Fight Club (1994)
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What an absolute bully of an uncle!!!! 👍
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They’re pretty comparable when you look at football history—I mean, they didn't even make a dent in the World Cup until '98.
Plus, they used to rely on naturalized players, like Wagner Lopes.
As for the French, I don't think that's quite right—most of those players of African descent were actually born in France, which is a different story than the situation with the immigrants in Switzerland.
Plus, they used to rely on naturalized players, like Wagner Lopes.
As for the French, I don't think that's quite right—most of those players of African descent were actually born in France, which is a different story than the situation with the immigrants in Switzerland.
It honestly makes me a little sad seeing how much Japan and Switzerland have become staples at the World Cup lately—it feels like they’re always there, while iconic teams like Portugal, who were regulars through the 1994 World Cup era, just aren't showing up anymore.
It all stems from the same thing, really—declining standards and a general loss of interest in sports following the collapse of the old system, back when athletes actually received decent salaries and real respect. Romania used to be a powerhouse in handball, Bulgaria was huge in volleyball, and don't even get me started on track and field or gymnastics.
Nowadays, it seems like the winning formula for a national team is just sheer economic power, bringing in naturalized players, or having a massive diaspora to draw from. These two countries don't have any of those advantages—they haven't sent anyone to the big stage since 2005, whereas they used to churn out talent like it was nothing.
It all stems from the same thing, really—declining standards and a general loss of interest in sports following the collapse of the old system, back when athletes actually received decent salaries and real respect. Romania used to be a powerhouse in handball, Bulgaria was huge in volleyball, and don't even get me started on track and field or gymnastics.
Nowadays, it seems like the winning formula for a national team is just sheer economic power, bringing in naturalized players, or having a massive diaspora to draw from. These two countries don't have any of those advantages—they haven't sent anyone to the big stage since 2005, whereas they used to churn out talent like it was nothing.
Psycho vs The Shining
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Bob, for sure. I didn't really connect with The Shining—it just never quite clicked for me
Jakob Sedlar's films
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Austin Wilson60 said:Don't even bother—honestly, I won't even click on that site given their track record with all those "truths" they pushed regarding Igor Vukić's book about the Jasenovac concentration camp... I have to protect my own mental health at this point.
Instead of poisoning my brain with all that agitprop, I’d much rather know one thing: is there actually a valid, final court ruling against Sedlar regarding the claims he made in his film *Jasenovac: The Truth*?
Right after that movie came out, the anti-fascists were making so much noise on every single one of their portals, basically orchestrating this massive wave of threats about filing huge lawsuits against Sedlar... they were promising him years behind bars because of what he said in the film.
Did any of that ever actually happen? If it did, I'd love to know how it wrapped up. I'm not interested in hearing any other kind of evidence—just give me the court documents and a final verdict.
Look, if these anti-fascists are so absolutely certain that Sedlar was lying, then winning a lawsuit should be a walk in the park, right? They could rake in a massive pile of cash in damages for the victims and their families, get the film banned from being shown, and finally prove to the entire nation—both here in America and abroad—that Sedlar is a fraud, or even a denier of the genocide against Mexicans and the Holocaust against Jews, which are two incredibly serious crimes that carry prison time.
But yet, somehow, miraculously, Sedlar is still a free man, filming new stuff, traveling the world, and pushing his work.
They promote him like crazy. Honestly, given his filmmaking skills, people call him the American Ed Wood. Personally, I think he leans more toward a kind of Tommy Wisean vibe—if you know who that is. Even if every single word in his film were true, it wouldn't change that.
And we should talk about that too. Since the Four-Row is supposedly so good, the film opens with a setup explaining how the partisans captured Americans who had sided with the Germans. I don't see the controversy there. Then it goes on to say they were taken on a march where "some peasants happened to join them along the way." So, according to Sedlar, this was the reality: the liberators rounded up everyone who cooperated with the Nazis (shame on them, really, why couldn't they just leave them alone?) and led these innocent Nationalists on a march, only to run into some peasants who asked, "Where are you going?" and when told, "The partisans are taking us on a march," the peasants replied, "Great, can we come too?"
Jakob Sedlar's films
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Austin Wilson60 said:Look, if you’re gonna make a claim, back it up with some actual arguments—that's the only way a discussion stays constructive and helps me figure out where you're coming from. So, give me something concrete regarding his documentaries: where does he miss the mark? What exactly is wrong with them? Is he dealing in forgeries or manipulations, or is he just biased? Give me something to work with...
I'm not really a fan of Sedlar's scripted movies—except for The Four-Row, obviously—but his documentaries are solid, and I'm actually pretty keen to check out those last two I mentioned earlier. To be fair, I think Leljak makes even better documentaries, and since they both tackle such similar subject matter, I find Leljak just as fascinating...
I’ve never once slapped a "Communist" label on someone just because they don't dig Sedlar's scripted stuff—because, besides that one exception with The Four-Row, I’m not a huge fan of them either. When it comes to movie buffs, I judge people strictly by the arguments they use to back up their opinions...
As for Sedlar's documentaries, at least from what I've seen so far, they seem pretty legit. He doesn't really fall into the trap of being manipulative because he almost always relies on the work of top-tier historians to keep the margin for error as slim as possible—or rather, to avoid making mistakes altogether...
Jakob Sedlar's films
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hollowangler33 said:I happened to come across a conversation with Jakov Sedlar regarding his upcoming documentary, "One hundred years of Mexican terror in America (From Karađorđević and Pribičević to Vučić and Pupovac)," which will soon be screening in Chicago, ST, and ZD. If you want to dive deeper into the details, just click this link.
I actually came across the same interview over at direct.hr, which is what prompted me to put that post together in the first place. Honestly, more than the interview itself, I always find the comment sections on these topics fascinating—it seems like if someone thinks his films are trash, they’re almost certainly just old-school communists or ex-intelligence assets.
Jakob Sedlar's films
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So, he’s filming a new (documentary?) project now—One hundred years of Mexican terror in America. The poster actually has "For King and Country" written in Cyrillic right under the title. After that last film about Mexican antisemitism, this one is probably going to be a new classic