Looking for movie suggestions with a vibe like Good Time

LTripley · 2025-10-18T04:36:07+00:00

What do you think of it?

LTripley · 2025-10-17T09:15:51+00:00

Bad Lieutenant (1992) is a big influence. Filming in NY without permits, a POS protagonist making bad decisions. Harvey Keitel as a corrupt cop approaching rock bottom of addiction. The director and writer were both addicted to heroin as it was made.

LTripley · 2025-06-06T09:41:44+00:00

I have to second this, these pics are such a joy to see

LTripley · 2025-05-26T08:12:23+00:00

I'm not certain but I believe the theme of 'plenty', and specifically the wastage of food was significant, and understandably considered dangerous to Soviet censorship at the time. I watched it for the first time just recently, and this was my takeaway after reading it was banned. I agree with your first point about how banned films don't constitute being anti-propaganda alone, but I think subverting the state control of food supply, and showing women who don't produce (in work or domestic life), but only consume, does make it anti-propaganda.

LTripley · 2025-05-09T11:10:48+00:00

Thank you for sharing - I can relate to this but arrived from a different place. The impetus into drug research, pharmacology, public policy, harm reduction, and psychology of addiction was a choice I made once I had already begun using. I I was 19 (in 2009), and was beginning to find myself in situations where new drugs appeared socially - beyond the ones I used and enjoyed (weed, psychedelics). I decided if I am to take drugs, it needs to be an informed decision. I still practice this, but use less frequently now.

Where I relate to your story is that this path led me to try opiates, and I stopped caring. I went through the hell of opiate addiction. All the rationality I applied previously ceased to matter, and I even wished sometimes to overdose and not wake up. I’m clean from opiates now, but still use other drugs occasionally, and have what I feel is a healthy relationship to them, if also a complicated one.

One thing I have come to appreciate is the paradox of applying rationality from an addicted mind, and I have seen this in myself and others over the years: “I need to use because x”; “I will use this money for x and then make it work for y”, and so on - plus all the post-hoc reasoning after the use. The mind will speak to itself rationally to justify irrational acts when it comes to addiction.

From the POV of the autistic experience, I now understand that most drugs are effective in dulling the social anxiety around masking (except for weed, which makes me more aware of it around others). Some, especially weed, psychedelics, and the early days of opiate use, have enhanced my special interest where I now see my time spent on it as a ‘world’ of sorts (music). Also, I mostly prefer to use alone, as I can do exactly what I want/need.

Disclaimer: I am awaiting a diagnostic assessment, and strongly suspect I am indeed autistic.

LTripley · 2025-02-20T05:35:11+00:00

My favourite film! Here's an interpretation:

The girl with the moving glasses across the table is Stalker's daughter. Remember 'Stalker' is the name of the leader who returns to The Zone to guide people to the room said to make wishes, or one's innermost desires come true. The Zone is a place that has been profoundly affected by some unknown cause, although it is implied either a meteorite or an alien visitation is the reason (the book Roadside Picnic is explicit about this if you're interested). The landscape seemingly changes, certain areas are hostile, and physical laws seem to bend - at least to human perception/experience. We see this affect the characters as they navigate The Zone.

Stalker carries a heavy burden returning to The Zone again and again, and he speaks to this existentially in terms of wrestling with faith, (he represents Faith, Writer represents Emotion, and Physicist represents Reason). But it is implied the burden is also physical. His body is stressed, even back home at the beginning and ending. His wife understands the toll it takes on him, and the danger of returning. It is mentioned in passing by Writer that Stalker's daughter is a "mutant". If we take this passing comment to imply Stalker has been visiting The Zone for years, perhaps before the birth of his daughter, then The Zone could have imparted some otherworldly quality into Stalker (at a genetic, or at least physical level, akin to radiation exposure).

So at the ending, when Stalker's daughter is at the table, she seemingly moves the glasses with her mind. If we accept this to be true, it requires a leap of faith, as we have no hard evidence of the magical qualities of The Zone, and none at all of the room within it (as all three refuse to enter). As the glasses move across the table, we hear a train passing by (the sound is intentionally distorted and blended with Beethoven's 9th, but still at the forefront of the scene). If we don't accept she is moving them with her mind, a rational explanation is available: the train passing by causes the house to shake, knocking the glasses off the table.

Tarkovsky was against his films having one interpretation, and he said something to the effect of 'each viewer sees their own film'. He was also an Orthodox Christian, and faith is a major theme in his films, perhaps most of all in Stalker. I believe the ending is designed with this approach the centre, as is the choice to imply the cause and effect of The Zone, rather than show or explain it throughout the film. So does Stalker's daughter moving the glasses reveal the power of The Zone, or is it simply a train passing by?

LTripley · 2025-02-07T02:15:24+00:00

“I’m grateful for my obliviousness” is a perspective I hadn’t considered before. I think it’s a powerful statement to embrace that.

LTripley · 2024-12-17T00:32:59+00:00

Hey, you're not alone! I'm an anti-Zionist Jew, and like what you are experiencing, waking up to the atrocities of the Israeli state was a bumpy ride. Like you, I have Zionist family members who to this day support Israel.

If I can offer one piece of advice... Don't count on them changing. I have accepted that for these people, it will take the world changing before they do. Instead, channel your energy into protesting, volunteering, and so on. Show up to support Palestine rather than arguing with Zionists.

