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    Recommendations required - top ten films (no wait - come back!)

    I wonder about the psychocultural implications of 'listmaking' in this form and what it says about the heirarchy-engendering tendency in aesthetic appreciation. Is there something reactionary about making a list and only prizing those finest. What kind of selection process does one construct...
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    Peasant food

    Far cheaper though, and in my experience if you're cooking it down it doesn't tend to make too much difference either way. Couldn't afford veg if it wasn't mostly frozen.
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    Certainly can't think of another WWII film that could come close to it. The subject matter is so difficult to pull off but it does it somehow. By leaving most of the horror til the end I guess. Maybe 'The Human Condition' is up there too, but that's more in the epic mold than 'Come and See'.
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    This is such an underrated film imo. Some really unsettling scenes in it.
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    Peasant food

    There isnt any peasants in the UK anymore but there are tonnes of poor people. This pretty much necessitates buying cheap food whatever way you cut it, so I don't think that you can say that the contents of this thread are affected. Even if you assume that everyone who posts on here is middle...
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    Recommendations required - top ten films (no wait - come back!)

    Tentative list. I'm sure I've seen better films, I never remember what I've watched... Harakiri Strozsek Come and See Sanitorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass 400 blows Les fils West of the Tracks M I Stand Alone My Dinner with Andres
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