That’s interesting. What about it is so real?
The shift in perception, emotional and mental state, the kinds of things you think and feel once it starts, the escalating intensity. The director uses very subtle but increasingly obtrusive visual and audio cues to trigger the same kind of experience in the audience.
Hmm. Interesting, tempted to watch that … In “Jodoworsky’s Dune,” he talks about wanting to make a movie that would give the audience the experience of tripping without taking acid. But that sounds different.
I saw the doc and think I remember that… Given your knowledge of altered states, I’m curious about your experience of the movie if you can ever try out the first 45 minutes. I think you’ll know what I’m talking about by then, and whether you wish to finish it.
I did a Netflix Party with my sisters on the first episode of the Epstein documentary.
We’ll be watching a comedy film or TV show this coming weekend to cleanse our palettes. That was way too heavy even for me.
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Wow. What did your sisters say? I can only imagine what it was like to watch this if a person grew up as a woman.
I don’t blame you for needing a palette cleanser. I watched it with maybe 10% of my attention. Just too heavy. Definitely sparked more of my attention though in the last two episodes once they start discussing Trump.
We were only communicating via Facebook Messenger so I didn’t see or hear their responses. But they certainly didn’t post too many messages. Normally, we’re going back and forth a lot but there was very little discourse. Even the chatting that did occur was just shock at how fucked up things were.
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It’s called The Vast of Night, a 2019 sci-fi film that sadly never had the chance to reach the wide audience that it deserved in theaters. Set in the 1950s in Cayuga, New Mexico, The Vast of Night centers around a switchboard operator named Fay Crocker (Sierra McCormick) and a radio DJ called Everett (Jake Horowitz). When the two teenagers discover an aberrant audio frequency transmitting in the radio range — emanating through Fay’s switchboard and interrupting Everett’s broadcast of their high school basketball game — they team up to investigate its origins.
The flick premiered to widespread acclaim at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival, followed that debut with a limited release to drive-in movie theaters across the country, then finally reached Amazon Prime Video on May 29, 2020. With a keen eye and a unique approach to directing The Vast of Night, Patterson demonstrates serious cinematic chops in the near-flawless way he captures the style of classic science fiction anthology series like The Twilight Zone and Paradox Theatre. It’s no wonder the movie won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at Slamdance and was a runner-up for People’s Choice at TIFF.
Sounds cool.
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Anyone used the Watch Party function on Twitch? I have been meaning to investigate. If it supports audio/video for multiple group participants, we could set up a watch party where we can hear/see each other. Dress code of course is business up top, party down below.
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I’m down if we have this for a movie night.
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Party being full nude, right?
Ahem
Don’t stand up too fast 
Damn lol. Someone better get a new interview with Joe.
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damn man Roy only died a few weeks ago
I apologize. I forgot about that :(
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lol i don’t really mind
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WB making Just Mercy free.
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Started Space Force last night. Three episodes in. It’s ok. My wife is thrilled with it, I’m enjoying it, but it’s not amazing. Wonderful cast. I’ll see it through - certainly has enough laughs to make it worthwhile.
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We finished it last night. I quite enjoyed it. I think it gets steadily better as the character relationships grow-- Carell and Malkovich in particular are a delight together. Not one of my favorite shows of the year, but better than I expected.