2019-04-11 - Fun Questions
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 tomasino writes:
 
     1. Name one film that everyone should see at least once.
     2. Name one book everyone should read at least TWICE.
     3. Name one song everyone should listen to at least once a year.
 
 Diclaimer: I'm crap at just picking ONE THING
 
 Movie:	Probably _Ladri di biciclette_ aka _The Bicycle Thief_
 	
 	I know its become sort of a cool thing to decry the film
 	as some sort of poseur artsy thing, but it really is quite 
 	a magnificent piece of work. Filmed in the aftermath of 
 	World War II, with a cast of untrained actors, with no
 	budget. It holds up even today.
 
 	I'm cheating and also nominating _Lost in Translation_
 	as an additional movie, because I love it so. Don't worry
 	about the plot holes, it doesn't matter a damn what he says
 	to her in the rain. Just soak up this incredible movie and
 	its look, and its soundtrack is amazing.
 
 Book:	Ursula K. LeGuin's _The Dispossessed_
 
 	Anarchists in Spaaaaaace! The book which has informed my
 	own reading ever since I read it when I was very young,
 	far too young to actually appreciate it.
 
 	I reread it last year, and it has moved me beyond compare.
 	There's simply nothing else really like it, a wonderful
 	mind-bending story, portraying a world I still wish I lived
 	on. Read it once quickly for the story. Read it again, more
 	slowly, and study the world.
 
 Song:	The Beatles, _Within You, Without You_
 
 	Kind of a tie between this and _While my Guitar_, but
 	I still think this is the best song on _Sgt Peppers_
 	by quite a distance, and that's still, 50 years later
 	probably still the best popular music album ever made.
 
 	If I was permitted another one or two, then I'd choose
 	_Disintegration_ by The Cure, the full 8:18 album cut,
 	and _Vesti la giubba_ from Leoncavollo's _Pagliacci_.