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Because it’s not really his fault. It costs too much. A record, or a painting, or a book, you can make them yourself for zero cost, pouring in whatever you want and letting your creativity flow. Even in two days if you want. A film, on the other hand, requires a lot of people, a lot of money among producers, actors, and all the hassle, you have idle time, and a ton of time. Too much time, too many people weighing in, too much money, and too much risk of flopping after wasting time and money, and burning bridges with the people who trusted you. A film, even the most independent on the planet, always has something commercial about it, that’s obvious and completely normal. A record doesn’t. So, cinema – whether it wants to or not – is a lesser art. Besides, the fact that every day there are two films released while at least 300 records come out is clear: in the chaos, you’ll find thousands of great records, but if there are only two hundred films, you’re lucky if you find a good one.
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But it's not a joke, cpt, our close kinship goes back to time immemorial. When the server was threatened by glaciations and brontosauruses, I was conceived by dad in the shadow of the black monolith. Then, with the arrival of the wheel, everything got easier, and we were able to move the server to .it, thanks to the wheelbarrow.
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(I copied it)
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Better a past of vegetables than a future of shit. :)
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...Dad!
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I must say that in literature my percentage of Italian works is not much lower than that of foreign ones, unlike music where it's at least 10 to 90. It might also be because a text written in Italian doesn’t carry the translation pitfalls (idioms, double meanings) that foreign writers have. Anyway, I also have more books by foreign authors than by Italians (except for non-fiction, but of course, I couldn’t care less about the intricacies of New Zealand unions; as for Italians, that’s another story).
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At times you seem like Mariaelena MetalHead, Oscenamente Chimico is really something :) / I haven't listened to any hardcore EBM records in ages, maybe I’ll give it a listen.
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<< Better than The Day of the Owl? >> It depends. Since both deal with the ghost cheese, it’s hard to say. The Day of the Owl is more “detective” (even though it’s not a detective story), while this one is a bit more “mystery” (even though it has an orange cover). It’s possible that Sciascia’s advanced age during this (almost 30 years after The Day of the Owl) has dulled his edge, or perhaps he gained even more experience. Maybe read “La Scomparsa di Majorana,” which has nothing to do with either of them, so you don’t have to rack your brain making comparisons.
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Regarding the "greatest Italian writer," I specified "for many and for me." Literature is such a vast field that it's impossible to say with certainty who the best is; for some, it could just as well be a journalist who writes only essays. It's not that this is my favorite of his, if I really had to pick one, I would say Todo Modo. But perhaps I like it more because that book has a significant "real-world relevance." Maybe this is more brilliant in its maximum compression; there isn't even a comma too many. After a few readings (I've read it five times, it takes less than two hours), you can tell it has undergone various edits; at certain points, it seems as if it is about to start some slight description, but it abruptly cuts off. PS I know Primo Levi more as a producer of Vernici than as a writer, aside from what is studied in school. With the Vernici, he was very serious; even now, systems he invented from scratch are still in use, even though SIVA has been closed for a while, and I only knew it tangentially or by reputation.
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Well, in all books everyone dies, except in Highlander, right? I said at the end, not "at the end of the book." Maybe this way curiosity is heightened, as you're led to wonder who all these people are, and if they really die, all of them. And especially, why? I would throw in the "mmmhh" thread, where you don’t trust what’s written.