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July 16th, 2009, 17:22
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as far as italian westerns go, my favorites would…
as far as italian westerns go, my favorites would probably be corbucci's django (franco nero) and the mercenary (nero, jack palance) as well as sollima's the big gundown (van cleef and tomas milian)…
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June 11th, 2009, 19:47
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PJ, if you like Oshima, I can't recommend his…
PJ, if you like Oshima, I can't recommend his Death by Hanging enough. Intensely political and provocative. Stylistically, it's very unlike In the Realm of the Senses, but it's essential.
Edit: I…
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June 8th, 2009, 21:53
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That's the one I dropped out of after about…
That's the one I dropped out of after about hundred pages or so. It wasn't that I felt it be boring or even that I found uninteresting but sort of made a conscious decision at that point that 'I…
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June 8th, 2009, 04:50
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Pasolini is an interesting character. I've never…
Pasolini is an interesting character. I've never watched Salo but from what I read about it, it appears that it's often misread out of context or with no context at all. I think it's important to…
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June 7th, 2009, 00:57
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June 3rd, 2009, 14:38
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Replies: 1,430
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Recently read Marguerite Duras's The Lover and…
Recently read Marguerite Duras's The Lover and Anaïs Nin's Little Birds. I blushed a little reading Nin but it was good. Also read Witkiewicz's play The Madman and the Nun which was hilarious. I have…
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May 14th, 2009, 06:24
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Most of his 'adventuring' was just imperialist…
Most of his 'adventuring' was just imperialist masquerading (despite his moral convictions). He not only tried to use manifest destiny to help fulfill a popular southern dream of a plantation based…
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May 13th, 2009, 07:07
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You may appreciate, or heard of, a book written…
You may appreciate, or heard of, a book written by Milorad Pavić titled Dictionary of the Khazars. It's constructed of cross referenced encyclopedias and it's a sort of false document. I mean it is,…
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April 21st, 2009, 05:29
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Replies: 1,430
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just read arthur schnitzler's dream story. it was…
just read arthur schnitzler's dream story. it was alright. the interplay of fantasy and reality was intriguing but the solely male narrative sat a little uneasy. the stories' expression of eroticism…
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March 9th, 2009, 05:02
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February 27th, 2009, 00:11
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Replies: 1,430
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Hey, I appreciate this. I find myself agreeing…
Hey, I appreciate this. I find myself agreeing with him in regards to Tolkien and can appreciate his attempt to make distinctions when speaking of escapism. It seems apparent he recognizes a certain…
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February 26th, 2009, 23:46
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Just finished Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life….
Just finished Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life. Really enjoyed it and I'm really starting to appreciate Sirk's work. The other two I've seen, Written on the Wind and All That Heaven Allows, also…
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February 26th, 2009, 23:29
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It's been too long since I've seen Stalker for me…
It's been too long since I've seen Stalker for me to feel comfortable having an opinion anymore. I remember appreciating it but I think even then I realized that it would be different the next time I…
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February 25th, 2009, 05:13
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February 24th, 2009, 07:07
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yeah, that was the first author I looked into…
yeah, that was the first author I looked into after reading china's perdido street and was sort of bored with it halfway through. I had a nice second edition copy but something else was more…
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February 24th, 2009, 05:54
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February 19th, 2009, 01:05
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sure, I've read perdido street station and…
sure, I've read perdido street station and thought there was a fair balance of exploring his politics but not at the expense of the story or the genre. Plus it managed to restore my interest in…
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February 11th, 2009, 23:13
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well, I watch the new series of doctor who…
well, I watch the new series of doctor who because I'm curious what happens to characters and universe but I prefer the original series and format. just recently watched the invasion with patrick…
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February 11th, 2009, 23:04
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well arx fatalis is five dollars on steam now….
well arx fatalis is five dollars on steam now. and civlization iv still piques my interest every now and then.
and I'm looking here on steam, and seeing eschalon for under twenty usd. obviously…
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February 11th, 2009, 22:55
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recently started ken macleod's the stone canal….
recently started ken macleod's the stone canal. the political slant is interesting but so far it's been mostly superfluous ideology (i.e."You're missing several points here," Myra interjected, and…
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February 11th, 2009, 22:37
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just watched fear and loathing from gilliam with…
just watched fear and loathing from gilliam with johnny depp for the first time in four plus years. have to say that I noticed a greater prevalence of sexist attitudes than I had in the past and…
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September 22nd, 2007, 09:34
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March 27th, 2007, 12:21
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autonomous, ever-shifting, globular mass
the…
autonomous, ever-shifting, globular mass
the exterminating angel (bunuel)
through a glass darkly (bergman)
the saragossa manuscript (has)
smell of camphor, frangrance of jasmin (farmanara)…
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March 22nd, 2007, 23:13
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March 7th, 2007, 02:01
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