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Wombaticus Rex » Sat Aug 27, 2016 1:06 pm wrote:Fascinating that opinions about onscreen footage could vary so widely.
Surely only one of you is objectively correct about Eyes Wide Shut.
guruilla wrote:That needed to be stated twice, evidently.
guruilla wrote:Eyes Wide Shut I have found almost literally hypnotic as a film, and its power to cast a spell for me is inseparable from how risible the film is in so many ways, by ordinary dramatic (or even aesthetic) criteria.
JackRiddler wrote:Reading Kreider's essay and exposition I thought, finally, here is someone who saw the same movie I did, and describes all the same essentials (most of all that it's not about the inner psychological torments of the protagonists but very obviously about the brutal milieu of the super-rich in which they move).
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Burnt Hill » 25 Aug 2016 21:37 wrote:Mac said-
And we do not "empower this act with our attention" (!) any more than Mandela or Steve Biko empowered apartheid by paying very close and sustained attention to it (in order to oppose it), rather than merely ignoring it and hoping it would go away.
Surely you are not suggesting the single act of hoaxery we have been discussing rises to the level of evil that apartheid represents?
Burnt Hill » 26 Aug 2016 00:55 wrote:guruilla-
First off, your welcome, happy to clarify that for you.
Disregarding your false narratives and complete misunderstanding of my posts,
you seem to forget there is absolutely no proof of a ritual sacrifice at CERN.
But lets grant you the double reverse logic of it not mattering whether or not it was "real".
It is still so weak as to hold no power over human beings, unless that human being allows it to, which is what seems to be happening to you.
This small non-event appears to matter a great deal to you, and that says a lot about you, not the event. And that is fine.
Some of what you are saying is sensible, just not in the context of the op.
You could maybe stop disparaging your fellow contributors and listen, you don't have to agree.
Considering you have been aligning yourself with one of the most narcissistic (and least empathetic) of cohorts, am I asking too much?
Burnt Hill » Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:05 pm wrote:Sure I'd like to get answers to those questions too.
For reasons previously discussed in this thread, I don't think we will get them.
I do have my pov, and try to provide it as simply as possible, yes.
My intent is not to dismiss or demean any human being here, just the prank.
stickdog99 » Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:40 pm wrote:
[...] I despise such inanity. Please refrain from it.
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