/lit/ - Literature

>>6370926
God forbid anyone appreciate minimalism and the aesthetics of simplicity.

Hitler's isn't good. It's pretty easy to tell. His subject matter is dull, technique is nothing of interest to draw the eye. It's just incredibly dull, shows very little technical skill apart from the basics.

I'd much rather hang Newman's painting in my apartment.

>>6370720
/co/

>>6368296
>posting a picture of the man that destroyed the legitimacy of "divine rule".

>>6367682
>>6367703
and another movie thread is born

>>6367655
I watch movies. Makes me feel like i'm living in books.

>>6367452
That's mostly my feelings about him as well. He's done some decent stuff and a lot of crap. Apparently his new movie is good but I haven't seen it.

>>6367375
>I don't see what makes him such an important director
He's not important per se besides the fact that he uses really distinctive techniques for his movies. He's just fun as hell.

You said though that someone shouldn't watch his movies and that
>It's worse than community theater.

You seem to have an unnatural hate of what is simply and incredibly fun and energetic director that is praised for his brevity and distinctive techniques.

Stop trying to backpedal, it's clear you really don't like him

>>6367320
Probably Satyajit Ray, the Indian director.

>>6367267
You really don't know what you're talking about if you think he was making "generic gangster stuff".

Nikkatsu indeed crapped out 10 or more per year but some of them were actually good. What makes Suzuki stand out is his inventive use of the camera, use of other unique techniques and subversion of genre tropes. Have you actually seen Branded to Kill? Calling that a generic gangster movie is just plainly ridiculous.

His movies are a little campy, and maybe that irks you. If that's the case watch The Story of a Prostitute or Zigeunerweisen.

If you watched Youth of the Beast, Tokyo Drifter, Braded to Kill, and Detective Agency 2-3 without having fun, you must have an intolerably bad sense of humor.

>>6367199
I mean, you can't really say Bergman isn't a talented director. I realize it's fun to shitpost but at least do it in a way that makes sense.

>>6366929
You have not watched the right Suzuki.

>>6366866
You seen Le Cercle Rouge and Le Deuxieme Souffle?

>>6366789
Why Korine and von Trier first? Are they you favorites? If so... damn, that sucks, man. You should watch more movies.

>>6367040
I've seen lost in translation. It was a nice film about genuine human connection between too highly alienated people. I think it's a shame though that Sofia ended up focusing more on that alienation (which she doesn't have anything meaningful to say about) rather than the genuine human connection.


So how long does everyone think this thread will be alive before the mods delete it.

>>6361222
There's obviously no real definition and the thread is an excuse to discuss Film here which is fine. The whole /lit/ related thing is a funny necessity so that to the mods it appears at least marginally related.

I was thinking mostly that it would be something that shares scope and subject matter to potential literature.

>>6361125
>Yes
but Why? i Can understand If you Like it But, why Is it Related to /Lit/!

>>6361115
I read about half of it and then I wanted to give myself a "break" but I never went back to it.

>>6361062
I think you're giving Korine a little too much credit. I own spring breakers and have listened to the commentary. I don't think he's a genius, he's just experimenting with what the format can express which seems to me solidly insular and rather unrelated to /lit/.

>>6361057
Haha, I mean, it's a mood piece about hedonism just like daisies, there isn't some grand purpose to get.

I actually liked it quite a lot for what it is but we're supposed to be talking about "/lit/ movies" here. I'm not sure tonal experiments should count. If they do, we're really just posting interesting films which is really going to open the door to what can be posted.

I'm going to try and post only things that haven't been posted yet.

Antonioni:
L'Avventura
La Notte
L'Eclisse
Red Desert
Blow Up
The Passenger

Cassavetes:
Faces
Husbands
Minnie and Moskowitz
A Woman Under the Influence
Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening Night
Love Streams


Kiarostami:
Taste of Cherry
The Wind Will Carry Us
Certified Copy

Bresson:
A Man Escaped
Pickpocket
The Trial of Joan of Arc (Which I prefer to the Passion)
Au Hasard Balthazar
Mouchette
L'Argent

De Sica:
Umberto D

Shepitko:
The Ascent

That's enough for now.


>>6359493
>daisies
Really? Is Spring Breakers a /lit/ movie too?

>>6341861
There's also the Int'l politics section of this chart.

>>6341176
I remember strategic vision by Zbigniew Brzezinski being useful. He discusses the strategic drift of the US following the dissolution of the soviet union as well as the realignment and kind of middle east tunnel vision following 9/11.

For the superpowers era, I remember "The Making of America's Soviet Policy" edited by Joseph S Nye having a lot of interesting and valuable essays.

Kissinger is interesting but he is not an expert on China. I'd say he is most valuable if you goal is to learn how high level US DoS and DoD officials think about the world rather than taking any of his descriptions too literally. On China is a worthwhile read though if you have enough prior knowledge to discern what should and should not be taken seriously.

Hope this helps.

Wallace
Lem
Delillo

bring the hate

>>6317235
>>>/pol/

>>6316894
Not just india
>Algeria
>Iraq
>Kyrgyzstan

I would bet they used some super sample bias inducing methodology like only conducting surveys through hard wired phones or something.

>>6314267
I wonder what methodology they used to gather this data. It seems like it's probably a load of bullshit.

>>6314933
Did you see all the Cassavetes movies Altman ripped off? What about the documentaries of Haskell Wexler that Cassavetes ripped off?

What about the events that Wexler taped? Were you there in Chicago in 68, or in Biafra? I didn't think so.

You sir are the ultimate poseur.