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  1. Comment on I’ve been at NPR for twenty-five years. Here’s how we lost America’s trust. in ~news

  2. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    Definitely should have included a disclaimer for that one. Or at the very least added emphasis to the IMDb synopsis for the words traumatic and rape. Nearly two decades after watching it, the two...

    Definitely should have included a disclaimer for that one. Or at the very least added emphasis to the IMDb synopsis for the words traumatic and rape. Nearly two decades after watching it, the two infamous scenes still stand out as some of the most graphic (because they look so real) I've ever seen.

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  3. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    Seconding Memories of Murder, it's only kind of mentioned in my post since I already had Mother by the same director. I think I liked Elite Squad's sequel Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within slightly...

    Seconding Memories of Murder, it's only kind of mentioned in my post since I already had Mother by the same director.
    I think I liked Elite Squad's sequel Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within slightly more.

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  4. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    Oh wow, had no idea The Secret in Their Eyes got an American remake. I usually can't stand Julia Roberts so that will be easy to pass up. I enjoyed Wild Tales (2014) quite a bit. I'll have to...

    Oh wow, had no idea The Secret in Their Eyes got an American remake. I usually can't stand Julia Roberts so that will be easy to pass up. I enjoyed Wild Tales (2014) quite a bit.
    I'll have to check out The Pope's Toilet (2007) based off the name alone, but it can't hurt that one of the directors was the cinematographer on City of God (2002).

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  5. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    All 3 of these were beautiful films, recommended.

    All 3 of these were beautiful films, recommended.

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  6. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    Oldboy is one word and no one seems to know it's the second film in a loose "trilogy" known as The Vengeance Trilogy. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) Oldboy (2003) Lady Vengeance (2005)

    Oldboy is one word and no one seems to know it's the second film in a loose "trilogy" known as The Vengeance Trilogy.

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

    Oldboy (2003)

    Lady Vengeance (2005)

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  7. Comment on What are your favorite series that are not from the US or UK and also not popular anime? in ~tv

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    You can't go wrong with nearly anything by Park Chan-wook. He's more known for films: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), Lady Vengeance (2005) (these three are loosely known as The...

    2018’s Little Drummer Girl

    You can't go wrong with nearly anything by Park Chan-wook. He's more known for films: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), Lady Vengeance (2005) (these three are loosely known as The Vengeance Trilogy), JSA: Joint Security Area (2000), Thirst (2009), Stoker (2013), The Handmaiden (2016), Decision to Leave (2022).

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  8. Comment on Best foreign films and TV shows? in ~tv

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    FILMS (No particular order other than when I came across it on my IMDb and probably too many): City of Lost Children (1995) - Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie), starring Ron Pearlman and an...

    FILMS (No particular order other than when I came across it on my IMDb and probably too many):

    City of Lost Children (1995) - Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie), starring Ron Pearlman and an amazing child actress, Judith Vittet. "A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process."

    JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) - Directed by Park Chan-wook (Oldboy / The Handmaiden). "After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened."

    Amores Perros (2000) - Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Biutiful / The Revenant / Birdman / Babel). "A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love."

    3-Iron (2004) - Directed by Kim Ki-duk (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring) "A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days."

    The Taste of Tea (2004) - Directed by Katsuhito Ishii. "A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life."

    Ondskan aka Evil (2003) - Directed by Mikael Håfström and supporting actor Gustaf Skarsgård. "A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back."

    The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) - Directed by Juan José Campanella. "A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later."

    The Bothersome Man (2006) - Directed by Jens Lien. "In a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions."

    Infernal Affairs (2002) - Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Martin Scorsese remade this as The Departed.

    The Hunt (2012) - Directed by Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round / The Celebration) and starring Mads Mikkelsen. "A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie."

    Irréversible (2002) - Directed by Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void / Climax) and starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel. "Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel."

    Life Is Beautiful (1997) - Directed and starring Roberto Benigni. "When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp."

    The Worst Person in the World (2021) - Directed by Joachim Trier (Reprise / Oslo, August 31st). "The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is."

    Chungking Express (1994) - Directed by Kar-Wai Wong (2046 / In the Mood for Love). "Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents."

    Let the Right One In (2008) - Directed by Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and two amazing child performances. "Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl."

    Battle Royale (2000) - Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. "In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act."

    Shoplifters (2018) - Directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu (Nobody Knows / Like Father, Like Son) "On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence."

    Lilya 4-Ever (2002) - Directed by Lukas Moodysson (Show Me Love). "Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life."

    Open Your Eyes (1997) - Directed by Alejandro Amenábar (The Others / The Sea Inside) and starring Penélope Cruz. "A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured."

    Tell No One (2006) - Directed by Guillaume Canet (Joyeux Noel). "An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?"

    Mother (2009) - Directed by Bong Joon Ho (Parasite / Memories of Murder). "A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder."

    The Devil's Backbone (2001) - Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth / The Shape of Water). "After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover."

    Departures (2008) - Directed by Yôjirô Takita. "Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary."

