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Facetious

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Location: Somewhere you've never been

Music:

Film:
1. 8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963) [9/10]
2. The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr (2011) [7.5/10]
3. Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein (1925) [7.5/10]
4. Requiem for a Dream - Darren Aronofsky (2000) [7.5/10]
5. Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier (2025) [7+/10]

Literature:
1. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde (1895) [8.5/10]
2. Bartleby, the Scrivener - Herman Melville (1853) [8/10]
3. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) [7.5/10]
4. Requiem for a Dream - Hubert Selby Jr (1978) [7.5/10]
5. Xingu - Edith Wharton (1916) [7+/10]
6. The Judge and His Hangman - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, trans. Joel Agee (1950) [7/10]

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AfterHours

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Location: The Zone

Looking forward to this, keep going please ❗ ❗ ❗
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Johnnyo

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Age: 67

Location: London Town

Hi folks. I love joining in on threads but I'm at a lose to see what this one is about. Can you enlighten me?

Cheers

AfterHours

Gender: Male

Location: The Zone

Johnnyo wrote:

Hi folks. I love joining in on threads but I'm at a lose to see what this one is about. Can you enlighten me?

Cheers

He is logging the music, film and literature he has recently consumed, with ratings (out of 10) for each.

Facetious is using his own criteria and scale of 10/10 with the following examples taken into account from the top for us to closely compare to.

Part of the profundity of reading his log is in the tension and cognitive dissonance realized between these extremes.

10/10
Wellington's Victory - Ludwig van Beethoven (1813) [Classical]

9.5/10
Bangerz - Miley Cyrus (2013) [Rock]
Glitter - Vondie Curtis-Hall (2001) [Film]

9/10
Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James (2011) [Literature]
Breathless - Kenny G (1992) [Jazz]

and so on down from 8.5/10, 8/10, etc...

(just kidding about those example selections, and the "profundity/cognitive dissonance" bit 😜 )
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Facetious

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Location: Somewhere you've never been

AfterHours wrote:

Johnnyo wrote:

Hi folks. I love joining in on threads but I'm at a lose to see what this one is about. Can you enlighten me?

Cheers

He is logging the music, film and literature he has recently consumed, with ratings (out of 10) for each.

Facetious is using his own criteria and scale of 10/10 with the following examples taken into account from the top for us to closely compare to.

Part of the profundity of reading his log is in the tension and cognitive dissonance realized between these extremes.

10/10
Wellington's Victory - Ludwig van Beethoven (1813) [Classical]

9.5/10
Bangerz - Miley Cyrus (2013) [Rock]
Glitter - Vondie Curtis-Hall (2001) [Film]

9/10
Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James (2011) [Literature]
Breathless - Kenny G (1992) [Jazz]

and so on down from 8.5/10, 8/10, etc...

(just kidding about those example selections, and the "profundity/cognitive dissonance" bit 😜 )

Thanks for explaining on my behalf, though I'm not sure how to feel about my the top secret Greatest Works of Art list being revealed this way

AfterHours

Gender: Male

Location: The Zone

Great to see a 9/10 for 8 1/2!

(even if 8.5 seems more appropriate? 🤡 ... sorry, that's a bad one...)

Thoughts on the film?

And do you have a "Greatest Films" list sorted out these days? Would be curious to see your current selections if you have it organized or even half-way organized...
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Facetious

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Location: Somewhere you've never been

AfterHours wrote:

Great to see a 9/10 for 8 1/2!

(even if 8.5 seems more appropriate? 🤡 ... sorry, that's a bad one...)

Thoughts on the film?

And do you have a "Greatest Films" list sorted out these days? Would be curious to see your current selections if you have it organized or even half-way organized...

I did consider an 8.5 to be honest 🤣

Would have to think about the film more to be able to write in detail about it; this was my second viewing and I feel like I need more viewings to grasp everything. Love the way the film sinks deeper into delirium and fantasy as it goes on; the most amusing aspect is the constant self-reflection both through the critic's relentless critique (in a way, what could be a hilariously negative review of the film, within the film itself) and the protagonist's doubts about his film, teasing the viewer into questioning the artistic choices throughout and the ways in which art should be approached in the first place from the perspective of an artist and/or a critic. Will hopefully think of more to say.

Don't have a list yet. But if I end up revisiting most of the possible candidates for a Greatest Films list, I might have one by the end of the year.

AfterHours

Gender: Male

Location: The Zone

Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Great to see a 9/10 for 8 1/2!

(even if 8.5 seems more appropriate? 🤡 ... sorry, that's a bad one...)

Thoughts on the film?

And do you have a "Greatest Films" list sorted out these days? Would be curious to see your current selections if you have it organized or even half-way organized...

I did consider an 8.5 to be honest 🤣

Would have to think about the film more to be able to write in detail about it; this was my second viewing and I feel like I need more viewings to grasp everything. Love the way the film sinks deeper into delirium and fantasy as it goes on; the most amusing aspect is the constant self-reflection both through the critic's relentless critique (in a way, what could be a hilariously negative review of the film, within the film itself) and the protagonist's doubts about his film, teasing the viewer into questioning the artistic choices throughout and the ways in which art should be approached in the first place from the perspective of an artist and/or a critic. Will hopefully think of more to say.

Don't have a list yet. But if I end up revisiting most of the possible candidates for a Greatest Films list, I might have one by the end of the year.

Thanks - good take on 8 1/2

Would be interesting to see your list and how its turning out

La Dolce Vita should be next! Which one is his best and how in the hell does one make a decision between the two!? (took me multiple viewings spread across years between each and I'm still not sure I'm "right")
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