Certainly nice to look at but so dull and hollow. The word pretentious is thrown at everything these days, but here I think it's spot on. Though it's funny that the Duffer brothers pastiche that is Stranger Things is actually a pastiche of a pastiche, because if you believe they haven't watched this film and ripped it off, I have a bridge to sell you.
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Estonia Dreams of Eurovision! 2002
Hysterical shit. The singer in a fake Kangol hat and the producer in a dingy basement office/warehouse who says that his company is the biggest in the world while standing in front of cardboard boxes with «Русский размер» written on them with a black marker are the obvious highlights.
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The Singing Detective 1986
"You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their own young."
The mind of a detective story writer struggling with autoimmune disease wanders off to his memories and his books. The three worlds (reality, detective story and past) are soon intertwined; imaginary worlds stop being escapist and become trauma-reliving nightmares. The poison oozes out and haunts the ordinary thought.
And then there's songs, "the songs, the songs!" Old tunes permanently associated with times, people, places and pain.…
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