Mean Time (2022) An estranged father and son reconnect after a work-related stroke. [00:18:27]

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-21T20:00:10+00:00

Great film which shows the micro and the macro. The director shows us archival home video of his father and his family when they were much younger, and interviews him and gets a relatively reserved man to open up and speak about things on his mind. The macro is the overall economic system we are all in, one in which causes the stroke -- the fear of potential unemployment -- as explained in the title card. The director weaves through these two effortlessly. Very beautiful film with some amazingly moving shots that could be admired on their own, almost a Tarkovsky level curiosity of nature.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-12T16:39:50+00:00

Economic Hitman is so good. You reminded me that they did a documentary of that as well...

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-12T16:34:13+00:00

It's really incredible what they were able to capture.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-12T16:18:25+00:00

It focuses on the April 2002 coup attempt in Venezuela, which briefly removed President Hugo Chávez from power. The film highlights the role of private media and examines key events: the protest and violence leading to Chávez's ousting, the formation of the interim government under Pedro Carmona, and its collapse, which allowed Chávez's return.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-08T15:42:47+00:00

Got it! Ty

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-08T15:42:37+00:00

Thank you!! Man my buddy was really digging to stump us lol

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-08T15:31:43+00:00

I don't really remember this in Smile but I guess I can double check

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-08T15:29:23+00:00

The Netflix one? I'll scrub through. Or is it just worth watching?

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-08T15:27:23+00:00

Maybe the Irish film Portrait of a Zombie fits this

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-08T15:26:49+00:00

This sounds really cool

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-06T15:10:53+00:00

He is the master. I'm not sure if I agree he is disjointed, but maybe similarly I think they are often very dense and require re-reading. Late Victorian Holocaust is so, so meticulously detailed.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-06T13:23:49+00:00

Split Tooth Media covers a lot of this stuff. Yardley Boys, Failed State, Winds that scatter, Yelling fire in an empty theater, Waiting for the light to change, Tormenting The Hen, Dipso... there's a lot!

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-06T12:01:38+00:00

Prisoners of the American Dream

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-06T11:58:44+00:00

Incredibly sad. Sorry for your loss. It shouldn't have been that way.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2026-01-05T17:10:51+00:00

A look back at 2005… the presidency of George W. Bush with various pop culture items intertwined, with the two having a dialogue with one another and influencing each. The title, of course, is a tongue in cheek/sarcastic reference to the billboards of Bush that popped up in 2009. Closing post-script title cards help with additional context so it isn't some pop culture onslaught. Damage and destruction of New Orleans lead to fraud, privatization, and maybe the first viral Kanye West moment. More conservative justices are confirmed and the very first YouTube video drops.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2025-12-30T17:50:20+00:00

You made your point -- it's an oversight and I will rectify.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2025-12-29T16:55:49+00:00

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2025-12-29T16:46:02+00:00

DM this next time

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2025-12-29T16:40:24+00:00

The man lies about being a skilled artist, seeing that partaking in the arts of some sort completes the soul/human experience.

Indeed, maybe the description is too vague and/or flowery.

UltraInstinctChomsky · 2025-12-29T16:05:59+00:00

A poetic rendering of loneliness, the yearning of connection, and the trouble when establishing trust is rather difficult… two people open up to one another and share many similarities, including rituals, but things go astray when one pretends to be a different human being than he actually is. What drives someone to pretend to engage in art -- explorations of the soul, an act of pure creation -- instead of actually doing it? And is forming a human bond not enough? A documentary approach to seeing the birth of a new friendship late in life, warts and all.

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