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On the Film Society of Lincoln Center's twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/filmlinc), they will announced that they are giving out tickets to certain films (usually by the stairs at Alice Tully) a little while before the screenings.
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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to." - JJ
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I'd say The Chameleon, but I found it somewhat entertaining in how much I abhorred it (same goes for Welcome to the Rileys). I'll go with Obselidia, which I saw at Sundance last year. Probably the dullest film watching experience of my life. For regular US theatrical releases, probably Inception or Shutter Island (I only watched both once in theaters)
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Scream 4 and The Tree of Life.
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To have one favourite film is to commit the direst of sin; but since you asked: a rough top five might do? 8½, In the Mood for Love, Pather Panchali, Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, and Tropical Malady. Very rough.
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Hold his/her hand, because even though I do this with a lot of my friends, I feel like it is tons more intimate than giving them a kiss. I have had many a great kisses (given and received), but sometimes it get messy (literally) and you lose the reason why it started to begin with (and unfortunately, in our culture, kissing holds way more importance than it deserves or should). Holding hands has always been a more beautiful, gentle, generous, and ultimately sensual gesture for me. Thanks for the great question!
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When I don't get enough sleep and I'm tired/exhausted.
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I usually don't have such intense feelings towards a person that are as clear as "hate"... so no, there's not really anything that makes me hate a person (I'm ambivalent to this question even).
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lots of good filthy sex.
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Ignorance, obvz, but really... I'm the least easily annoyed person you'll probably ever meet. To answer your question honestly, when people take themselves too seriously or they fail to grasp what I'm trying to say.
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Wake up, stretch, go to work (creative work, work that I enjoy and actually get something out of), take a walk to Central Park during my lunch hour and write a poem, after work go to dinner and see a film with a friend/lover. Glass of wine to top off the night, of course...
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My face, I guess. In particular, maybe my eyes, my eyebrows, my mouth... they express a lot, and seem to draw people in somehow (I don't quite see myself as terribly inviting though).
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I'd rather not disclose this information, because then the person to whom I would be referring would believe that they mean more to me than they actually do.
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"Everybody lies, no exceptions."
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Either Godard and we would talk about socialism over crêpes or Jarmusch and I would just stare blankly at his hair.
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I think of myself more as a realist (which is frequently confused with pessimism), although we are all guilty of a little idealizing once in while.
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First of all, I assume by "our" society you mean American society (since that is where I reside), so here goes: the establishment of an inflexible, what some would think of as a universal, moral code and/or ethics system. That one should pretty much be self-explanatory. I also strongly dislike the degradation of spontaneity, capitalism, and the education system. Determinism bothers me. I am not the money I have in the bank (it is just a number, and only a number) or the material goods I possess. I am not the letter grade I receive in a class (or the grade I get on a test) - that tells nothing of who I truly am or anything about the core of my actual being. I have trouble dealing with the way kids are raised and have to apply for jobs, it is rather mundane and hopeless to me. Sorry that I just named more than one, it is hard to choose (such a broad topic).
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Well, first and foremost life should not be work. Sure, we work our entire lives (most of us, at least), but the core of it should be striving towards complete being. I feel like it will be easier to answer the latter first: no, I do not think I will ever experience a mid-life crisis. My life, and being, are composed of mini-crises. Now, let's disregard the common negative connotation that the word carries for a minute and go over the etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek "krisis", literally, decision, from "krinein", to decide. Our lives are made up of decisions, we make them every second - the most common is to continue living. It is strange, because I feel like constantly living in self-doubt is acceptable while having a mid-life crisis of extreme self-doubt is somewhat hypocritical. You should have doubted (or at least questioned) everything from the start, because honestly... this is all we have. On a finer and final note, I encourage greater self-actualization and self-awareness through intellectually satisfying engagements. Good luck, you will undoubtedly get through whatever you are going through stronger than before.
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Wow, that's a tough one. For one, I believe that most of the marriages that I am surrounded by are not genuine (I do not think my parents were truly in love when they wed). The superstructure of our society needs to be reformed, but I do not know if this is even possible. I think that most people have a similar attitude towards the trouble of explaining homosexuality to children as Ike Skelton, a conservative Missouri Democrat, who uses this as an excuse against repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. I know I would not get married to a woman until same-sex marriages are made legal and everyone has the same legal rights. Separate but equal (civil unions) is inherently unequal. It is a social institution, and our society (and most, if not all, members of it) equates "traditional marriage" to opposite sex marriage. This sickens me a little bit. Love knows no gender and sexuality is fluid but not all-encompassing. Once people stop being so concerned with the genitalia of the people that they meet, I will be able to live a more comfortable life. I know this is a lofty ambition, so I am prepared to discover alternative ways of dealing with it. If I do get married, and have children, I will make it a point to keep them from growing up in an atmosphere of fear where they will be prosecuted for their natural desires and beliefs. I feel like the people that I surround myself with, even the open-minded ones, tend to compartmentalize their fellow human beings (and themselves/myself) when it is completely unnecessary. If I get married to another man (if and when it becomes legal in the state I am living), you would think it an objective fact that I am a homosexual? I believe this is an entirely skewed way of thinking. We evolve as human beings, and if people let it (some people do, the majority does not), their sexualities would too. That will be a beautiful day, when you realize that you do not feel the need to fit yourself into a rigid definition, and all those years you could have had something more. You are still alive, there is still time. You will never recover those lost years, but you can definitely make up for them. Just don't force it, never force it.
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Complacency - I am not quite sure what is so bad about this, most of the time when I am complacent, I am content. I enjoy being content. Why would anyone choose mediocrity over complacency? Mediocrity has the capacity to be bitter and envious, while complacency does not. Mediocrity bores me.
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Hi. My name is Dan. I like expressionistic films, pop music, and being. This is not for you.
