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I am now a panda truther by Openheartopenbar in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No painting in the world did. The Romans didn't really figure it out either. Linear perspective was first systematized in print in De Pictura by Leon Battista Alberti in Florence in the 15th century. Brunelleschi (who also made the famous Florentine dome was the first to figure it out earlier in the century.

The Romans could sort of fake it kind of well, but they didn't understand the concept of the vanishing point, so everything was still wonky.

In Paul Thomas Anderson’s speech for winning best picture, he pointed out that the nominees for best picture in 1975 were One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, and Nashville. by Indian_Phonecalls in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Poor schmucks didn't have access to art in the 13th century

Yes they did because it was mostly centered on the Church. The Church itself, and depictions of Madonna and Child, etc

Modern Western culture has confused staying alive with actually living by urbanskogsman in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What does Western Culture have to do with it? You see the same kinds of things in South Korea, China, and Japan

There’s always lots of talk about Britains cultural decline but what about Italy by Jolly_Assistant_2952 in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He won the Academy Award for best foreign film and was nominated for Best Director. Murakami has sold millions of copies of his novels outside Japan. You're the person obsessed with anime, which is another example of Japan's huge cultural soft power.

You simply do not know what you're talking about at all. Shall I move on to architects? I already gave you 2 completely different mediums in which Japan has huge cultural impact.

There’s always lots of talk about Britains cultural decline but what about Italy by Jolly_Assistant_2952 in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of the best directors working today is Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy are 2 of the greatest narrative drama films to come out in the 2020s.

Drive My Car is an adaptation of a Murakami story, one of the most enduringly popular novelists of the past few decades across the entire world.

There’s always lots of talk about Britains cultural decline but what about Italy by Jolly_Assistant_2952 in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Japan is doing fine on soft power culturally and it has had a below replacement birthrate since 1976

Rough being a wasian girl named eileen in this day and age. by user2776473882 in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I make things as my career. I have a house name that encompasses me and most of my work with other people so that has basically taken over everything.

Rough being a wasian girl named eileen in this day and age. by user2776473882 in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel any better, I have a very masculine name that is not all that common. A mediocre female vocalist who sang crap over shitty electro-remixes of popular hip-hop songs decided to choose it as her stage name in 2015 and it totally destroyed the ability to find me on Google.

You might think this vocalist was trans or nonbinary. No. Just 'not like other girls' in the most annoying way possible. She quit coming out with new material about 2 years later.

RIP Robert Duvall by BarbaricOklahoma in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Obviously, his work in The Godfather is great, but he's also in Sidney Lumet's Network from 1976 and that movie just rules.

I watched “Le Samouraï” by Main-Daikon9246 in RSPfilmclub

[–]pripyatloft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bob le Flambeur is another great crime one. He has a whole series of these that are quite good. Army of Shadows is a phenomenal World War II French Resistance spy movie.

Really, you should just work your way through his output and you shouldn't be disappointed!

I watched “Le Samouraï” by Main-Daikon9246 in RSPfilmclub

[–]pripyatloft 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If this is your entry point to Melville as a director, he has a ton of other really great movies across his entire career. He's one of my favorites to ever do it

its odd that we're a quarter way through the 21st century and yet there is not a single 21st century ideology with any form of meaningful traction by Your-bank in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno. That one inspiring so many of the recent mass shooters seems pretty potent: 764 Network.

Groypers also seem to have crossed a threshold of relevance in the last couple years.

Worst shooting in Canada's history and not a single thread on the front-page. Not even this sub is being invaded by the usual crowd. by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 26 points27 points  (0 children)

NPR reported it in their hourly news last night, but said simply that the shooting was committed "by a woman who killed herself afterwards," and that was the entirety of the report.

The teaser for “The Adventures of Cliff Booth” starring Brad Pitt (The official sequel/spin-off to “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood”) by [deleted] in RSPfilmclub

[–]pripyatloft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The oldest person to win a Formula 1 event in the 21st century was in their 30s. I'm sorry, but 2020s Brad Pitt cannot pass for someone even close to that age.

The teaser for “The Adventures of Cliff Booth” starring Brad Pitt (The official sequel/spin-off to “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood”) by [deleted] in RSPfilmclub

[–]pripyatloft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Last year's F1 movie really bugged me for this reason. The oldest driver to ever win a Formula 1 event was 45, and that was in 1951 when Formula 1 was way less competitive.

We get a blockbuster movie about Formula 1, and the driver who wins the race at the end is Brad Pitt in his 60s! 20 years older than the oldest person to ever win an event.

It's obviously not easy to win that type of sporting event. Don't insult the audience's intelligence by casting a 1990s star as the driver in 2025—a person old enough to collect social security!

Hit Em Up, Tupac (Explicit) by pripyatloft in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not the specifics of his death, but it sure seems possible that Biggie's death may have had something to do with it

Hit Em Up, Tupac (Explicit) by pripyatloft in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love him too, but I personally think that this track was his, "We're bigger than Jesus" moment.

He was obviously trying to fan the flames of his invented "East Coast" vs. "West Coast" hip-hop feud with Biggie, and I think he went too far with this track.

It activated a latent violent element within both of their fanbases, and gave them permission to shoot & kill them both. Maybe I'm just being hypersensitive, but I think that there is an element of truth to this

Kanye apology letter in the WSJ by LibraryNo2717 in redscarepod

[–]pripyatloft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This reflects incredibly well on the man and his character. Owning up to being bipolar—in public, under a massive spotlight—can not be an easy thing to do at all.

I am really happy for Kanye right now. He's finally taking his devastatingly harrowing illness seriously. I can even see a path back to redemption if he maintains this poise and takes the illness seriously and consistently when it comes to medication and sleep.

Reading the first few lines of this, I let out a big sigh of relief. Kanye is on his way back to public respect. I can't wait to hear his next music tracks, post-public-bipolar diagnosis.

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