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Film criticism. Noir, Westerns, French New Wave.
USC Cinema. Scottsdale. ↓

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Iñárritu doing broad, vaguely Kubrick-inspired satire in the style of a Yorgos Lanthimos movie is a nightmare scenario

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Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 classic Masculin féminin is 60 years old this year. How's it hold up? Check out my review at the link.

https://t.co/l34SQKKqKF

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7 days until the Oscars! I’ve seen them all and I really like Sentimental Value, Bugonia and The Secret Agent, but there’s a clear winner.

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@farangone A 4th stage simulacrum of the democratic process is not in fact the democratic process. http://tiny.cc/6n8ob

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"The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see." Huang Po

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@JakeNeedham 1800s? Uhmm... I don't think the playbook has changed, in the US or Thailand. They stick with the classics.Divide and conquer.

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@farangone I concur.

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@jonfernquest Probably not bad enough to have the army shoot random people in the head.

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@on_off_course Alas, it's part of the general geographical idiocy of many Americans, who think Thailand is part of China and communist.

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@on_off_course I know. It's totally nutty. But if you are familiar with the American Spectator that would not be a surprise!

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@on_off_course You didn't realize that Prem was part of the International Muslim Conspiracy? You gotta keep up James!

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@disambiguated Cynicism about human nature is a cop-out. I hear what you're against - seems almost everything. But what are you for?

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@disambiguated So what kind of government exactly are you proposing that we all have? I'm trying to understand your position.

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@disambiguated I've been everywhere in South Africa and did business in Soweto for years. It's not quite as bad as you seem to think.

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@disambiguated Mate, I've been everywhere in South Africa. Yes, they have problems but who doesn't. What do you think it was like before?

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@disambiguated It's not perfect in the USA or the UK either - but let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater here.

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@disambiguated Someone once said that the quest for the perfect drives out the good. Democracy works and is possible everywhere.

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@disambiguated Indeed. And what's your point? That humans are inherently evil therefore democracy is an impossible dream?

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@disambiguated Re South Africa, I disagree.Lived there,know people on all sides.Imperfect, yes but it's the model of a good transition.

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@disambiguated But South Africa is a success story by any reasonable definition. Perfect, no. But vastly superior to its predecessor.