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"both high and low culture have produced masterpieces and works of mediocrity. it is our task to find beauty in unexpected places." — jahsonic (june, 2006), art & popular culture wiki

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (SERGIO LEONE, 1966)

one who lacks a sense of justice lacks certain fundamental attitudes and capacities included under the notion of humanity. now the moral feelings are admittedly unpleasant, in some extended sense of unpleasant; but there is no way for us to avoid a liability to them without disfiguring ourselves. this liability is the price of love and trust, of friendship and affection, and of devotion to institutions and traditions from which we have benefited and which serve the general interests of mankind…by understanding what it would be like not to have a sense of justice—that it would be to lack part of our humanity too—we are led to accept our having this sense.

— john rawls, a theory of justice (1971)

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TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (DAVID LYNCH, 1992)

PARIS, TEXAS (WIM WENDERS, 1984)

BRANDED TO KILL (SEIJUN SUZUKI, 1967)

LA CHINOISE (JEAN-LUC GODARD, 1967)

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CRIES AND WHISPERS (INGMAR BERGMAN, 1973)

THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (WHIT STILLMAN, 1998)

nosexformspring:

outside of foreign art film 101 (godard, bergman, fellini, truffaut, etc.) what are some notably excellent films that not everyone might be acquainted with?

i think what most people are missing is the magic & beauty & density of genre cinema. it seems that a lot people seem to think that there is “art” film & than there is “trash.” but, that’s just fascist shit; there is a lot to be found in the whole of cinema. so, i would highly encourage people to rediscover genre (especially of the horror variety). start with jean rollin’s THE IRON ROSE (1973). then, try out these: franco’s PAROXISMUS (1969), zulawski’s POSSESSION (1981) or LE FEMME PUBLIQUE (1984), robbe-grillet’s LA BELLE CAPTIVE (1984), kumel’s DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971), fulci’s THE BEYOND (1981), and watkins’ THE LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET (1977). i especially recommend the films of andrzej zulawski.

male or female?

i’m a guy, if that’s what you’re asking.

hello.

you honestly have the most amazing taste in film.

oh, wow. thank you. i’m still learning; i constantly feel like i should have seen this or that, or that i haven’t seen enough (mostly because that’s true). it’s hard to figure where i should spend my free time.

i really enjoy your screencaps and photos.

thank you, & thank you for the quotations.

anyway, I lurve yr tumblrrr and it is sad that we are never on AIM at the same time and hope you have a nice holiday.

ha, thanks laurie! i love your tumblr too. & you should totally bother me on facebook sometime. happy holidays! p.s. nausea, yes. new animal collective, really disappointed on the first listening (i’ll give it another go though). traffic, no.

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BLACK MOON (LOUISE MALLE, 1975)

RED PSALM (MIKLÓS JANCSÓ, 1972)