I don't know the history of the French in Algeria very well, so correct me if I'm wrong, but it's funny how the French had to leave Algiers although somehow the Algerians were permitted to remain in France and also to increase their immigration.
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As usual, the people were sold out by their political "leaders." The 1968 accord between France and Algeria afforded them privileged migration for the purposes of cheap, nominally French-speaking labor. French nationalists are trying to get it repealed.
French parliament approves far-right motion opposing 1968 Franco-Algerian accord
France’s National Assembly has for the first time voted a motion pushed by the far-right National Rally urging the repeal of a 1968 agreement which grants Algerian citizens special residency and immigration…
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Decent film but definitely has an anti-Christian slant to it. That said, the chiefest critiques of Christianity come from the mouth of a demon-vampire. I thought this video covered it pretty well:
Anti white anti Christian mediocre flick gets most Oscar nominations ever? What a shock!
Sinners was a decent film but basically just a remake of “From Dusk til Dawn”. Entertaining but unoriginal.
Iakobos
Orthodox
Really good channel for redpilled film analysis I came across. I consider myself pretty up on this kind of material but this guy consistently brings up thought provoking points that I didn't think of. His video on Michael Jackson ("American Golem") is brilliant and disturbing as well. His monotone delivery is a bit weak but the content is worthwhile.
Wolfgang56
Protestant
Saw Send Help over the weekend. Basically "Misery" but on an island. It was a bit slow for the first two-thirds but picked up near the end. It felt "raimi-esque" like his style was trying to come out. At least it was better than Doctor Strange 2. 6.5/10.
I watched a movie called Roofman the other day on Netflix. It's an amazing true story about a guy who broke into fast food restaurants like McDonald's through the roof and robbed them. At one point, he's forced to hide out in a Toys 'R Us where he lives for months on end until things cool down. He even ends up dating one of the unsuspecting female employees who has no idea he's living there at the store. It's quite a story.
There's even a Christian subplot that doesn't mock the faith in a way that your usual Hollywood film does. 7.3/10
There's even a Christian subplot that doesn't mock the faith in a way that your usual Hollywood film does. 7.3/10
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Deer Hunter (1978) was already mentioned in this thread a few pages back, but I re-watched it and have to give it a tout because, even though I always thought it was great, I realize now that I under-rated it at 10/10. It's simply off the scale.
Maybe I'm getting older, but this is the first time I appreciated the consistently serious tone in the film, which I think has been lacking in Anglo cinema since the 1950's.
This movie is a masterpiece with a wonderful structure that wastes no time on unnecessary transitions and frequently rewards the viewer with amazing scenery that briefly slips by behind an actor enlarged in the foreground.
It also has profound subtext supporting its main theme that blows away all the other war films, like Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket, and Apocalypse Now, and hits even harder than Bridge Over the River Kwai.
Re-watching makes me grieve that Michael Cimino was something of a one-hit wonder. May his memory be eternal!
Maybe I'm getting older, but this is the first time I appreciated the consistently serious tone in the film, which I think has been lacking in Anglo cinema since the 1950's.
This movie is a masterpiece with a wonderful structure that wastes no time on unnecessary transitions and frequently rewards the viewer with amazing scenery that briefly slips by behind an actor enlarged in the foreground.
It also has profound subtext supporting its main theme that blows away all the other war films, like Paths of Glory, Full Metal Jacket, and Apocalypse Now, and hits even harder than Bridge Over the River Kwai.
Re-watching makes me grieve that Michael Cimino was something of a one-hit wonder. May his memory be eternal!
Also that Cimino went insane and trans but at least he made this.
I didn't know that he went trans. Really? That's wild!
IMO he made one of the very best American films of the entire Big Studio, Big Money, Blockbuster 1975 - 1999 era.
I think Deer Hunter is superior to any Kubrick film,.except Strangelove, which is in a different category. I think the black comedy of Strangelove's war is different but equal to the seriousness of Cimino's.