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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
| jagatai |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2014, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 20,196
Views: 1,196,596
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| "Faces" by John Cassavetes - without a clearly defined story line, this film can be a bit hard to get in to. But I've seen it 4 or 5 times now and I always come away liking it more and more. What Cassevetes does very well is to dig into the details of people; to show the characters as real, complex ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 11:38 pm
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Replies: 35,371
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| Mostly positive. Maybe a +4.672385 (or somewhere around there) i just got home from shooting footage for a music video. I was pretty stressed going into it. I'm always stressed going into shoots like this because I'm so afraid of revealing myself to be an utter screw up, but I think we got some good... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: How to overcome severe creative block |
| jagatai |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 7:20 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 890
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| My experiences in the arts has been that I go through periods of creative work punctuated by fallow periods where I feel I have lost every creative skill I ever had. When I return to the creative work I find I have learned something during my time off from the work. While I don't like them, I've com... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Now freaked out about my phone |
| jagatai |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2014, 9:33 am
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Replies: 6
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| Maybe someone with better knowledge of the situation could confirm or disconfirm this, but from what I understand, this sort of problem is more likely to occur if the battery is physically damaged. If you tend to drop your phone a lot, the internals of the battery might fracture and cause a reaction... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favourite cult films |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 10:59 pm
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Replies: 29
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| I guess to be a cult film it has to have SOME level of popularity. Here are some of my favorites... "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" by Aki Kaurismaki "Songs From the Second Floor" by Roy Andersson "The American Astronaut" by Corey McAbee "The Forbidden Zone" by Richard Elfman "Brand Upon the Brain" b... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 10:45 pm
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| "Shadows" by John Cassavettes - I've seen this a number of times. The acting leaves something to be desired, but despite its weaknesses, it's a great film. The characters are interesting and I can really identify with them. "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" by Jacques Demy - A bitter sweet romance. What ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: how to stop underachieving |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 10:26 pm
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Replies: 5
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| It seems that the advertising world takes too much of a toll on you. Is there a field of work that you feel would be something you could happily do? Would it be possible to use your skills to promote causes you believe in? Or are these fields too competitive and impacted that maybe you'd be better o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: 'God Given' Talent |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 8:24 am
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Replies: 16
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| It seems to me that the issue has nothing to do with god and everything to do with the practical realities of your situation. You have skills and talents that can be put to use, but you also have handicaps of depression and anxiety. (Presumably these are just as god given as your talents) But perhap... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Feeling forced to mourn in other people's ways. |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 9:08 am
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Replies: 3
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| I find church services boring and pointless at best. At the funeral for one of my grandmothers, the pastor read from a generic one size fits all service. He's never met her and didn't have anything useful to say. But at the funeral for my father's father, although it was at a church and organized by... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Things that annoy you about movies |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 8:37 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,198
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| I see very few conventional movies because I get bored by conventional plots, predictably unrealistic characters and flaccid, unimaginative ideas. It's a rare film that rises above doing what most other films do. Many films use "winning the love interest" as a major goal of the story. Usually the ma... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Things that annoy you about movies |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 8:17 am
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Replies: 28
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| American accents: I know I'm being biased here because I'm English, but since the US is dominant over the film industry, even the films that DON'T take place in the US will still have characters with American accents, unless they are set in the UK instead. Even if it takes place in some fantasy wor... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Existential movies |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2014, 8:06 am
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Replies: 17
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"The Man Who Wasn't There" and "A Serious Man" by the Coen Brothers
"Wild Strawberries" by Ingmar Bergman |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I think that I am always wrong. |
| jagatai |
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Posted: 02 Jul 2014, 2:24 am
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Replies: 12
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| Does anyone else feel like this? I always think that I'm probably wrong, so I don't say anything much or take the initiative very often. I feel like I will just do it wrong and get made fun of or shouted at or told I'm stupid. I don't know if it's a lack of self-confidence or if I am just self-awar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Untidiness - causes, management strategies anyone? |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2014, 9:59 am
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Replies: 12
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| I have always been a fairly messy person. I still am, but I have learned to do a few things that make keeping my house neat somewhat easier. A few years ago, i wanted to invite people to my house. I spent a week cleaning up the place. After the party, I decided to try to implement a habit that I had... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does inherent worth exist? |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2014, 6:05 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,125
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| 4 questions for you: 1. Do you think it is more important that a successful business man reproduces than a guy with downs syndrome - or equally important? 2. Is a guy with downs syndrome worth as much as a successful business man? 3. Are you worth more than you skills, abilities, looks, talents, et... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: What did I do wrong here? Should I hate humanity? |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 11:04 am
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Replies: 10
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| As near as i can tell from reading the entire thread, nobody comes off looking too good. Not you and not some of the other commenters. (Actually there were one or two who seemed polite, but you were not one of them) It seems as if your original post was hinting at cosmic questions, assuming that on... |
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