Derrick Scocchera

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The score by Claudio Gizzi is so damned good.

Photo of a page in Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. My thumb is visible on the left. It says: The founders were aristocrats, and they wished to show off their useless education, which consisted of the study of hocus-pocus from ancient times. They were bum poets as well. But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492 The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them.

Reading Kurt Vonnegut was one of the better decisions I made when I was seventeen

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She thought times had changed.

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He removed the dialogue, added modern songs, and cut around 20 minutes. It would be great if someone released both versions as a set.

It is, but it looks awful.

He did a recut called Mr. Kneff which played at TIFF a few years back, but I don't think has been generally released.

I'd love to revisit Kafka, but it seems to be impossible to find, other than on ancient VHS releases or poor quality DVDs.

Longlegs spotted with Harvey Keitel in the opening credits of Mean Streets (1973).
#LongLegs #MeanStreets

It honestly feels random.

If there's a second season, that's precisely what I'll do.

I had the same reaction. Rather difficult to get fully engaged with a show where as soon as you settle in, they're suddenly over. Wish I'd waited until all the episodes were available and watched them in 2 or 3 blocks.

Maybe Steven Ogg?

YouTube video by chaqs Apocalypse Now shower scene

After not being seen for over a week (true), this is how they found him.

YouTube video by chaqs Apocalypse Now shower scene

Footage of the moments leading up to this photo.
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How Criterion turned its film archives into a streaming powerhouse The Criterion Channel refuses to employ Netflix-style algorithmic programming. That choice has courted a whole new audience of cinephiles.

Criterion — founded in 1984 — is courting a "new audience of cinephiles” via streaming.

And it’s working.

Criterion Channel “has grown steadily” — and created a "low-churn subscriber base” that has "eclipsed the company’s physical media business”.

www.fastcompany.com/91349048/how... #FilmSky

It’s Always Something - The Criterion Channel Directed by Derrick Scocchera • 2021 • United States Starring Stephen Fry, Alexandra Fabbri, Thomas Cokenias In just ten minutes, eight wry, deadpan, and macabrely humorous vignettes portray the trag...

They do an amazing job curating the channel, adding new themed collections every month.
Don't miss out on their great collection of shorts, and while you're there, check out my film IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING, narrated by the brilliant Stephen Fry.
www.criterionchannel.com/it-s-always-...

That's crazy. We are truly in a period of self-imposed regression. Dark Ages, here we come!

Kristi Noem must resign now.

It’s wild how many people think Medicaid cuts won’t affect them because their state calls it something like “Healthy Louisiana”. I don’t even care about right or left right now, this level of civic illiteracy is why it’s so easy to pass bills that hurt everyone.

Totally agree. The Madness of King Donald must end and pretending like everything is normal is delusional and destructive. The sooner we put a stop to this deeply anti-democratic stupidity, the sooner we can get back to pursuing happiness and having something worth celebrating again.

Members of Congress shouldn't be allowed to own stock in anything they can potentially manipulate through their votes. That's enough for a story right there. This particular story could also be run with a full explanation of all the complexities and let the viewers draw their own conclusions.

That's Mike Leigh.

What's it going to take for people there to stop voting for this decrepit, ineffectual, self-serving vulture???
The same things goes for many other states returning these out of touch cowards back to Capitol Hill over and over again, no matter how many times they screw over their constituents.