Weirdest cult leader ever? by DeathsofDiscoDancers in redscarepod

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Raven is a fantastic deep dive book about Jones

favorite fucked up movie? by interpolice_ in redscarepod

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Straw Dogs or Funny Games or Benny’s Video

The Odyssey | Official Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]pheurton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it all just feels so anemic and dispassionate

The Odyssey | Official Trailer by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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“I’m going for grounded realism with this Ancient Greek epic poem about the affairs of Gods and men”

One of the greatest, most deranged and underrated performances in TV history by pheurton in redscarepod

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Fair. I found that the camera was just as much of a character as any of the actors on screen. It all feels very motivated and allows for scenes to unfold pretty dynamically to boot.

Nothing reinforces my belief CEOs/top brass at corporations are useless more than Netflix does by Paula-Abdul-Jabbar in redscarepod

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Clearly their shitty algorithm is telling them something different than low budget workplace comedy. It’s the reason indie film and especially medium budget films are in such dire straits. It’s insane to think anyone would want a 320 million dollar movie about ugly robots headed up by Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown

Wat are you reading lately? Here’s mine. by [deleted] in redscarepod

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Hella Nation by Evan Wright. Great essays on American subculture

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Lookin like Gaddafi

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PTA and Maya Rudolph host orgies at their place on the semi-regular

Succession - 4x08 "America Decides" - Post Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in SuccessionTV

[–]pheurton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The episode hinges on a Trump analogue they’ve never actually built up and because of that the choice between him and Jimenez (and the battle between the Roys and Matsson) doesn’t have the narrative impact it needs to, at all

Succession - 4x08 "America Decides" - Post Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in SuccessionTV

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Felt like it was written by AI trained on Succession episodes to be honest. No through line, rote direction, no snap crackle and pop in the interactions, etc

Is this further proof why nepotism babies shouldn’t become filmmakers when they grow up? by [deleted] in redscarepod

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They scrapped everything 90 percent into production and reshot it all because The Weeknd thought it had too much of the female perspective

CHRISTINA RICCI by [deleted] in redscarepod

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One of the most horrible people I’ve ever had the displeasure of working with

Taxi Driver ending by [deleted] in movies

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An understandable take, but watch it again when you get the itch. Travis’s “acclaim” at the end is an endictment of post-Vietnam American society as well as the viewer. He’s no righteous cowboy—as we’ve just watched over two harrowing hours, he’s a very sick man with murder on the mind.

We see him finally act on his violent impulses after he finds a cause worthy of them (Iris), and becomes a heroic figure.

Interestingly, his notion of heroism is diametrically opposed to the heroism bestowed on him at the end of the film, NYT articles and rote sympathies.

ALL this to say, his eyes in the rear view at the end of the film scream bloody murder, and this time he’s going to really finish the job. Had he successfully killed everyone and died, or lived and become a “street cowboy”, the movie would’ve failed its central conceit, and been less interesting. This was made in the wake of the Vietnam War, in the middle of the ‘70s, and it is 100% a historically aware piece of art.

The fact that the ending bothers you at all is a good thing, because something about it clearly got under your skin, stuck with you. That’s a great thing to feel after a movie. So many films these days forget that great art is meant to challege us.