I decided to watch 'Brief Encounter.' — javi2541997

Classic!

I watched the David Cronenberg film “The Brood” last night, to get in the Christmas mood. Excellent and horrible.

I also watched “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. When it came out I’d probably decided I was too grown-up and edgy to watch it (I was 17), so I’d never seen it. My assessment: dumb and partly enjoyable.

Another in a line of movies that my son makes me watch to make me a more sophistimakated person - "The Long Day Closes." About a British boy in the 1950s and his daily life with his family, at school, and especially at the movies. What an odd little movie, but in the end I liked it. Nothing really happens. It's mostly a string of set pieces. Very slow and downbeat, but the people are appealing. What really makes it work is the music - I'm tempted to call it a musical, but that's not right. Every scene has a song, either a recording of Nat King Cole or Doris Day, an instrumental, or movie characters singing at a party.

22Jan69

Thanks for Billy, George! :up:

"You're in the group!" :cool:

Just watched "Here." No, not the one with Tom Hanks. A nice, gentle Belgian movie full of appealing people doing appealing things in appealing places. And making soup. Like all good continental European movies, nothing happens. Strongly recommended. If you watch it, please come back and explain the green light to me.

6Jan2025 :mask:

"In your ruins I find shelter."
~Samuel Beckett, from letter to Emil Cioran

The movie "Tuesday" is the most unusual depiction of Death I've ever seen.

"Years and Years" (2019) A British limited series that explores what might have arisen during and after Trump's first term. Excellent cast and intriguing story. Alternate history. HBO.

My fiancée and I are going to France this year and I intend to visit his grave in Paris :flower:

:cool: Congrats!

Thank you kindly, sir :blush:

Back to my hobby of watching black and white films.

I was busy the past weekends, but I was free this Saturday. I chose 'How Green Was My Valley' this time. The reviews I read on the Internet were quite good, so it encouraged me to watch the film.

The plot, actors, and dialogues were outstanding. I now understand why this film was the one that won Oscars and not 'Citizen Kane.'

I would recommend you watch it, but I guess most of you have already watched it since it is one of the top British films of all time.

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I have been watching Coronation Street for the last couple of days. It inspired me to write the small play that I posted in The Shoutbox.

I think I always watched soap operas without realising they were soap operas. Since the plot is not very deep and the characters simply represent ordinary families facing platitudes, I mostly hooked on to this famous British TV show because the accents of the actors are unique. I thought it was recorded in London, but it turned out to be in Manchester, which means that they are Mancs as the English say.

Who knows if the ITV franchisee will like to hire me as a screenwriter in the future?

Although the context of this speech is managerial, systems thinking is applicable to almost anything. In this speech, Russell Ackoff, in my opinion, does a wonderful job of presenting the idea of systems thinking. Even if one is already familiar with systems thinking, it's still a good listen. Imbibe...

Systems Thinking Speech by Dr. Russell Ackoff

Hello Clarky, @T Clark

I was watching Asian films again, and I discovered a very good one: Majestic, aesthetic, and enigmatic. It gave me an inexplicable sensation of melancholy.

It is a 2000 Chinese film called Suzhou River.

It popped up on my screen randomly. One special section of Filmin (the platform I use to watch TV) is dedicated to commemorating films that turn 25 years old in 2025, so they were filmed in 2000. Suzhou River was one of them, and I applaud how randomness can lead us to art sometimes.

If you ever watch it, I would like to hear your thoughts on whether you think Meimei and Moudan are the same girl.

It popped up on my screen randomly. — javi2541997

It's an algorithm, Javi. Nothing more.

Sorry to interrupt.

Carry on.

Hello Clarky, — javi2541997

Hello Javi. I put Suzhou River on my Criterion Channel watchlist.

Yes, but Sir algorithm also can show very poor and mediocre films. That's why I cheered when such a piece of art popped up.

Excellent! Glad to know that Criterion Channel has it on its watchlist. :up:

"I smash your game."

"Your ugly face."



Be Careful What You Wish for... :naughty:

Marshall McLuhan - Living in an Acoustic World

The medium is the message? Nah.

The medium is the message? Nah. — Arcane Sandwich

Nah. Acoustic space!

Sounds reasonable enough.

One of my favourite authors was interviewed by an editorial of my country in Barcelona. Very cool.