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Oh god
Split the thread!
Or kill me now!
What's all this doco shit? I get enough of that crap at home!
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David
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| Wokko wrote: | | David wrote: | | The Look of Silence, an incredibly powerful documentary about the Indonesian genocide of 1965. Along with its companion film, The Act of Killing, it's absolutely essential viewing for anyone interested in the history of our region, or just for those wondering what effect mass murder has on the psychology of perpetrators and victims. |
A bit of a quibble with your description, despite the large number of deaths I don't think 'genocide' is the correct term to use. 'Massacre' maybe? After all Communist isn't a race. |
A great number of Chinese Indonesians were targeted during the killings too, solely on account of their race. But yeah, having done some quick research, you're probably right ��claims of the event being a genocide are likely incorrect.
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Pies4shaw 
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I think "massacre" undersells the events of 1965-6 somewhat - it tends to convey the sense of a couple of blokes with guns opening fire on people in a single, short incident. "Genocide" at least captures the thorough-going nature and scale of that which occurred. It's not strictly accurate, as you both say, but calling it a "purge" doesn't really capture the deliberate, brutal murder of half a million people, either.
One of the great political triumphs of the 20th Century is that both extremes of politics have contrived to leave us without language that properly captures - and conveys the horror of - such hideous events. Although there is a better general awareness of the fun and frolic engaged in by the Khmer Rouge at a later time, I don't think there is adequate language to describe that, either. |
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Piethagoras' Theorem 
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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Snow piercer. Korean sci-fi flick, wonderfully shot and brilliantly scripted, this one had me glued right to the end. 9/10
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Dangles
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| FrankieGoesToCollingwood wrote: | | Snow piercer. Korean sci-fi flick, wonderfully shot and brilliantly scripted, this one had me glued right to the end. 9/10 |
Yeah it's a pretty good action flick.
I watched The Lovely Bones last night. It was very moving. I almost cried in the scene when the Song to the Siren came in. That song always gets me. Especially when I'm not expecting it. 
@David: You'll have to tell us what your favourite films at MIFF were when it finishes. Sadly I only ended up getting to one film even though I'd bought tickets for two.
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Dark Beanie 
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Has anyone seen any new mainstream releases?
Man from UNCLE
Last cab to Darwin
Have some Gold Class tickets to use and interested to know what people would recommend.
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HAL
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swoop42 
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Mad Max Fury Road.
Not bad kept me entertained but not as good as the reviews would have you believe.
I was never a massive fan of the originals if I recall correctly.
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Haven't watched that yet.
Last night I watched The Equaliser on Foxtel. Not bad at all, played to the formula of the ex (pick an agency) very capable killer now trying to live the quiet life, gets pissed off when some bad guys start messing with people he likes so he takes care of business, except it had the twist. A large part of the "tasking care of business" was done off screen and left to the imagination.
Loved the scene where the russian bad guy is sitting down eating, his lackey goes off to the dunny, and a few minutes later the hero walks up, places the lackey's broken sunglasses on the table and calmly says "He not coming back" 
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David
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| Dangles wrote: | | @David: You'll have to tell us what your favourite films at MIFF were when it finishes. Sadly I only ended up getting to one film even though I'd bought tickets for two. |
Here you go: 
1. The Forbidden Room
2. Cemetery of Splendour
3. Heaven Knows What
4. Corn Island
5. Hill of Freedom
6. In the Shadow of Women
7. The Look of Silence
8. Love
9. Under Electric Clouds
10. The Smell of Us
Hopefully a few of those will get regular cinema releases in the months to come!
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Wokko 
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Dangles
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| Wokko wrote: | It Follows
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_follows/
Pretty good suspense/horror film heavily inspired by the last decent era of horror in the 70s/80s. I fell completely out of love with the genre thanks to all the goreporn like Saw and Hostel or the chuck worthy gross horror like The Human Centipede. Returning to tension, uneasiness and buildup based on your own mind rather than smashing your face in a dumpster of dirty syringes make It Follows the first decent horror movie I've seen in decades.
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It was entertaining enough but they didn't know how to end it. 6/10. |
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watt price tully 
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| Pies4shaw wrote: | I think "massacre" undersells the events of 1965-6 somewhat - it tends to convey the sense of a couple of blokes with guns opening fire on people in a single, short incident. "Genocide" at least captures the thorough-going nature and scale of that which occurred. It's not strictly accurate, as you both say, but calling it a "purge" doesn't really capture the deliberate, brutal murder of half a million people, either.
One of the great political triumphs of the 20th Century is that both extremes of politics have contrived to leave us without language that properly captures - and conveys the horror of - such hideous events. Although there is a better general awareness of the fun and frolic engaged in by the Khmer Rouge at a later time, I don't think there is adequate language to describe that, either. |
It's shameful that the deliberate murder of of so many Chinese by the Indonesians is not as well known as it ought to be in Australia.
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watt price tully
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Saw (again) David Lean's delightful charmer Hobson's Choice 1954 with: Charles Laughton, a very young Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty) & John Mills.
FWIW, 94% with Rotten Tomatoes
2 minute film clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYz8-UYyot0
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Wokko
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