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James Ward Byrkit Coherence
James Ward Byrkit Coherence
22 nov 17
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I discovered it thanks to another review on Debasio. I find it quite intriguing. Of course, I'm too stupid to understand whether the whole story about parallel universes really holds up or if it's the result of a drunken haze fueled by Amaretto di Saronno, so I judge it as a "normal supernatural thriller" and I like it. That said, I must admit that over the years I've felt the urge to revisit it because the subject truly fascinates me. It's a pity about the execution: on one hand, I do enjoy improvisation, but on the other, there's this unbearable direction (probably also a result of a binge with Amaretto di Saronno) that every time makes me really angry.
Greg Egan The Clockwork Rocket
Greg Egan The Clockwork Rocket
21 oct 17
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You've been on my mind these days because I got hold of a copy of the 1975 Urania edition of Quoziente 1000 (which I bet you know and have read). Lately, I've been really into that kind of slightly dated and naive science fiction, but rich in imagination and ideas. Would you like to recommend me some titles? Thanks a lot!! :)
Andrés Muschietti It
Andrés Muschietti It
21 oct 17
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The book is an integral part not only of my adolescence but - more generally - of my growth. In the journey that has brought me to be who I am today, "IT" has its role, perhaps small, but nonetheless indispensable. I reread it for the third time a couple of years ago and found it dramatically verbose in several places (though, in recent years, it is King himself who increasingly seems "elliptical" to me), but still powerful, alive. The truly incredible thing is that as a boy I found a perfect description of the typical fears of youth. Today I find a perfect description of the fears of adulthood. Frankly, I still don’t understand why they are so stubbornly making films from these "great works" of King. Short stories are one thing (and indeed, something good has come out over the years: Stand by Me, The Shawshank Redemption, but also The Green Mile), linear books are another (Misery, Carrie, Christine), but you must be blind, mute, and stupid not to realize that the greatness of works like IT lies in the creation of a complex, concrete narrative reality, meticulously described with a manic attention to detail, in the creation of three-dimensional, nuanced characters that the reader gets to know little by little, page by page, following their everyday lives, discerning their personalities from their little daily quirks, tics, and habits. And, very simply, all this, for a collective story with 7 main protagonists, one villain and two henchmen, and more generally an entire town built solely to feed a monster that has existed since the dawn of time, which feeds on fear, cannot possibly fit into two hours of film—not even Pope Ratzinger could pull that off. But then, for heaven's sake, what's next? Are they going to make a TV series about me, detailing how when I take a bidet I go too far and always end up putting a finger in my ass...? Couldn't they make a TV series about IT and one about The Dark Tower?!?
Jordan Peele Get Out
Jordan Peele Get Out
25 sep 17
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Well! Reading the media frenzy it generated across the ocean, I think many took it (too?) seriously. And, personally, I doubt the director intended to create a "whim," to use a musical term. That the film ended up being labeled a "socially conscious" and "committed" dystopian thriller, not entirely successful, is something I agree with. I don’t know if you had a chance to read the i400calci page I mentioned in my previous comment: there too, your theory on "nigga victimhood" came up, and it ended up in burps and slaps, amid bar chatter like "my cousin dated someone for two months who studied in Boston and told me that" and experts on ghetto sociology. I follow that site fairly regularly, but in that case, there was a very debaserian drift...
Jordan Peele Get Out
Jordan Peele Get Out
24 sep 17
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I remember that on i400calci there was quite a silly fuss in the comments to the review of this movie because the author highlighted its "political" implications. I don’t know. It’s well shot, the tension builds up in the right way (at first it’s just discomfort and embarrassment, but by the end it turns into paranoia), but to be honest, the screenplay isn’t exactly flawless. SPOILER: the whole hypnosis story, fine, but especially this thing about wanting your bodies but with our brains (which could even work...) and then out come these half-zombies that we make into a maid and a lumberjack? No, come on, the whole part about the conspiracy and the group's goals needed better thought out. And they really had to stick to the original ending at all costs. But it’s a good film; maybe I’ve just not been watching much lately, but I enjoyed it.
Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions
Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions
18 jun 17
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I agree with Nestathe: the whole first part is really cool. Great narrative tension, a bit of a surreal and hallucinatory atmosphere, sharp cinematography. Then a few elements come in that brought it down a bit for me, like the new stupid teacher. But the final judgment is definitely positive.
Brian Yorkey 13 reasons why
Brian Yorkey 13 reasons why
17 jun 17
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I saw it all. It starts off quite well: I didn’t know anything about it (like I didn’t even know it was about a suicide) and the first episodes intrigued me, with the whole chain letter story of the cassette tapes. The problems, in my opinion, begin after the first 4-5 episodes, for various reasons. Once the narrative mechanism is revealed (one episode, one cassette, one jerk), the viewer's curiosity starts to decline. The "guilty" characters of the central episodes are not well-developed and, in any case, don’t contribute to creating a climax sufficient to justify Hannah’s decision. The most blatant example is the Korean guy or thereabouts, who is described as a crazy schizophrenic, who is all nice one moment and then freaks out for no reason the next. And in any case, it doesn’t really seem like his behavior could have contributed to the suicide. The final episodes get a bit better in terms of narrative tension, but what’s really missing are the 13 reasons. In fact, Hannah ends up being the worst characterized character: throughout the series, she does things that aren’t fully understood, makes absurd choices, and trusts obviously wrong people. The night before, she’s too shocked to be with Clay (whom she loves and knows loves her), and the next night she goes (on foot...) to the jerk's party, and gets into the hot tub in just her underwear and bra, right in time to get raped. In the end, in my opinion, the series reaches an acceptable level, thanks to the male protagonist (well-cast) and, above all, to the characterization of the adults, especially Hannah’s parents.
Spirit Caravan Jug Fulla Sun
Spirit Caravan Jug Fulla Sun
17 jun 17
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I'm at zero with new listens. I waited for months for the new one by Sula Ventrebianco because their "Furente" is, in my opinion, the most beautiful Italian stoner rock album of all time. When it came out, I even bought two copies + a t-shirt, and instead, I find it terrible. I listened to it for two weeks trying to make myself like it, but nothing worked. So, the only new thing I'm listening to right now is this album here, by these guys whose name sounds familiar, but I can't quite remember. I think it's a bit too glam&prog for you to enjoy, but it does have some big guitars (not always, but a bit):
Spirit Caravan Jug Fulla Sun
Spirit Caravan Jug Fulla Sun
17 jun 17
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Now, you also understand that if my life has now been reduced to these anecdotes, it means there's really little room for rock and roll. There’s also little room for drugs. Especially since one of my clients had a little personal affair one Saturday night, then on Monday he got into a fucking car accident, they did a urine test, and since then he hasn’t stopped crying. And I live with the nightmare that it might happen to me. So, no drugs. However, I’ve been reflecting a lot on this lately, and I don’t rule out developments. In the meantime, Satan lives and fights with me every day. They also diagnosed me with a hiatal hernia, but the doctor was grossed out, telling me that everyone has it by now and that I shouldn’t complain too much, and that if the national health service sucks and there are such long wait times for tests, it’s mostly because of hypochondriac assholes like me who don’t have a fucking thing wrong but enjoy having things shoved everywhere. I hope you’re all doing well! :***
Spirit Caravan Jug Fulla Sun
Spirit Caravan Jug Fulla Sun
17 jun 17
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On this last note, I want to say that last week I went to the hairdresser. I hadn't done that in at least 15 years. I rushed off to the seaside and didn't have time to shave that strip of hair that grows just above my crown. My wife forgot the electric razor outside of the suitcase and so, after expressing my regret with the hot handle of a ladle, I faced the dilemma of how to look like a Golden God on the beach, with my hairstyle in order. For this reason, on Sunday morning I went to the Jean Louis David store in Grosseto, inside the Marema shopping center. I confess I had rather vague memories of the hair salon environment: images of nude women's magazines and snippets of endless chatter about the Milan market crowded my mind. But I think I remembered wrong, because in the end, with my personal coiffeur Stefan, we ended up talking about how convenient shopping malls are, especially for those who work, but isn't it nice to visit the little village shop, where you find only fresh stuff, and they greet you by name? In the end, just a haircut €10.00. Which seems quite fair to me, considering taxes and expenses.
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