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What were some movies you had to look up explanations of after watching? (leminal.space)
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Beau is Afraid was the last one I recall. I think it was mostly the latter half of the movie where I started to get a bit confused and needed the ending explained to me.

What movies made you look up some kind of explanation afterwards? I feel like I have done it several times in the past for more surreal movies but can't think of any other examples.

It can also be a TV show.

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[–] shrodes 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have the chance to see it in a cinema I highly recommend. Something about the big projection and sound, plus ideally an intermission really made it click for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Kubrick actually fought against including an intermission. It was the norm at the time to pause a movie halfway in, raise the house lights, and let everyone piss and get a snack.

The compromise was that the house lights would stay down and the movie would keep running showing the intermission card, with the music that he had composed for it.

[–] shrodes 1 points 1 year ago

I can see from the filmmaker’s perspective but given it’s basically unheard of these days it felt cool and novel. Pretty sure the screening I went to did just what you described