Dang it, I was expecting this Q&A's runtime devoted to you numbering every single movie you'd pick while on a stranded island.

Hey, I missed this one. Oh well, can't wait for 100K!

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“Luc”, said the boy who hates Godard with a passion and wants to see this video. Edit: I’d also like to see that Amadeus remake.

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Speaking of Boyhood, did you know that it took 12 years to make?

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I was super excited when I saw you'd hit 50k! It's been great having your videos on my "Listen to at work" playlist. Really helps me learn something while I do my repetitive work tasks. Keep up the great work

Nice picks for my question (also I definitely need to get around to watching Angel's Egg). Congrats again on the 50K and Luc!

"Do you like movies" is a question I've been asked. It comes from the belief one cannot be "critical" of something, as in the analysis of the faults and merits of a given subject, and at the same time be in love with it. That's odd to me, and I think reflects a simplistic, black and white perspective of the world, if not reality. The only other context where I've been asked this question is political, i.e., that I hate the country of my birth because I can be critical of it.

Insanely glad I found your channel bro, keep it up!

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Thanks for answering my question! Can't wait to see your video on the auteur theory. And thanks for turning me on to "Beyond the Hills" gave it a watch recently and loved it!

Thanks for taking my question and giving a super good answer! Congrats on the 50k

Always enjoy these periodical QnA's. Congrats on 50k! On my question of film being gate kept by the rich: Yeah, there's a lot you could say about it, and it's something I've been thinking about a lot this year as I, a near broke, working class citizen, try to make my own documentary. You focused more on the strictly monetary aspect of it, but I don't even think that's the most complex part of the issue, and I think in the modern day a lot of the gatekeeping is psychological. I had to deal with my own feelings of inadequacy in making The Steel Garden, since I have no crew, no money, and no industry connections, and I felt this subject deserved better treatment than what I could give. But then something happened. When I released my video announcing that filming for it was underway, someone who I know watched it asked me (paraphrasing) "Where did you get all the money to make this?" And then it kind of hit me: film has been gate kept by the rich so well that even when someone sees a no-budget production like mine, they just assume that it took a lot of money. I don't wanna go on too much about it, but what I've realized is that in the 21st century most people have cheap enough technology at their disposal to make no budget movies as a hobby or to start their career, but hardly anyone does because we have been conditioned to think of film as a capitalistic product made by the rich for the consumption of the poor/working class rather than an art form which anyone can contribute to. The idea of movies being expensive to make, even though technically it doesn't have to be true, is so ingrained that it stops people from making anything, and when it doesn't, all those people have for a frame of reference is movies made with lots of money, so they try to replicate those and ultimately fail, reinforcing the view that low budget/straight to video/ect movies are illegitimate. Again, lots more that can be said about this, and it'd make for an interesting video project that I unfortunately don't have the time to make, but I'll just say that this mindset is one that I think ultimately has to be chipped away at by us, the film community (critics/analysts and filmmakers alike) because it's the only way we're going to see film become like music or writing where regular, everyday people contribute to it. (like you said all art is somewhat gate-kept by wealth, but if you went to a random community somewhere, you're probably 10x more likely to find a local musician, poet, or painter than a local filmmaker that makes movies with the meager means he has, and I think social/psychological conditioning is a big part of that. Anyway, that's all, I'll stop now, thank you for entertaining me, lmao)

Also, loved this, love all your shit, underrated AF!!

Aside from the great content of this Q&A, the thumbnail makes it look like you're about to cut a scathing pro wrestling promo 😅 I love it. Keep up the amazing work!

I was going to comment to say that I really enjoy your channel and your content, and that I really appreciate someone else who enjoys cinema as much as I do. But your wearing a Rush shirt... now I absolutely love you! People NEED to know about your channel..

I didn't know you are 50k subs yo... This is a shock, your content is very good Really underrated, respect

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Not sure how your channel came across my feed but glad it has. I will throw in my top 5 non-ghibli offerings would be.. and this is kinda tough ok it's very tough 1 white snake as I love everything to do with that myth in all its previous forms place promised in our early days Watership down :( anthem of the heart

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End of evangelion is the best animated movie period for me. Btw do you have a podcast or anything

I would love a revisionist Batman movie where Poison Ivy is the protagonist and Batman (defending the industrial status quo) is the antagonist. And I would want SS Rajamouli to direct.

