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    I feel like I'm still not getting at my central point very well. Ah well.

    Yes, it is an artwork by someone who grew up in Korea but it is not merely an artwork created by someone from Korea. We can't, with absolute certainty, quantify how much of the film is Chan-wook's vision, how much is the actor's, how much is the cinematographer's, how much is the screenwriter's, etc. I don't deny that…

    That work is Chan-wook's creation, and Chan-wook is Korean.

    I just realized I never really expressed my own view on the subject. Firstly, I want to say that I think it's a worthwhile endeavour to distinguish films by nationality. I think it's important for us to consider how cinema has operated within a particular time and/or culture if we're trying to be very serious about…

    Yup! "Socrates died in the FUCKING gutter." I certainly did quote that here.

    Or Eric's.

    Ezra Koenig or Cary Grant.

    That was damn fun to watch. It was fun looking at Twitter trends in Canada earlier today and seeing that all but one was about the USA/Russia game; a game we weren't even involved in. That's how big hockey is here and how good that game was.

    Chris Traeger! Happy Birthday!

    Ooooo I should have clarified something: I don't think British directors who make their films in the United States should be exempt from consideration. I would very much consider Nolan an "American director" for that reason.

    At first, I read this comment without the comma.

    So how do I sign back into here with my AV Club account?

    Boo to them I say!

    For me, personally, that episode was a lot easier to accept when I didn't know Dan Harmon was coming back. Only speaking for myself here, but I had accepted that the Community I loved had ended and it was easier to live with a finale like that. It was good enough for fan fic Community. But with Harmon coming back, in…

    What? hahaha

    There were parts of the season that I liked a bit but, yeah, I don't see any point in owning it, personally. I wouldn't buy a mediocre/bad season of television from any other TV show so I won't be doing the same with this one.

    Are there wolves after you?

    I'm going to try to follow along with as many of these as I possibly can (excluded will be ones from TV shows I haven't seen).