What movies are you watching?

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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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you sound like a crazy person right now trag
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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the celebrity effect has nothing to do with their on-screen performances, it's a you problem
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Seems like I don't see much of actors these days outside of the movies. The problem with Chalamet is that he's in every movie, and he hasn't impressed me much.
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tragabigzanda wrote:It's an us problem. I can't escape them unless I'm completely lights out on the internet. They are omnipresent; I'm the goose stuffed full of the algorithm's foie gras. Makes it really hard to get excited for movies when I already know too much about the actors' personal lives, political opinions, etc.
For me, it actually enhances a great performance if an actor is able to transform into a character, because I know so much about who they are IRL. And if they're always basically playing themselves in a role, or put in poor performances, it makes no difference who they are IRL because I'm not interested enough in them to begin with. Just stop reading People magazine and try to enjoy good art for what it is.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Great recovery, Trag.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!

A fucking legend just died, guys!
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tommy wrote:Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!

A fucking legend just died, guys!
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Unforgiven is brilliant. I haven't seen much else from Hackerman. Sorry, Tommy.
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tommy wrote:Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!

A fucking legend just died, guys!
i recently saw Crimson Tide and The French Connection.

Brilliant films.
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Ello Sailor wrote:Unforgiven is brilliant. I haven't seen much else from Hackerman. Sorry, Tommy.
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According to Letteboxd I've seen 28 Gene Hackman movies

You guys need to get your numbers up
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I think I'll watch Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State first.
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