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Lethe

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Just putting a couple suggestions out there. The 1992 French film Dien Bien Phu captures the French experience of the eponymous battle with a high degree of verisimilitude, striking a mournful and elegiac tone. Notably, the film's director was actually present at the 1954 battle as an army photographer.


In Bruges (2008). Following a botched job, two hitmen await their fate in the fairytale town of Bruge, Belgium. Steeped in Catholic imagery, this is a combination black comedy and morality play: You've got to stick to your principles.

 
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I linked a specific timestamp that is sorta relevant to the J-20 thread, but be sure to download this before it goes away.

I forgot to download the first one when it was on YouTube still and now I can't find another copy of it that's in one single video file and at least 1080p.

Sidenote: I actually do not recommend watching the movie in full 4k 60fps...you really notice the fact that it's still just a movie. The quality is too good basically and you notice things that your brain would've otherwise completely missed if you had watched it in 'normal' HD.
 
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Lethe

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After the relatively grounded realism of The Wind Rises (2013), Hayao Miyazaki returns to the realms of fantastical whimsy with The Boy and the Heron, in what he again says will be his last film. This time, at age 82, it may even be true, and if so the film serves as a fitting denouement for Miyazaki's artistic career. The symbolism here is dense and open to interpretation, but there are clear elements of both autobiography and meta-commentary. Mahito struggles to come to terms with the loss of his mother, and the arrival of a new mother figure who would seek to replace her, while "Great Uncle" must forever labour to build and rebuild the worlds of his creation. Great Uncle seeks Mahito to be his successor, offering him stones "devoid of malice" with which to create new worlds. But Mahito, having seen the darkness that lies both within himself, and within the world of Great Uncle's creation, refuses this burden. Meanwhile, the Parakeet King leads an army forever ready to replicate ("parrot") the achievements of the past, slavish guardians of what is at the expense of what could be. In the end, all things must pass.
 
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Lethe

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After seeing The Boy and the Heron, a film that is at least in part a
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on Hayao Miyazaki's artistic career, I set myself the task of (re-)watching all his previous works, so that I might better appreciate this latest film. Nearing the halfway point of this journey, it seems an opportune time for first reflections:

Future Boy Conan (1978)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

Of Miyazaki's first four works, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro stands alone in not depicting malign forces that seek the destructive powers of lost civilizations for nefarious ends. Though one could argue that, even in The Castle of Cagliostro, Miyazaki still approaches as close to this format as the established Lupin III universe allows. Other features common throughout these early works that will continue to recur going forward: the idealisation of nature and rural village life, a fascination with flying machines, young heroes and heroines devoid of the corruption of the adult world that surrounds them.

My Neighbour Totoro is the most recent film I have watched and I wanted to pause here both because it seems a step-change compared to the works that have come before, and more closely reminiscent of those yet to come such as Spirited Away. Narratively the film has been entirely stripped back, devoid of the larger-than-life stakes of his earlier works, and becomes a meditation on the experience of childhood and the imaginative worlds of children. The experience is akin to being wrapped in a warm, comfortable blanket, punctuated by moments of delight and wonder.

Next up are Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Porco Rosso (1992).
 
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Lethe said:
After seeing The Boy and the Heron, a film that is at least in part a
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on Hayao Miyazaki's artistic career, I set myself the task of (re-)watching all his previous works, so that I might better appreciate this latest film. Nearing the halfway point of this journey, it seems an opportune time for first reflections:

Future Boy Conan (1978)
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

Of Miyazaki's first four works, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro stands alone in not depicting malign forces that seek the destructive powers of lost civilizations for nefarious ends. Though one could argue that, even in The Castle of Cagliostro, Miyazaki still approaches as close to this format as the established Lupin III universe allows. Other features common throughout these early works that will continue to recur going forward: the idealisation of nature and rural village life, a fascination with flying machines, young heroes and heroines devoid of the corruption of the adult world that surrounds them.

My Neighbour Totoro is the most recent film I have watched and I wanted to pause here both because it seems a step-change compared to the works that have come before, and more closely reminiscent of those yet to come such as Spirited Away. Narratively the film has been entirely stripped back, devoid of the larger-than-life stakes of his earlier works, and becomes a meditation on the experience of childhood and the imaginative worlds of children. The experience is akin to being wrapped in a warm, comfortable blanket, punctuated by moments of delight and wonder.

Next up are Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Porco Rosso (1992).
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To fully appreciate Hayao Miyazaki’s work, you have to read the Nausicaa comic.
 
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I recently watched "Hunter Killer", and although it had some nice aspects, it was disappointing, with actions that were hard to put into the context of the story.
The high-ranking military seem to be incompetent.
In spite of this, the scenery is very good.
And the Russian boats are pretty cool.
 
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