No
>>25086049>kafkaesque arbitrary authoritarian body picks a fight with a meek, often frustrated maninvitation to a beheading
>>25086049there’s no way you really liked this film. i mean i kind of liked it when it was released but i’d never watch it again (though also never quite forget the toaster scene and final scene)
>>25086049Forgettable art school slop>>25086531Good filmBurnett's "Little Caesar"
>>25086564Mann's Manhunter was great, too. Brian Cox had a great portrayal of Hannibal Lecter.
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>>25086049Some idiot is going to say the road
>>25086577the discomfort of evening has a similar density of cringe inducing scenes and adresses childhood sexuality, but it is not funny.
>>25086051fuk u
I hate film tbqh, most of it is midwit trash waste of time.
I can't get myself to watch films. I spent most of free time either reading or drawing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP3L7mjqyiQ
I watched this movie like 3 years ago, haven't watched one since.
>>25086886kino or cringe?
>>25086886this is some sort of jp classic isn't it, I watched it years ago
>>25086890I thought it was one of the best movies I ever watched (I think only Stalker comes close) but I'm not a huge film buff in case my hiatus didn't give it away. But I can definitely see some aspects being seen as "cringe" by certain people.>>25086894Yes, I watched it by recommendation of a family member who is a film student.
>>25086890It's about a bunch of entitled Jewish women, a pervert, and a pedophile pervert. Child rape is a prevalent theme. I couldn't finish it.
>>25086684Is this the sequel to camp of the saints
>>25086807>but it is not funny.Are you implying Happiness is funny? I saw Happiness in the theater when it came out, most uncomfortable 2 hours of my life. It really was made for the group experience.
>>25087537>>25087537>I'm far too smart to have expected comedy from the film that was intended to be, marketed as, and universally considered to be a dark comedy.He didn't imply, he explicitly stated it wasn't funny, ya fuckin' retard. What you meant to say was "are you implying that it was meant to be a comedy" and the answer is yes.
Last Exit to Brooklyn- Hubert Selby Jr.
>>25087537well then you'll probably like the discomfort of evening, but happiness is intended to be a comedy. check this trailer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eOzYczx-Xk
>>25086684That's a tough one The film actually improves on the novel it's based on.Across Realtime by Vinge (around the edges. two books in one)>>25087500No, that's turner diaries
>>25088864corndog zen by wallace mack
All right, let's give this a try.
>>25087457I have a NYBR copy of Once and Forever | Tales of Kenji Miyazawa. Eight short stories of what I think will be magical realism like stories. But I admit I haven't gotten to it yet.I love Akira Kurosawa's Dreams. Especially that final piece.
>>25086049My Twisted World
>>25086049I've always itched for a book which felt like a Koreeda or Ozu movie, especially slice of life wholesome but melancholic stuff like Still Walking or Like Father Like Son.
Someone help me out
>>25088920Soseki?
>>25088920i haven't seen anything by those two but perhaps you would like "the sound of the mountain" by kawabata. it's about a recently retired man developing dementia. very peaceful and very melancholy.
>>25088930The book.
>>25088974Wait, there a book?
>>25089018Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men.
>>25089031What, like the movie?
I would love a book like this movie.
>>25088864Welcome to the NHK by Tatsuhiko Takimoto
>>25089046I'll bet Malick thinks he's making Joycean Very un-contemporary suggestion, but how about Hypnerotomachia Poliphili - Colonna
>>25089046>5.6 on imdboof
>>25086049>Jakob von Gunten. Robert Walser>>25086564It's the ultimate Wes Anderson black satire. And decent lowfi scifi dystopia.>>25088930>picrel was an influence>>25089046>The Symbolism of the Tarot, P. D. Ouspensky
>>25086684>the novel>>25087457>Dream Story, Arthur Schnitzler>>25088882>The Iron Giant, Hughs
>>25089484>rapist shares his views about the world at lengththe diary of a rapist
neat thread
>>25089683hmm... perhaps something by roald dahl?
Holding out for this one
>>25090345notes from the underground obviously
>>25086049>suspiria>the holy mountain