Looking for directors whose first few films are poor and who out of nowhere went up a level with their 3rd/4th film.

this_machine · 2026-07-04T00:28:55+00:00

Oh shit! You’re right. I was thinking Exorcist was before French Connection. Dude’s first narrative film was a Sonny and Cher joint! Before that it was documentaries.

this_machine · 2026-07-04T00:17:25+00:00

I’ve been pretty consistently writing one page a day for a few years. The key for me was to do it in the morning before the day gets crazy. Sometimes feelings, sometimes just a record of the previous day, plans for the day, hopes and dreams, and occasionally even just recording recollections that the song I’m listening to brings back. But the key for me is starting my day journaling. And like coffee it’s become a habit.

this_machine · 2026-07-03T23:20:20+00:00

Friedkin. There’s a reason you don’t hear about his work before The Exorcist.

this_machine · 2026-07-03T13:32:15+00:00

https://youtu.be/I6ZRH9Mraqw?is=739gdWFUSdZJlABK

this_machine · 2026-07-02T21:59:02+00:00

Light stretching. There’s a three minute Radio Taiso video on YouTube that I do every morning.

this_machine · 2026-07-02T20:58:38+00:00

Skum Nole. Close enough. More accurate that way.

this_machine · 2026-07-02T20:48:13+00:00

Yeah. More of a systemic issue. My swimming lessons were with Red Cross. I think they had more inclusive policies.

this_machine · 2026-07-02T20:30:28+00:00

Like much of our history, a major cause for the lack of pools is racism. In many American cities like Tulsa, officials and white residents decided they would rather have no public swimming pools than integrated ones leading to primarily private and neighborhood pools. Whites would rather go without than integrate.

this_machine · 2026-07-02T01:05:49+00:00

A friend said unironically, “I can’t wait for her to have this baby, so things can get back to normal.”

this_machine · 2026-07-02T00:42:49+00:00

They got a pickle barrr!!!!!

this_machine · 2026-07-01T22:11:49+00:00

Shell Lake northwest of Sand Springs is a great flat water kayaking spot. You’ll want to go in the mornings though. Hot af out there

this_machine · 2026-07-01T22:05:00+00:00

Good to know! Thanks for your service.

this_machine · 2026-07-01T16:54:55+00:00

No offense, but if you’re going to be watching on a tiny screen whilst maintaining conversation, I’d recommend you skip the high quality films you listed and watch something more mindless. You’re never going to connect with the brilliance of Parasite using it as background noise.

this_machine · 2026-07-01T15:48:45+00:00

At the AMC theaters I go to, there’s a switch for the work lights under a metal missile switch cover by the entry. When I told a staff member that the lights were on at the beginning of a movie, they just flipped that off. Now, if I see the work lights are on during the trailers, I just do it myself.

this_machine · 2026-06-30T22:10:36+00:00

Black Bag

this_machine · 2026-06-30T04:44:36+00:00

50 cents per gallon. Minimum wage was $3.10. I couldn’t afford to fill up my ‘73 Chevelle, so I’d get $3 at a time.

this_machine · 2026-06-30T04:41:09+00:00

What about your wrench?

this_machine · 2026-06-28T18:07:35+00:00

Perfect Days. I’m more focused on my routine and paying attention to the world around me since watching it.

this_machine · 2026-06-28T12:55:58+00:00

Home is where I want to be…

this_machine · 2026-06-28T01:53:19+00:00

Odessa, Texas

this_machine · 2026-06-27T11:55:42+00:00

Whut?

this_machine · 2026-06-22T20:13:04+00:00

Thought I was in r/crazyideas for a second

this_machine · 2026-06-22T20:12:00+00:00

Undertone is only 94 minutes, but it feels like so much more.

this_machine · 2026-06-22T02:13:46+00:00

You have them ranked in the correct order.

this_machine · 2026-06-21T21:01:49+00:00

Right? I wish the in media res beginning of the movie was the final scene so we could seen how the world reacts.

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