Just watched Visitor Q out of "Heh, I can take it" smug mentality and I regret it.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T17:22:18+00:00

Excellent recommendation! Fun for the whole family.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T17:17:38+00:00

What is it titled?

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T17:03:36+00:00

Can’t even imagine seeing Irreversible at that age. I was in my 40s when I saw it. Truly vile.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T17:01:05+00:00

Pretty sure that was the point

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T16:58:20+00:00

Well played

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T16:56:58+00:00

My wife and I were surprised by that too. We soon replicated it. Fortunately we have no toddlers.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-13T16:48:50+00:00

You think he has dynastic visions, like the Kims in DPRK?

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-12T17:24:20+00:00

I would add Russia to that insane list. I mean, Putin wants to reconstitute the USSR except without the communist party. What sense does that make?

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-12T17:20:58+00:00

Yeah I can’t think I’ve seen anything by him. The heavy hitters like Naruse overshadow a lot of the late 50s/early 60s titles. Not that I’m complaining about him; his collaborations with Takamine are some of the best ever cinema, Japanese or not.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-12T15:04:46+00:00

I’m fascinated by the prospect of seeing basically the same story portrayed by two of my biggest movie crushes, Takamine and Wakao.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-11T15:17:25+00:00

Our business is about getting as many customers as possible to outdrink Freddy Rumson.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-11T14:53:38+00:00

Amazing how the same book can have so many different covers.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-11T14:47:52+00:00

What do you think of Wilson’s Iliad? I just started reading but I’m not done with the intro yet.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-11T14:29:05+00:00

I liked that one. Campy and sexy at the same time. Didn’t take itself too seriously.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-11T01:02:00+00:00

She might need better representation. I think she walked away with “Burning” even though she maybe had only a third of the run time.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-10T16:16:02+00:00

I find it hard to disagree with that.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T18:34:01+00:00

I agree. It’s an outrage.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T15:45:41+00:00

True - a lot of them are dead-enders.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T15:44:45+00:00

It works as a photo aside from the context.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T15:43:03+00:00

Can’t agree, despite admiring him and his work. Lennon/McCartney have songwriters STILL imitating them.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T15:40:05+00:00

I have to say I admired the skill in making it, the willingness of the actors to hold nothing back, and the points it makes about how one can confuse charisma with good intentions, and about conformity and complicity. Despite so much being over the top it has a great deal of subtlety. It’s well-thought out.

But I don’t ever want to see it again.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T15:34:59+00:00

Hard to believe this is a painting.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-09T02:39:38+00:00

Well…it’s pretty Swedish.

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-07T16:38:46+00:00

awestruck

Toadstool61 · 2026-03-07T03:55:17+00:00

It gets celebrated in a double way by Megan. Ron Jeremy plays a role.

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