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Ali Abbasi recommended Viridiana (1961) in Movies (curated)

 
Viridiana (1961)
Viridiana (1961)
1961 | International, Comedy, Drama
(0 Ratings)
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"Viridiana has a super fascistic message, but even if it goes against all my political beliefs, I still think it’s a fantastic movie. It’s a little bit like Salò in that it’s a very political movie but it transcends being just that. Whether you agree or disagree with it, it doesn’t matter. I love Buñuel’s playfulness, and I love the fact that he was nobody’s friend. Communists didn’t like him; Catholics didn’t like him; left-wing people didn’t like him; art people didn’t like him; art-movie lovers didn’t really love him at many points; mainstream moviegoers didn’t like him. Belle de jour is everything that’s great about him and more. It’s also actually really entertaining. I would love to put this on for a bunch of Catholic nuns and evangelicals in a locked room and force their eyes open like in A Clockwork Orange. I would love to see how they would react."

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Ali Abbasi recommended Belle de Jour (1968) in Movies (curated)

 
Belle de Jour (1968)
Belle de Jour (1968)
1968 | Drama
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Viridiana has a super fascistic message, but even if it goes against all my political beliefs, I still think it’s a fantastic movie. It’s a little bit like Salò in that it’s a very political movie but it transcends being just that. Whether you agree or disagree with it, it doesn’t matter. I love Buñuel’s playfulness, and I love the fact that he was nobody’s friend. Communists didn’t like him; Catholics didn’t like him; left-wing people didn’t like him; art people didn’t like him; art-movie lovers didn’t really love him at many points; mainstream moviegoers didn’t like him. Belle de jour is everything that’s great about him and more. It’s also actually really entertaining. I would love to put this on for a bunch of Catholic nuns and evangelicals in a locked room and force their eyes open like in A Clockwork Orange. I would love to see how they would react."

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Natasha (40 KP) rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in Books

Sep 8, 2017  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, Martin Wenner | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
7
8.1 (76 Ratings)
Book Rating
Brilliant Political Thrillar
This book should be one of the greats, it is very addictive once you get into it. I read the trilogy in about a week. Lisbeth Salander is a character that you fall in love with and empathise a great deal with. Her trials through out the book are heart breaking and you feel free once she has over come them. Even when she get revenge, although it is pretty gruesome.
  
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Nickg24 (492 KP) rated Vice (2018) in Movies

Jun 14, 2019  
Vice (2018)
Vice (2018)
2018 | Biography, Drama
6
6.7 (25 Ratings)
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Christian Bale Steve Carell (0 more)
Very slow paced (0 more)
I'm not one usually for political films but I thought I would give this movie a try.It was ok,I understood the parts about the Iraq war and the war on terror but some of the other stuff just went right over my head.

Good performances by Steve Carell and Christian Bale who was at times unrecognisable under all the make up and prosthetics.

An ok movie overall.
  
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Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Books

Jun 4, 2018  
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams | 2017 | Children, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.5 (187 Ratings)
Book Rating
I recently reread this book and can say that it was much more enjoyable the first time when my reading and viewing was steeped in science fiction. I still really enjoyed reading it and love the tongue-in-cheek nods to science fiction.

I also had a greater appreciation for the political satire this time around; Zaphod Beeblebrox especially stood out as being much more relevant to me at this point in time.