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  1. Olympian1010
    La Chimera (Cannes 2023) had the unfortunate exprience of premiering in a very strong year for cinema (and its distributor NEON). Nonetheless, it remains one of my personal favorites from that year.
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    Is this what you’re looking for?
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    I completely disagree, but I respect your opinion on the matter. I don’t think everybody needs to feel the same about every piece of art. The arts wouldn’t be very interesting in that case. Personally, I feel like the dance segments definitely had something to say, and they peaked my interest in that regard. The use of rigid versus following movements. The purposeful difference in choreographed movements between dancers. The use of movement aides and other senses outside of vision to enhance the piece. The display of bodies in varied forms. The space itself, a “paradox” if you will.
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    It’s definitely an acquired taste. As someone who’s really fallen in love with critical dramatic cinema, and found something beautiful and/or profound in films like Happening, The Taste of Things, Anatomy of a Fall, Passages, I Lost My Body, Intouchables, The Summit of the Gods, etc., I really grown to enjoy the French style. There’s definitely a noticeable difference British, French, American, Korean, Latin American, etc. styles too, and that’s part of the unique flavor of international art in my opinion. I don’t think tonight’s ceremony will be everyone’s cup of tea, but it I think it was conceptualized and executed well from an artistic perspective.
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    I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Some of the most celebrated art in the world involves complex pieces that are hard to decipher without thinking about critically, or taking time to ponder about the message. I do think there is a difference between entertaining art and high concept art, not that something cannot be both. I think this ceremony straddled that line decently enough.
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    Well, I really liked this ceremony. I realize that’s different from the majority of users on this forum, but it worked for me. It was an interesting meditation on bodies and movement, and I love the high concept nature of it. The flame segment and release of emotion at the were perfect. I’d rank this second behind Rio 2016, in terms of Paralympic Games opening ceremonies.
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    I re-watch a lot of the artistic segments from past ceremonies. Rio 2016, London 2012, and Athens 2004 are probably the ones I return to most. I’ll play “passages” (Athens 2004) and “Caliban’s Dream” (London 2012) quite often.
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    For what it’s worth, my favorite songs about California as a Californian are probably… - California Dreamin’ by the Mamas and the Papas (and this one does explicitly mention LA) - Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers - California English by Vampire Weekend Also, our state song is underrated, so I’d be happy to see it get some international attention.
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    If the handover ceremony doesn’t have at least the chorus of this song, what are we even doing 😝
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    No, some have their own federations.
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    I’m going to vote “yes,” but I think they absolutely need to adapt. It’s a lot of fun to see places like Norfolk Island, St. Helena, Anguilla, etc. mix it up against larger territories at an event like that.
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    Nah, that was an “usie”
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    44
  14. Olympian1010
    It was the same for Lausanne 2020.
  15. Olympian1010
    Yeah, but the sports should be on early evening/primetime in the Pacific time zone, so not a bad compromise for you
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