius, nuff said...
superb monsieur dupieux (aka mr.oizo)!!! :claps:
this guy is a genius, nuff said...
Dupieux *and* Poelvoorde? I'm *so* in!
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Moebius is awesome. First spotted his art in a how to draw comics book at age 10. Then got "The Eyes of the Cat", which to this day I can't really make sense of. Gorgeous art, though.
In fact, I feel this way about all his other work as well. The writing is dated, probably didn't make much sense to begin with, but the art is fantastic.
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I liked Home Alone and blame MJ for the discontinuation of the series
Thread winner.
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^ not just every American but everyone, period.
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Just got my copy of the sequencing book. * cracks fingers *
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Thanks for the heads up. This is great.
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Just finished Eka Kurniawan's "Beauty is a wound". Quite excellent. The book opens with the body of a dead prostitute coming back to life. It ends with ... well, that would be a spoiler.
In between there's a seven day long fistfight between two gangsters, an execution that gets averted as a result of a steaming sex scene and at one point a girl walks into a school classroom naked, claiming to have been raped by a dog.
Knowing a bit about the history of Indonesia adds to the enjoyment, but it's equally entertaining without it.
Not for weak stomachs, though.
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Seems a shame though. I'd rather pop down my local pub (4 minute walk) and watch a film.
Username checks out
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same thought here (including the Italian gesticulating). they must be giving people watery Americano-style coffee thinking that's what visitors enjoy. it can't be hard to go less than 100m from the place to find a good espresso.^ what kind of a shitass hotel you must be visiting to get lousy coffee in ROME! it's blasphemy *gesticulates in italian*
Convenience, probably. Automated machines can be operated by the guests themselves. Espresso needs an operator. Oh well. The rest of the breakfast buffet is excellent (so also not very Italian) and, like you said, proper coffee is less than 100 m. away.
Next Roman first world problem: there's so much art stuck to the - lavishly decorated - walls of the Villa Borghese it all becomes a bit of a blur. FML.
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^ is this a universal design for student accomodation?
Anyway, tried it once but I was too short. Had to pull up up a chair, which was more work than simply skipping to the toilet down the hall.
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One Justin Bieber is reported to be in good health as well.
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In Rome for a week. Hotel has excellent breakfast buffet. Great.
Coffee, however, comes from a lousy automated machine. From Holland.
Ugh.
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Creams of the Cone Age
Creams of the Corn Age
Simply Creams of the Stone Age already has me in stitched.
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Was very surprised to hear about the Favorite winning an Oscar.
Usually that only happens to "saccharine-washed feel-good cliche-ridden load of shit".
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the opening track on isam was i only one i liked
Same here. Minus the annoying bits
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yea not v memorable, still sounds kinda amon tobin tho.. I'm curious how the rest will turn outAny thoughts on that first track? I thought it was kind of weak.
It def sounded like Tobin to me! Just not memorable like you said. Tobin-lite.
I have a feeling most of the record is going to be similar, based on the bpms someone posted I'm thinking this is tobin-ambientish stuff.
Just came across it on Spotify. It's quite pretty, without any annoying bits, unlike the opening track on Isam.
Cautiously optimistic.
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The Sam Byers piece was really good. Writing about music and dancing about architecture and all that, but this was an interesting read indeed.
Edit: Sam, not Same. Damn you autocorrect
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Oh ... That *is* sad. RIP.
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I didn’t mind that trilogy (Pattern Recognition, Spook County, and Zero History) but that’s cause I’m a sucker for Gibson. Also I thought it was a really interesting look at the modern world with just slight technology differences and how big power can move society.
Apparently his new book is a prequel/sequel to The Peripheral where hilllary won the 2016 election. Looking forward to it.
Usagi, you might give “The Shape of Water” a try. It’s by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus.
Hey wait ... there's a sequel to Pattern Recognition?
Never really got into Gibson, but Pattern Recognition I could get into, probably because it wasn't so sci-fi-ish.
Might check that out, thanks.
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Not bleedingly obvious; you're overestimating how well-read I am ;) The Possibility of an Island looks really interesting, thanks!Ha ... in France Houellebecq is apparently the only author people read who don't read books. According to the literary establishment, which sort of looks down on him.
It's not that bad here in the Netherlands, but yes, Houellebecq is pretty much the only contemporary author I still bother with, so maybe there's some truth in that.
Anyway, enjoy the book. It's the least topical of his novels, I think, which might be good.
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Feeling this... minus the technological, though. I wouldn't mind something that kind of ignored cell phones, for example. I'm so tired of cell phones both in reality and in media. Maybe I do want to escape a bit, but in a way that makes me feel more compelled to live more meaningfully, instead of being the literary equivalent of Doritos.what I'm really looking for is contemporary writing that captures the "now", the zeitgeist, to use such a wanky word. I want to read stuff that, through the mirror of fiction, expounds on the world we're living in right now, especially people's inner lives and their thoughts and feelings. that's what I'm looking for, and I have no idea where to start. who out there is writing good stories about the present social, psychological, political and technological state of the world, in fiction?
Maybe this is bleedingly obvious, but ... Houellebecq?
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"The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington".
You'd think a volume of short stories written by a surrealist painter would be interesting throughout.
Unfortunately, no.