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cold war by Director: Paweł Pawlikowski

Black and white polish movies aren’t as severe as their Hungarian counterparts(hi, Bela Tarr) but they carry just as much mystery and style. Plus there’s a bit of sensuality. Never has the phrase, “I love him and that’s that” sounded more doomed or sexy.

@geoffrickly

Jan 7, 2024

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Nostalghia(1983) by Andrei Tarkovsky

I can't recommend something without explaining why it's good in my world. Well, it seems I've found my favorite Tarkovsky film that completely captivated me—soul, eyes, heart, and ears. It's probably one of the most beautiful and aesthetic films I've ever seen. I've often heard from stuffy film historians that the director's last two films are a self-parody of himself, suggesting that the form has become so pronounced that it now seems more like an imitation of Tarkovsky rather than Tarkovsky's own work. Well. We dismiss that opinion and establish our own viewpoint. It's hard to abstract from the author and view the work in isolation from the facts, but despite the autobiographical nature of the beloved "Mirror" (which I didn't enjoy at all)—"Nostalghia" so far seems to me the most intimate, personal, sublimated, and reflective (and prophetic). The theme of emigration, of the male creator, a Russian in Italy, far from home and consumed internally by guilt for abandoning his family—this is literally cinema about himself. Moreover, the film focuses more on the director's favorite idea—the sacrifice of the artist for humanity. The visuals are as impeccable as possible. Tarkovsky no longer holds back and makes films that are visually closer to his beloved Fellini and Bergman, rather than his early works. I admit, this is the first time I've seen Oleg Yankovsky, and now I understand the whole cult around his persona. He's truly monumental. An absolute powerhouse, every frame stolen completely, even if he is standing with his back to the audience and just breathing heavily. The finale with the candle was the most unusual cinematic experience for me in recent years. A true spiritual revelation occurred on screen. The suspense is breath-holding, yet plot-wise, everything happening is safe. Ten minutes of continuous meditative take, in which Yankovsky's character tries to light a candle and carry it through a small route—truly charged action, which you experience together with the hero almost to a religious catharsis in the finale. Absolute grandeur. The final shot of a small house grown inside a destroyed temple is one of the strongest visual images I have ever seen. I sat in the cinema in complete stasis, afraid to move, and when it started to snow, I nearly lost my breath. It's been a long time since a film has captivated me like this. P.S. I still need to watch "Ivan's Childhood" and "The Sacrifice." P.P.S. If you don't know Russian(Italian), you'll need to prepare to read subtitles because there is no English version.

@nebraska

Jun 10, 2024

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Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace (1966-67)

A four-part adaptation made in the Soviet Union in reaction to the (relative) success of the 1956 American-Italian production It is astonishing in its ambition and beauty and everyone in it is interesting to look at. Unparalleled viewing experience borne of spite ❤️

@2666

Nov 11, 2024

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Trying to understand the 4th dimension

My biggest regret in life is that I am not a physicist. I took physics in high school and almost did not pass the class, but I felt passionate about the subject. The poetry of mysterious concepts such as, “general relativity”, “wave particle duality”, and  “the 4th dimension”, filled my teenage imagination with wonder. To this day, when I feel bored/asleep in my life, I watch videos about black holes or string theory and it helps my mind re-open to the unknown. My favorite video of all time on YouTube is this one, where Carl Sagan, (the mister rogers of science), calmly and gleefully explains ways to visualize the 4th dimension. It made me realize that we do not just HAVE shadows, but we ARE shadows of a higher dimension. How exciting! 

@dora-jar

4d ago

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Basket as a purse

I use a basket as a purse. Purse is yuck: smelly/full of crumbs/abyss. Basket is delight: whimsy, open, easy to carry plums. You can easily see and access everything you have in your basket, but if you wanted to be discreet you could use a scarf to conceal your belongings. What’s in my basket? Wouldn’t you like to know. 

@dora-jar

4d ago

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Talking to friends about dreams

Dreams! I love having them and I love hearing about them. When I ask my friends what they dreamt, I get to know them more deeply. I love watching my friend’s eyes grow wide and stare within as they try to recall a dream about their mom becoming a poodle at the barbecue with corn kernels falling from the sky. No one is safe from the feral disturbing images of the subconscious. I want to connect my weird inner world with the weird inner worlds of my friends. p.s. the music video for my song, Bump, was inspired by a dream I had about a tall man with teapots for feet. 

@dora-jar

4d ago