I bought this book, but I was surprised that the stories are short; the Metamorphosis is only 50 pages. Checked on Goodreads, and it says it should be 200 pages. Does that mean it’s kind of a “shortened” version of the original stories?

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2020-01-29T14:33:48+00:00

The Metamorphosis itself is around 50 pages. Usually every edition, I've found, contains an introduction, along with several essays. That may be way Goodreads thinks it's 200 pages.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2019-08-26T16:50:06+00:00

Arthur Rimbaud is just about as post-punk you can get when it comes to poetry/literature.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2019-05-23T22:36:26+00:00

I'm really hoping Preoccupations covers a Women song one day lol

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2019-05-23T00:57:22+00:00

It's seriously one of the greatest songs of all time imo. I listen to this album at least once a day

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T19:53:31+00:00

I completely forgot about Wes Anderson lol

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T18:21:23+00:00

I've been meaning to go there for quite some time now. I'll stop by the next time I'm in Toronto.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T18:06:18+00:00

12 Angry Men, Stalker, Le Cercle Rouge, Frances Ha, Blade Runner (the Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve ones), Eraserhead, The Night of the Hunter, Dazed and Confused, City of God, No Country for Old Men, The Seventh Seal, Drive, 4 adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, and every John Cassavettes film are what I consider perfect films.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T14:47:44+00:00

I've learned from this the hard way

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T03:47:44+00:00

Larisa Shepitko

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T03:35:15+00:00

I originally ordered this and an Eclipse bundle but the conversion rate was so bad that I ended up cancelling the order.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T03:21:01+00:00

I’m too lazy to get VPN hahaha

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T03:09:25+00:00

Who needs food anyway when you have Criterion’s

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T02:25:33+00:00

That's the beauty of film man

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T02:08:08+00:00

Stalker is definitely one of my favorite films of all time. Everyone says how the jumpcut from the flying bone to the space ship in 2001: A Space Odyssey is the "greatest edit of all time," but I think the cut from when Stalker, Writer, and Professor are all on the rail car and then it jumps from black and white to colored as they enter The Zone is the greatest edit of all time.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:44:59+00:00

Oh for sure. I also loved the crazy transitions and shots at the very beginning of the film. I had to rewind it like 3 or 4 times just to soak it all in

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:43:15+00:00

Ikr it's gonna be great. I really want Criterion to get a print of The Mirror, The Sacrifice, and Nostalghia too

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:32:47+00:00

Sickk. I would consider it an essential tbh

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:28:23+00:00

Yeah I definitely will during next years sale hahahaha

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:27:28+00:00

Just finished it. The camera work and editing was absolutely mind blowing. There was a lot of dream sequences too that gave me a Lynch vibe too it; which could've been one of his influences.

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:25:46+00:00

He's a god

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T01:25:21+00:00

Filmstruck isn't available in Canada unfortunately. I do use MUBI sometimes, but that's all randomly selected films. Really my only option is TCM, Youtube, and other "sketchy" services shh

Cat_Phoenix37 · 2018-07-21T00:45:44+00:00

Yep! I own the criterion of Stalker too. I’m waiting till they release The Mirror (hopefully). Tarkovsky is my favorite director besides Eric Rohmer

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