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Johnnie 2022-01-20 08:03:50
The people there have the sun in their hearts
"Le Feu follet" was literally translated as "The Fire Within" when it was released in the United States, the fire within. In China, it became "Wizards". I prefer the English translation, "A Time to Live and a Time to Die", when I was born and when I died. The film's director, Louis Malle, likes to...
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Marta 2022-01-20 08:03:50
Inertia, Death, and Deliverance
Is inertia an irredeemable sin? Can one still prove the worthiness of his existence when he fails to fulfill the bourgeois society's expectations of him as a rational subject and reliable labor? Is the disobedience of order and middle-class morals still meaningful when one grows older ? A barrage...

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