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    I know many people liked Yesterday, but I bulldozed my way painfully through that thing solely to honor Danny Boyle for Shallow Grave and Trainspotting.
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    The point I was trying to make is that because of his Baltimore films, Levinson was worth following. I.e., the theme that young filmmakers take their first swing at coming of age type films, and Levinson felt compelled to capture Baltimore. His Baltimore love is what make him a good filmaker. Diner was the first of four films set in the Baltimore of Levinson's youth. The other three were Tin Men (1987), a story of aluminum-siding salesmen in the 1960s starring Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito; the immigrant family saga Avalon (1990) featuring Elijah Wood in one of his earliest screen appearances, and Liberty Heights (1999). Not saying they were the only one's worth watching. (I haven't seen Liberty Heights in 20 years, but I thought it was really good and the closest in feel to Diner.)
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    In the Barry Sonnenfeld autobiography, he tells some great stories about the making of Blood Simple, the first Coen Bros flick. Here is one of the fake investor trailers which was made before the film was shot. The iconic "back lit bullets". Spoiler - the awesome scene that made the Coens. (Misses some of the early parts of the scene)
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    Will never forget.
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    Mask and Paper Moon and an episode of the Sopranos were very pleasant but that's about it after Peter Bogdanovich's Last Picture Show. I guess Dorothy Stratten was a bit of a distraction...
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    Hal Hartley had a fast start, and then gradually WTF? The Unbelievable Truth (1989) Trust (1990) Simple Men (1992)
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    Whatevs. Manhattan Transfer fuckin' rocks. Or am I thinking of Matt Bianco?
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    Someone already mentioned Alejandro González Iñárritu. I knew after seeing his first movie, Amores Perros, I was going to see every one. And 21 Grams, Biutiful, and Babel weren't all that fun.
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    I tried to turn some of you lot onto Hu Bo, who did the four hour "An Elephant Sitting Still". If he weren't dead, I'd watch all of his stuff. An Elephant Sitting Still (Chinese: 大象席地而坐, "Dà Xiàng Xídì Érzuò") is a 2018 Chinese film written, directed and edited by Hu Bo. The first and only film by the novelist-turned-director Hu, who died by suicide soon after finishing his film on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, it is based on a story with the same title from his 2017 novel Huge Crack.[2][3] It made its world premiere in the Forum section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.[4][5][6] The film had won acclaim from other established directors such as Béla Tarr, Wang Bing, Ang Lee and Gus Van Sant.[7]
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    This is a hard one. I take it from your question, directors you like for one movie but they just never quite live up to it. Diner, by Barry Levinson. For some reason, I bet lots of foreign directors would fall into this. Two guys I am thinking who did coming of age style flicks that are easily accessible but then they kind of went off the deep end on occassion and I never really liked there other stuff. I vitelloni by Fellini is the first. Breathless by Godard. 400 blows by Truffaut. I vitelloni goes down like Barry Levinson's Diner and his Baltimore movies. The other two also had an autobiorgraphical feel that made them feel genuine.
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    Holy sweet fuck.
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    Would it make it better if I used the funds I collect from new parents for better pay for legalized prostitutes?
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    Samoset telling his bro: "Watch me fuck with these socialists motherfuckers."
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    Just head the Daily Podcast on the Child Tax Credit (monthly payments for each child). The spun it as pretty damn radical for the US. I haven't read all the nuances but did seem like a hard and simple change in approach. I kind of went from wow, to, well, that does make sense. And I'm a guy who has always favored taxing people a lot more FOR having kids.
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    You're doing a "both sides". Although the majority of folks on this board hate the Republicans, I think the majority also aren't uniformly knee jerk dem. I'm relatively low key about my anti-progressivism. Half the people on this board are very anti-establishment Dem. They just understand that establishment Dem>>>>>>Republican.
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    During WWII, what was best for the world was the destruction of fascists. The Republicans have gone so far off the deep end that what is best for the country is the utter decimation of the Republican Party. The calculus is different when one party doesn't seem to be salvagable.
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    Hopefully, in this version, Superman's earth dad beats his teenage ass for going driving while black after dark in Kansas. Plus, (white) Smallville girls...
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    cool.
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    Solid work. The ending shouldn't have worked, but I thought it did.
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    When I moved to Austin in 1984, the first thing I remember remembering was the hand. This looks like a fun read: https://endofaustin.com/2014/05/22/the-geography-of-slacker-25-years-later/
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    Fuck aggy. Ban OP (with all due respect).
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    I'm crazy alergic to trees and grasses. Get monthly shots. I had no reaction to Pfizer. Allergist told me that it is fine to take allergy shots a day after you get vaccine.
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    Bitch gonna piss his pants.
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