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_.