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wake-up to dreaming. no order
Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway" [1998] [DVD]Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway" [1998] [DVD]
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because Virginia is the only writer who really understands how consciousness is
Festen [DVD] [1999]Festen [DVD] [1999]
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because hollywood makes you a passive consumer dribbling over shiney surfaces
The Cement Garden [DVD] [1992]The Cement Garden [DVD] [1992]
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because art makes looking a creative experience
Solaris [2003] [DVD]Solaris [2003] [DVD]
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better than the original despite what purists say/write but George NEEDED Natascha to inspire his acting
Gosford Park [DVD] [2002]Gosford Park [DVD] [2002]
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because a central hero is the masculine myth of externalised plot/experience and very few film-makers can pull off a genuine ensemble
Open Water [DVD] [2004]Open Water [DVD] [2004]
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touching as a film and production process
Sorted [DVD] [2000]Sorted [DVD] [2000]
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a fantastic surprise of subtle genius getting close to thought as experience... and i fancy Sienna
Naqoyqatsi [DVD]Naqoyqatsi [DVD]
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for me, the best of the three- trippy, experiential, whole: you are awake-dreaming
Orlando [DVD] [1993]Orlando [DVD] [1993]
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Tilda Swinton is the only actor who could have the Virginia-like relationship to being to actually DO this part
Female Perversions [DVD] [1997]Female Perversions [DVD] [1997]
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because Tilda's spot-on again; think i'm in love with her.
Dark Days [DVD] [2001]Dark Days [DVD] [2001]
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documentary as a Doing philosophy- watch the extras
Shooting The Past (BBC) [1999] [DVD]Shooting The Past (BBC) [1999] [DVD]
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because hollywood is usually a gurgling idiot with contracting senses fixated on dollar signs
The English Patient (Special Edition) [DVD] [1996]The English Patient (Special Edition) [DVD] [1996]
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just watch it
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace [DVD] [2004]Garth Marenghi's Darkplace [DVD] [2004]
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takes the absurd to the absurdererest level
Pride And Prejudice : Complete BBC Series - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995] [DVD] [1999]Pride And Prejudice : Complete BBC Series - 10th Anniversary Edition [1995] [DVD] [1999]
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because although you've heard that men know how to write, actually apart from a very few they don't
1984 [DVD]1984 [DVD]
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oh...he can, though
Lord Of The Flies [DVD] [1963]Lord Of The Flies [DVD] [1963]
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and him
Wuthering Heights [DVD] [1992]Wuthering Heights [DVD] [1992]
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but probably not as well as her
Middlemarch [DVD] [1994]Middlemarch [DVD] [1994]
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or her
28 Days Later ... [DVD] [2002]28 Days Later ... [DVD] [2002]
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sort of beautiful
Nathan Barley [DVD]Nathan Barley [DVD]
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beautifully ugly
Picnic At Hanging Rock [DVD] [1976]Picnic At Hanging Rock [DVD] [1976]
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because we know why those poor girls would do it but don't talk about it
Wonderland [DVD] [1999]Wonderland [DVD] [1999]
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haven't seen it yet but imagine it's very good
Tipping the Velvet : The Complete BBC Series [2002] [DVD]Tipping the Velvet : The Complete BBC Series [2002] [DVD]
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because mostly men are really boring
Peep Show - Series 1 [DVD] [2003]Peep Show - Series 1 [DVD] [2003]
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because these unusual men show you why and how the above is true