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Forum: General Movie Discussion 20 hours ago
Replies: 24
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Balor
Exactly. And never more necessary!!!

Exactly. And never more necessary!!!
Forum: Movie Reviews 20 hours ago
Replies: 2,187
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Balor
In that case, I agree much more with you!

In that case, I agree much more with you!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 24
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Balor
This is a really good point. Especially in the...

This is a really good point. Especially in the age of the Internet.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 day ago
Replies: 2
28 Years Later (Boyle/Garland)
Posted By Balor
Re: 28 Years Later (Boyle/Garland)

I am looking forward to this. I never saw the sequel, but the first one was excellent.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 2,187
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Balor
To me that was part of what made Taxi Driver such...

To me that was part of what made Taxi Driver such a strong film. I think it's too strong to say that it had any causal relationship with the (very real) culture that you describe, but I do believe...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
Replies: 2,187
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Balor
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Taxi Driver---only number 4?!?!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 154
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By Balor
That's why it can be interesting to watch...

That's why it can be interesting to watch Svengoolie sometimes, as there is a semi-bridge between the simple intro/screening and the riffing of MST3k.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 36
Movies that made you cry
Posted By Balor
Re: Movies that made you cry

Suspiria, Babe, and Year of the Dog.
Replies: 608
Rate the last Book you read
Posted By Balor
I think I will get to it eventually, but it will...

I think I will get to it eventually, but it will be a while.

I am going to try and do Robbe-Grillet next.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 154
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By Balor
This is the best response yet!

This is the best response yet!
Replies: 608
Rate the last Book you read
Posted By Balor
I have yet to get to Amerika (though I have read...

I have yet to get to Amerika (though I have read the short version, "The Stoker"), but I have read the others that you mention! My favorite Kafka overall, however, are the fragments. The letter to...
Replies: 608
Rate the last Book you read
Posted By Balor
Only 9/10 for Kafka? I hope that's only because...

Only 9/10 for Kafka? I hope that's only because 9/10 of the novel was actually finished!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 154
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By Balor
Re: MST3K: Anti-cinema?

My much bigger criticism of MST3k (and their later offshoots---especially The Mads) is that they edit the movies that they show, often considerably cutting down on the runtime.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 154
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By Balor
This is true---but they are not necessarily...

This is true---but they are not necessarily responsible for that. Other tasteless, pointlessly ironic people are.

At very least, MST3k did add something to the experience of watching the films...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 154
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By Balor
Re: MST3K: Anti-cinema?

I think the bigger probelm is the general need to posture oneself ironically/humorously in relation to everything in culture, rather than anything deriving from MST3k specifically. I love MST3k, but...
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 4 weeks ago
Replies: 14
My all-time favorite film!
Posted By Balor
I'm curious. Which are these?

I'm curious. Which are these?
Replies: 608
Rate the last Book you read
Posted By Balor
Confessions of a Mask is definitely one of...

Confessions of a Mask is definitely one of Mishima's most essential books---not to mention one of his best. It's amazing, really, how much of his life course is traced out in that book.
Replies: 53
Can anyone identify this spider (urgent)
Posted By Balor
That is good!

That is good!
Replies: 608
Rate the last Book you read
Posted By Balor
Re: Rate the last Book you read

Recent for me were:
-My Loose Thread by Dennis Cooper---6/10
/-I Wished by Dennis Cooper---10/10
Replies: 608
Rate the last Book you read
Posted By Balor
So I did actually read several chapters of this...

So I did actually read several chapters of this for the seminar that I mentioned on the last page---it's a great, readable (and that's important!) history of medicine, pain, and the philosophy...
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 4 weeks ago
Replies: 14
My all-time favorite film!
Posted By Balor
Re: My all-time favorite film!

And if you really love Alien, you might as well get the full backstory with this one too:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU0MzcxMTAxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODMyMTIxMTE@._V1_.jpg
Replies: 53
Can anyone identify this spider (urgent)
Posted By Balor
Re: Can anyone identify this spider (urgent)

I hope you did the kind thing and put it safely outside.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 weeks ago
Replies: 50
I don't know how to hate films
Posted By Balor
Re: I don't know how to hate films

For a bizarrely deep examination of Human Centipede: https://www.dukeupress.edu/life-destroying-diagrams

(OK, my aside is over!)
Forum: Specific Movie Threads 4 weeks ago
Replies: 14
My all-time favorite film!
Posted By Balor
Re: My all-time favorite film!

The documentary on it is great too, by the way:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/f2f3b25264b1ba17b45bd23d56855646cf3f020edf5639b8370ef47d3a5775b7.jpg
Forum: Games and Tabs 4 weeks ago
Replies: 1,096
First movie to come to mind
Posted By Balor
Re: First movie to come to mind

Babe

a disturbing blanket

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