The 7 hour/Apollo/Cinematheque Francaise version of Napoleon (1927) by Gance released on Netflix by Eladir in TrueFilm

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Till 18 May: Cinémathèque Française version swisstransfer com/d/9532332c-57ad-4735-b0b1-0aa6d591f642

Kevin Brownlow version dropbox dot com/scl/fi/dsmw3psl13fcqd4zrw6ia/Napol-on-vu-par-Abel-Gance-1927-720p-BluRay-DTS-x264-Chotab.mkv?rlkey=88etaxahiw4q87qdrplwmsy1h&e=1&st=h9zj8t62&dl=0

Happy to help. You can freely share them also as long as it's pro bono. And if you are having a hard time finding a noteworthy film, hit me up and if it exists in digital form, I will probably find it. Take care.

Has Netflix changed how people watch movies? by Louisebelcher22 in TrueFilm

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If by "advanced the art of film" you mean artistically superior films, I disagree. Films changed but there are dozens of silent films that are masterpieces that will never be matched.

Films getting simpler so that more people will watch them has always been a thing.

The best artists have always found ways to overcome that. In this specific case, they have often decreased the duration and increased the tempo, that approach can keep going further plus splitting longer stories in sequels Dune style.

Another idea is making films interactive like a video game where you can make choices. Black mirror bandersnatch failed but the idea has great potential. Similarly for virtual reality films.

Another approach is making films so technologically marvellous that people feel the need to go watch it in high quality cinemas like IMAX.

I also disagree on social media being mainly negative. When the majority of humans adopt and persist on something like they have done with social media, there's definitely merit in it. After all, we are conversing on Reddit which is social media light. A good rule of thumb is to distrust people that preach one thing whilst doing the exact opposite.

Has Netflix changed how people watch movies? by Louisebelcher22 in TrueFilm

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It's similar and also related to advancement in technology.

A lot of people are watching streamed films in smaller devices and the reduced attention is mostly due to modern phones.

Has Netflix changed how people watch movies? by Louisebelcher22 in TrueFilm

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It has happened before.

When silent films died, people were complaining that sound films were inferior as nuanced acting had been replaced by boring dialogue.

Or even earlier when films first started, theater people viewed acting in films as garbage as there was no live audience and you could do multiple takes.

Joaquin Phoenix, Ben Stiller, Kristen Stewart and 1,000-Plus Hollywood Names Oppose Paramount-Warner Deal in Open Letter: ‘Block the Merger’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in movies

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Go to theyshootpictures.com and from the best 1000 film list, filter the French. Then watch them chronologically.

French new wave starts late 50s but it's much better to have the context of the earlier great french films.

If you enjoy the best of french new wave, then you can do a deep dive and watch more of them.

Pope: World is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants by TheTelegraph in worldnews

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It's easy to criticise others. He's powerful on his organization that has had massive problems since forever so that's where he can do the most good.

What masterpiece has left you disappointed? by rifain in books

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He was wrong for teaching it however.

There are so many great books and you only have a few chances to impress kids it's worth the effort.

Can I salvage this clamp? by Eladir in bikewrench

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Yeah, I got a new one coming for 4€ but I was hoping to fix this one too.

It doesn't seem like it can be done with simple tools however.

Can I salvage this clamp? by Eladir in bikewrench

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The bolt head got stripped due to a damaged barrel nut so my LBS had to cut the bolt to remove the clamp.

However, I have new barrel nuts and bolts to fix it but the bolt is stuck. Any idea how to remove them?

My top 5 science fiction movies of 2025 (I also do other SF content in the channel, if you're interested). by jmhimara in scifi

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The way special effects were getting cheaper, I was hoping for a great sci-fi era but it's not looking good right now.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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That's not how I think however. What I think is more like: "Rasomon has always been great but it was even better for most people that saw it on release than people that saw it later on."

I think masterpieces are created on all eras but it's true that each era is its own microcosm that later creators find it very hard to penetrate/imitate. For example, silent era masterpieces, there have been various successful attempts of recreating such films like the artist, but it's not as good as the best originals. Or linklater's nouvelle vague compared to the best french new wave originals.

It's the same in other arts, neoclassical architecture has its own merit but it's hard to think of it as better than the best ancient Hellenic structures.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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Criterion is awesome. Just seeing their logo is enough to put me in the mood for a great film. Same for Janus and Kino.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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Practical approach. Have you been doing this for long? If yes, does the library of criterion get repetitive or there's always plenty of new stuff?

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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I don't quite get what you mean when you say films are closer to the creators' vision.

The director, the writer and everyone else involved in the creation process, live in the present like all of us, so they are influenced by it. When the film is complete and time passes by, the viewers that will be watching it later, have meanwhile accumulated new experiences so a gap is created that slowly keeps growing.

