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CD Smiles rated Loveless

 Loveless 9/10

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January 30th Year: 1991 Genre: Shoegaze [youtube id=l9-NOIalUYU] When You Sleep

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January 30th Year: 2002 Genre: Emo [youtube id=vp9Rs8oVmiE] Our Lady of Sorrows

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Songs I was too edgy to admit I liked as a youth. (26 music items)

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January 29th Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi I would think are the two most prolific filmmakers whose most common theme is the plight of women. Now, Ozu would always take the modern approach and Mizoguchi was more of a fan of what I assume to be Edo period. I mention Ozu because I find it really interesting that so much of Japanese cinema was dominated by stories of women and the hurdles of their time, be it the 1960s or the 1600s. I don't bat an eye at this, I hardly noticed it until now but if this were the case in current day I'd find it pretty shocking. I mentioned Mizoguchi's approach being different, the word that comes to mind is "dire". Oharu's story begins with her lover being beheaded for being of a lower caste, she is banished, sent away to be a mistress and her decline never stops for all 130 minutes. To write a story so dour must have been tortuous for Mizoguchi, it being based on his reality, as it was for me to watch. The Life of Oharu is a good film. I think there is some consideration to be taken for the time period, as "bad gets worse" bothers me as a theme nowadays, but it never feels like that's all it is.

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CD Smiles added Rosita to wanted list

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CD Smiles rated Sylvia Chang

 Sylvia Chang 8/10

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January 28th Directed by: Edward Yang Edward Yang is the greatest director of all time. Now I don't know if I mean that because y'know, Ozu exists, but this is Yang's first feature and it's impossible to imagine that being true. Instantly a master. That Day, on the Beach is a contemplative, complicated construction and it's really astounding in every way a film can be. I can't really say much about it, so that's it. Thanks.

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CD Smiles rated Abbath

 Abbath 7/10

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"this is a reall y good list"

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January 26th Year: 2016 Genre: Black Metal [youtube id=uLAclePlHIk] Ocean of Wounds

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January 25th Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro If you told someone to come up with a plot of something Guillermo Del Toro would make, it would be this. So you should know exactly what you're gonna get, and if you liked Pan's Labyrinth I think you'll like this. The Shape of Water has actually made me ask myself an interesting question when I was comparing the two, because I always thought of Pan's Labyrinth as a kid's movie, but I initially wouldn't say the same for this movie. I won't say why, but I find it to be interesting that that was my instinct, and I'm definitely questioning myself for it. But if it weren't for The Oscars I don't think I would have ever gotten around to seeing this, and I think it totally fits in as a Best Picture nominee. There are moments of brilliance and moments of painful overtness. It's probably exactly what you expect, and coming from Del Toro I wouldn't call that a bad thing.

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