    Millennium Actress (2001) - Directed by Satoshi Kon (Tokyo Godfathers / Perfect Blue / Paprika) RIP. "A TV interviewer and his cameraman meet a former actress and travel through her memories and career."

    The Return (2003) - Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Loveless / Leviathan). "In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces."

    Cherry Blossoms (2008) - Directed by Doris Dörrie. "After Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer."

    Anything by Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, and Hayao Miyazaki.

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  9. Comment on Olof Dreijer on the Knife, Swedish nationalism and dancefloor activism in ~music

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    Thanks for this, will give it a read in a bit. Been a fan of The Knife and his sister's (other half of The Knife) solo project, Fever Ray, since 2009. I was unaware Olof had released anything...

    Thanks for this, will give it a read in a bit. Been a fan of The Knife and his sister's (other half of The Knife) solo project, Fever Ray, since 2009. I was unaware Olof had released anything outside of The Knife. Looks like I have some new (to me) music to check out.

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  10. Comment on Monday, April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse: where and when in ~space

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    You will NOT regret it. I was lucky to live in the path of totality in 2018. My entire family came to stay with me. We immediately looked into making plans for the next one. We've got a campsite...

    You will NOT regret it. I was lucky to live in the path of totality in 2018. My entire family came to stay with me. We immediately looked into making plans for the next one. We've got a campsite in Texas for this one and are more than willing to drive more in case of clouds or other issues. Be sure to have protective eye wear though.

    https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/viewers-filters

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  11. Comment on Side projects that were actually good? in ~music

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    Another I initially forgot about. Lawrence, Kansas's own The Appleseed Cast's (Post-Rock / Indie Rock) lead singer, Chris Crisci had (has?) a side project that is also really good, Old Canes (Folk...

    Another I initially forgot about.

    Lawrence, Kansas's own The Appleseed Cast's (Post-Rock / Indie Rock) lead singer, Chris Crisci had (has?) a side project that is also really good, Old Canes (Folk Rock).

    Old Canes began in 2004 as a new project for Appleseed Cast front man Chris Crisci. It was born out of a few acoustic melodies he had written and performed impromptu when Appleseed Cast was uncharacteristically asked to perform acoustically at an in-store performance in Europe.

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    Moderat is just as good together as Modeselektor and Apparat are by themselves. Same goes for TNGHT, made up of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice I wish Jamie xx would quit The xx and focus solely on his...

    Moderat is just as good together as Modeselektor and Apparat are by themselves.

    Same goes for TNGHT, made up of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice

    I wish Jamie xx would quit The xx and focus solely on his solo stuff as I MUCH prefer it.

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  15. Comment on Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong in ~life

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    Except they do all the time.

    but you cannot object to man made climate change being real

    Except they do all the time.

  16. Comment on In the screening room with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in ~movies

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    Did they purposely not mention the trilogy this was a remake of, Infernal Affairs?

    The Departed

    Did they purposely not mention the trilogy this was a remake of, Infernal Affairs?

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  17. Comment on What do you use to manage your music library? in ~music

  18. Comment on I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies in ~talk

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    @grumble 3 months ago I came across this reddit post of a user saying he's trying to preserve everything. I was able to find 2 things he was missing at the time. Here is his google docs spreadsheet.

    @grumble

    3 months ago I came across this reddit post of a user saying he's trying to preserve everything. I was able to find 2 things he was missing at the time. Here is his google docs spreadsheet.

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  19. Comment on I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies in ~talk

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    Blue Planet (2001) was one I actually watched when it first came out and have on DVD. I guess I didn't include it in this list because it wasn't in the 2005 Collection. It also had a sequel...

    Blue Planet (2001) was one I actually watched when it first came out and have on DVD. I guess I didn't include it in this list because it wasn't in the 2005 Collection. It also had a sequel (2017), unlike all the others.

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  20. Comment on I will be very sad when David Attenborough dies in ~talk

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    My post in the weekly TV thread from a few weeks ago: Still need to watch the two mentioned above, but I've added The Miracle of Bali (1969) and The Tribal Eye (1975) to the list of stuff I've...

    My post in the weekly TV thread from a few weeks ago:

    I've been going through all of David Attenborough's Life series (Planet Earth before Planet Earth):
    Life on Earth (1979)
    The Living Planet (1984)
    The Trials of Life (1990)
    Life in the Freezer (1993)
    The Private Life of Plants (1995)
    The Life of Birds (1998) - still need to watch
    The Life of Mammals (2002)
    Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
    Life in Cold Blood (2008) - still need to watch

    These all hold up very well. I especially liked the quintessential 1990's intro for The Trials of Life.

    Still need to watch the two mentioned above, but I've added The Miracle of Bali (1969) and The Tribal Eye (1975) to the list of stuff I've watched. The first was okay, but Tribal Eye was great! Planet Earth III is currently airing in the UK, not positive if it's airing here in the states yet (I torrent everything). I read somewhere, no idea where, that this will be his last series. At 97 years old, I'm in awe of how good he still looks and sounds.

    Edit: "this will be his last" I may have conflated the reddit thread linked below's title with David himself. This being the last in the Planet Earth series, not necessarily David's last series.

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