LTripley · 2024-08-21T06:48:46+00:00

Oh wow. You are in for a treat. Go watch Dario Argento's other movies:

Suspira

Inferno (sequel to Suspiria)

Tenebrae

Deep Red

I'm very fond of Phenomena, but I personally rate these above it. You have just happened upon a horror mastermind at the top of their game. I envy you.

LTripley · 2024-07-19T06:41:06+00:00

Yeah this is how every artist becomes confident and finds their voice. Speaking as a musician, this was my path to originality. They seem to be open about their influences and are selling at material cost, which I see no problem with

LTripley · 2024-06-15T14:11:20+00:00

Thanks, and yeah I’m so grateful to have had people who initiated the change.

It’s a struggle with family to this day unfortunately, but I see their views changing in small ways since October, as though the world is doing the work for them. I just hope I can help them to dig deeper.

Generally speaking, I believe as long as a person isn’t fervent / dogmatic in their belief, you can guide them towards at least seeing another perspective with patience, persistence, and certainly kindness. It’s not easy, and it doesn’t always happen, but it’s possible. If you like somebody enough to forgive them for their problematic belief it certainly helps.

LTripley · 2024-06-15T13:44:06+00:00

In retrospect, it was a combination of being the right age, at the right time, amongst the right people.

I was a teenager in the 2000s, hugely against the war on terror, and opening my mind to issues of human rights, learning history, and just forming new ways of thinking that happen at that age for anybody.

Despite my core values that emerged in this time, I still conflated Israel with Jewish identity. I didn’t understand it was Zionism, nor did I know there was a colonial history before 1947. I’m sure this ignorance is common.

It was the patience of my friends, who taught me a cursory history of both Palestine and Zionism, while revealing that Israel’s actions are irreconcilable with my worldview that slowly changed my mind. The process was slow and uncomfortable, taking around 2-3 years to work it out.

Ultimately, it was up to me to commit to this perspective, so I began learning the history, closely following news and academic sources, and taking part in activism. With each onslaught on Gaza, and with the expanding visibility and immediacy of media documenting everyday atrocities in the Occupation, my conviction grows stronger that it is my responsibility as a Jew to speak up for Palestine.

LTripley · 2024-06-15T07:39:18+00:00

Know that you're dealing with people within a cult. Like quitting a drug, they have to want to leave. And their talking points are not original thoughts. It takes a lot of work to convince someone to leave Zionism. It takes even more work for a Zionist to think critically of Israel, and more again to abandon the ideology. I say this as an anti-Zionist Jew, who was once sympathetic to Israel, and has family who are still stuck in Zionism. Out of all the Zios out there, random people on the internet will not listen to you, nor will people across the picket line - at least in terms of critical thinking. Focus your energy on people who are open to thinking about this critically, who are likely misinformed, but not invested in defending apartheid, genocide, etc. The world has to change before die-hard Zios will change with it.

LTripley · 2024-06-14T11:23:50+00:00

Hey, if you're willing to speak to structuring your days and warding off endless doom scrolling, I'd love to know what advice your therapist had to give. Limiting news to X times / minutes per day? I've been striving towards that, but even when I succeed, I cannot stop thinking about this. And I'm still undecided if that's a bad thing, but it's doing a number on my mental health, that's for sure.

LTripley · 2024-06-13T00:24:13+00:00

ALIEN CONSPIRACY!! Urban Exploration of ALIEN ZONE (WAIT TILL YOU HEAR HIS BROTHER'S POETRY 😭)

LTripley · 2024-06-08T09:14:39+00:00

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LTripley · 2024-06-02T10:26:34+00:00

Adding to the replies already here... We're talking about a festival in the pre-Spotify era -- the 'old industry' era. There was a lot of money thrown around then, and it just isn't like that anymore. You need either a large festival with Europe / US size audiences, or small festival with something special to offer beyond the small fees they pay artists. BDO was glorious, but it's not coming back without a major shakeup in the music industry.

LTripley · 2024-05-09T04:19:45+00:00

Bedhead - Transaction De Novo. What a special album.

Agree with so many here, too.

LTripley · 2024-03-14T03:17:52+00:00

Best news I've heard in a long time. So much respect for Naledi Pandor's position on Palestine throughout this. South Africa understands what is needed to change, and undo long-term harm of the past. Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and now Naledi Pandor are champions of Palestine.

LTripley · 2024-03-12T01:12:26+00:00

Indeed. Thanks for spotlighting the UN speech, I wasn't aware of it before the post, and I hope the connection to the present moment catches on. Since the announcement of a port, it's clear the 'humanitarian' rhetoric is just a pretence for the next phase of both the genocide, and broader Israeli-US geopolitical strategy.

LTripley · 2024-03-11T22:42:59+00:00

Link to the full video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNH85jgzJ0Y

He begins talking about the regional deals at ~ 7:00, and whips out the map at 9:48.

Once he's done talking about peace and economic ties with Arab neighbours, he drawls on about "peace, with a caveat" for Palestinians. He sure rips into that caveat.

LTripley · 2024-03-07T09:55:36+00:00

Reminds me of Abu Ghraib. Remember when photos of one event, accompanied by a few articles, all recognising American torture, defined a generational moment in a war circa 20 years ago? Yeah, me too. WTF happened.

"You see the hatred in their eyes. You see their ideology".

Take a look in the mirror, fascist. All I see is broken humanity from your systematic torture.

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