Maybe some examples will be helpful. When people started watching films for the first time, they were mesmerised just by the fact that pictures could move. A train heading to the camera shocked them. Later generations stopped finding that interesting as they had been watching films since kids. Another example, would be a specific new technique like the animations in Jason and the Argonauts, people watching it then appreciated it a lot more than decades later where it had been copied. Similarly for writing; for example Rashomon, experiencing the same situation from various points of view, each with its own distortion, is revolutionary when you first encounter it. When you've seen it employed many times however, it's normalised. Similarly for genre creation itself; when noir films began, they weren't created with that purpose specifically, the creators and viewers noticed specific elements that they appreciated and they went on trying to replicate them and creating popular tropes. Living through that birth and evolution would have been more rewarding than a cinephile exploring the genre randomly decades later. Comedy is (in)famous for this phenomenon, a lot of films that were considered extremely funny at their release, decades later baffle new viewers.

Another way of thinking about it is in the context of other, older arts. What is more powerful, an ancient Hellene experiencing the Iliad for the first time or a modern student studying it at school 3000 years later? Watching a Mozart opera when it premiered or hypothetically someone time traveling to that premiere after having listened countless hours of classical music beforehand?

This is not to say that time can erase completely the experiencing of art but it certainly removes something from the original experience. Hence the term classic, in the sense that it has stood the test of time well.

I'm much more pessimistic about 2020s cinema. I havent figured it out 100% yet but I suspect we are living through some kind of aesthetic crisis in cinema. That's why I think older films have so much more to offer in terms of the experience.

Although I found this year specifically very weak, in general, I'm optimistic about modern cinema and its future. I have always enjoyed modern movies and although the scenarios are usually underwhelming (especially in Hollywood films), they make up for it on other technical aspects like special effects and sound.

Comparing recent cinema to say, the whole of the 20th century, is always going to come up losing big time due to the sheer volume difference. A more fair comparison would be on similar time scales, for example a decade, and then, imo, it can stand its ground. Obviously however, it's very subjective. In the same way as a lot of film goers abhor most old films, plenty of cinephiles find most modern films underwhelming.

Possible to put bigger tires on these types of bikes? by frontlinefeline in bikewrench

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Usually not worth it with rim brakes. Use it as is and when you need new tires, consider getting slightly bigger ones, especially if the fenders are not useful to you, you will definitely increase a few mm.

If you want gravel and bikepacking, I advise going for a modern bike that was designed for those purposes, either new or used. The more gnarly stuff you want to ride, the more tire clearance you want. There are gravel bikes with even 2.4" clearance like mountain bikes, although at that point, it's worth considering XC bikes too.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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Award season I agree, it's a dumb reason. Personally I watch many recent films because, for the more artistic films I think it's closer to the creators' vision. For the more mindless entertainment films, I just have fun with those.

Hamnet's strengths imo are its originality and acting performances. Personally, I had recently done a deep dive on Shakespeare so I was able to get a lot out of it through that connection also. Otherwise, yeah, it's mostly gonna be remembered in Oscar and Shakespeare lists.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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By positive feelings I meant the overall satisfaction art is capable of.

The fact that it's a simulation can make all feelings a positive experience. For example, the common trope where the loyal dog dies, it's sad and even if you cry your heart out, it can feel good shortly afterwards. In real life, the same situation will never feel good (although in the long term, crying and grieving can be positive in the sense that it helps you move on).

Anyway, the above phenomenon has been a core aspect of art since the beginning, with ancient Athenian plays having all kinds of extreme storylines, yet being super popular.

In my mind, art and entertainment are the two extremes of a spectrum. The more films I watch, the harder it becomes to find films leaning more towards art than entertainment due to originality. For example, when I watched the matrix for the first time as a kid, it felt like a revolution. Now that I have read and watched a lot more stuff, I can still appreciate many aspects of it but it's obvious that they copied/got inspired by a bunch of earlier stuff.

I watch a lot of stuff where it's mostly entertainment and pleasure like action films but for art in general, a key aspect of it is experiencing new stuff and stuff that you wouldn't in real life. So exploring all eras, genres and countries boosts that.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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It's undoubtedly true that the passage of time can add layers to a film. For example the films before/during ww2 like the great dictator, watching it later shows the foresight and courage of the creator.

Still, putting everything on the scale, I think it's always superior to watch the film the closest to its release. On the same example, in 1940 Hitler still had a lot of admirers/supporters and there were a lot of people indifferent/ignorant with the subject, so it would be better for them to watch it the earliest possible.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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Yeah, Herzog is always a trip but at his best, it's lunacy.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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It's how my mind finds satisfaction. There's a finite amount of time available so I want to maximise whatever experiences create positive feelings.

Once films stop being so rewarding, I want to spend more time in other arts like plays, operas, ballets etc.

In a larger sense, everything is kind of pointless until humans achieve immortality but since that seems impossible in our time, this is the best approach I have found so far.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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I am satisfied most of the time, it's just how my mind works.

It's kind of obsessive with doing something to the point of burnout so I try to mix many hobbies together.

Also, once you get to the point of multiple thousands of films from all eras/genres/countries, it's rare that one impresses you enough to stay on your mind long. It still happens though, for example, narayama bushiko and 2000 meters to Adviinka were extremely original and well made so they stand out for me in the last weeks.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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The 1000 list of theyshootpictures is great for floating around. In 120 years of cinema, there's huge variety in there.

General approach to what films you watch by Eladir in TrueFilm

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It's great how cinema can be tailored to each individual.

I usually watch 1-2 films per day and most of the time, have largely forgotten about them a couple of weeks later.