I've always wanted to see Hugo Strange in a Batman movie. No idea who I'd cast though.

The Amadeus thing is interesting. I don't agree but that's what makes it neat. The Thin Red Line is a jumbled mess of a movie, maybe the 6 hour cut makes it make more sense.

It could very well be too soon to say, but I honestly feel that any (clear minded) history of the nfts must include Dan Olsen’s video in it

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Your response of "Why is it just a given that I'm in the middle" at the human centipede question had me in fits of laughs X'D But a follow up question to that I have is this; If you were put in a human centipede, but were allowed to pick your spot, where would it be? And what spot would you prefer the least? Also would your desire for death lessen if you were allowed to pick your spot in the human centipede? I wanna turn this into the new "what hogwarts house are you in really" XD

Firstly, Luc. Secondly, you are great. Re: death of the author, I come from a literature theory background, and I always find the idea that a director or author has power over interpretation strange. They make the text, so their intent is part of it. But so is accident and incompetence and unintended cultural meanings. And the intents of everybody else involved; what about the costume designer's intent? They may have secret internal meanings they imbued into the outfits and the designs, and these would also be beyond the reach of the director. As far as I can see, an author is a reader of their own text. They may have a better idea at what was intended by some of the people involved in the creation but that's about the extent of their insight.

Cool. Followup question: how do I make friends? Jk, thanks for answering my question, watching movies is definitely something I want to get into. There's so much good art in the world to experience, it's good to know a starting point.

What do you want to see from the James Bond series going forward and do you have any concerns for the franchise.

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Rush ❤️❤️❤️

I would watch the hell out of that Amadeus-esque idea involving Malick and Spielberg. I haven't seen Thin Red Line yet, but I can easily name 10 other war movies better than Saving Private Ryan and I would take any excuse I can find to shit on a Spielberg film not named Jurassic Park.

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I have a weakness for a good Soundtrack! What are your thoughts on 'Heavy Metal'??? But as far original music go... I'd pick 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'! & have you done (or... would you consider doing) a Live Chat???

Here is a easy cheat for the top 5 non ghibli films, Lupin III - Castle of Cagliostro! It is made by Miyazaki before he formed studio Ghibli. Its the best Lupin III film by far, and it's the one movie I would reckomend starting with if you ever are overcome with madness and decide you wanna get into Lupin III. And the movie just slaps. Also it is interesting o see Miyazaki work within boundraries. Most of his Ghibli films are mostly his vision realized, the stories he wanted to tell how he wanted to tell them. But with Lupin III he has boundraries. He is working with a established IP, and Lupin is kinda the kind of protagonist Miyazaki isn't particularly fond of. A master thief who rarely seems to thinks of anyone but himself, the kind of person who doesn't care for the damage he causes as long as he gets what he wants. And Miyazaki did adjust Lupin in subtle ways to make him more malleable to him as the protagonist. And Castle of Cagliostro is the culmination of the work he put into Lupin III, and how he forever changed the franchise for better or for worse.

Ayyye my dumb question made it in lets goooo

What do you do about films that are hard to find? Thanks, bud.

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This guy is pretty smart 🥳

I thank God I have the original Star Wars movies (both on laserdisc and vhs) that I inherited from my father. The editions that came out in the early 2000s are still pretty good, but you can't beat the originals.

Can we get a video on The Thin Red Line?

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I've never watched "Barry Lyndon", and I'm 65, I better get moving.

I have a bootleg despecialized edition star wars trilogy on blu ray so that helps

I was wondering if there are any KZfaq chanels who analyses movies you would recommend. This my be unpopular opinion but I find Francis Ford Coppola The Conversation to more interesting than his other 70's movies

Anthony Hopkins is a gifted ventriloquist

The most underrated non-Ghibli anime film in my opinion is Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise

I always thought Terminator 2 was about the struggles of a single mother in a patriarchal society.

I rarely hear The Girl Next Door get brought up in conversation. That's one of the most messed up films I've ever seen yet when it came on cable I would watch it. What are we even supposed to learn from it? Never trust your aunt?

Now I have seen your face, I have questions about the channel name. You have very normal, and plural eyebrows.

Excellent choice of T-shirt!

Gonna watch the thin red line for the first time tonight lol

32:51 might be his worst film.

ew - he grew his hair and has facial hair. gross. The shpankings shall not continue!

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