Favorite films

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  Cemetery of Splendor 2015

  ★★★★★ Added 14

  Part of:
  My Top 120.

  Tao Te Ching; Chapter 3
  by Lao Tzu

  Not praising the deserving
  Prevents envy.
  Not valuing wealth
  Prevents theft.
  Not displaying what's desirable
  Prevents confusion of the senses.

  Therefore:
  The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies,
  Curbing strife and strengthening backs,
  Keeping the people ignorant and without desire,
  Making the learned afraid to act.
  If he acts without action, order will prevail.

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  Cemetery of Splendor is among my Top 10 favorite cinematic…

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  Sans Soleil 1983

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Jul 2023

  Haftungsausschluss: Dieser Text stellt einen Versuch dar, den Erzählstil des diskutierten Films „Sans Soleil“ beizubehalten und ihm Tribut zu zollen. Wer das Gefühl hat, den Lesevorgang frühzeitig abzubrechen, sei zu etwas mehr Geduld aufgerufen. Es könnte sich am Ende lohnen, alles fertig zu lesen und Erkenntnis gewonnen werden. Allerdings gibt es hierfür keine Garantie.

  Ohne Sonne. Die Menschheit hat sich vom Haltegriff des Raums befreit, nur um in den Würgegriff der Zeit überzuwechseln. Wer reist, bewegt sich durch Raum und…

Recent reviews

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ½ Added 10

  It's ranting tiiiime.

  My oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my….I have managed to get through this multi-headed monstrosity two times and I am having a hard time fathoming, that I even quite liked it on first viewing. Knock knock. Somebody home? Guess not.

  When I knocked a second time, multiple ugly heads were immediately and violently reared at me in a swirling cacophony and kaleidoscope of nonsense and drivel. It felt like forever, but eventually, like…

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  The Castle 1997

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Sep 2023 3

  Do you even document, bruh? I've only recently had some beef with my colleague because of my very slow documenting style, so this is now my therapeutic Letterboxd entry to get over this unpleasant incident. Today, if you document something, it happened, and if you don't, weil it didn't. To me, this is one of the most dumb things to come out of this modern bureaucratic society. Here in Austria, we have politicians who are incompetent and leading political parties…

Popular reviews

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  Heat 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 10 Sep 2023 4

  Is it peculiar that I am giving Heat a lower rating than Thief and The Keep? I guess it is. But I also guess I'll have to stand by it. I am on the side of the underdog here. Heat is classy in a more refined way, while those other two are more grainy around the edges. But they all carry with ease the Michael Mann magic, transporting me into a mythical land of male archetypes and sparkling romanticism. Al…

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  Total Recall 1990

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Sep 2023 6

  Part of:
  My Top 120.

  So if I'm not me, then who the hell am I?

  Beats me.

  I feel like by now I have somewhat cracked the code as to what exactly a movie has to "do" for me, to be ending up among my all time favorites. And that is something along the lines of it making me remember and provide a direct and unmistakeable reminder of something that makes life worth living and/or deliver a certain truth…