Could The Iron Giant count given a big part of its message came from the director’s sister succumbing to domestic gun violence?
Rocco’s Modern Life
"In November 1992, two months before the production of season 1 of Rocko’s Modern Life, Murray’s [the shows creator] first wife committed suicide. Murray had often blamed his wife’s suicide on the show being picked up. He said, “It was always an awful connection because I look at Rocko as such a positive in my life.” He felt that he had emotional and physical “unresolved issues” when he moved to Los Angeles, describing the experience as participating in a “marathon with my pants around my ankles.”
it always felt like there was this anti-capitalist undertones with this show with Conglom-O Corporation and Heffer’s wolf family; i’m glad to know now that there was more to it.
Where eagles dare.
I only watch anime, so maybe Full Metal Alchemist or anything like Clannad, Angel Beats, Air, Kino no Tabi, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, Elfen lied. At least those were the core painful ones that defined me pretty early.
How is grave of the fireflies not at the top of this list?
I’ve seen like only 2 or 3 of those ghibli movies and I don’t think that was one of them.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Arrival
these 2 are my list as well as “everything everywhere all at once”
i cry every time i see that movie because it hits so close to home for me.
Seasame Street
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The makers of Seasame Street were fighting tooth and nail to build a better world for kids than the one they inherited.
Thank you :) That was beauty-filled
In the Night Garden. Iggle Piggle, hopelessly adrift and dying at sea, gives up any hope, removes the sail from his boat, wraps himself up in it, and goes to the Night Garden, where everyone is friendly and there are no worries. Let’s face it - he’s dead.
Well I can think of one short story by Harlan Ellison hahaha.
But, hmm, a show or movie… Darren Aronofsky and Terrence Malick hit heavy on those themes, though not solely. If you want the unfiltered pain there’s Lars von Trier.
So for Aronofsky, The Fountain is about a man trying to deal with his wife’s terminal cancer. It has an arguably uplifting ending, though I thought the protagonist was a fool.
For Malick, A Hidden Life is about a man who decides he won’t go to war anymore. It could be seen as an affirmation of the human spirit.
For von Trier, Antichrist is about the death of a child. It’s the emotional equivalent of jerking of with a cheese grater.
Not quite sure how well they fit, but the movies that come to my mind are: Grave of the Fireflies, Requiem for a Dream and Enter the Void.
They are overtly about different themes, but suffering and loss play big roles in each. Great movies that you’ll probably only going to want to watch once.
‘Come and See’ by Elem Klimov. A Soviet War Movie from 1985 told from the perspective of a young boy in Siberia.
I don’t know if anyone would agree with me, but the first thing I thought of was After Life.
I think Severance was that show for me.
Could you continue, ive kinda wanted to check out that series and Id like to hear your take on it
Sure, I’m not much of a critic, but I’ll write down some of my impressions.
The show centers on a group of workers who willingly “sever” themselves to work for a corporation, so fundamentally it’s already based on loss. The loss of a part of yourself. Then there’s the reasons that they chose to become severed in the first place, and the consequences that severing places on a person. Really, I saw it as a commentary on unhealthy coping mechanisms.
Apologies, I know that’s rather vague, but it really is a great show and I’d hate to spoil it for you. I highly recommend it.
Probably not that profound because they’re pretty straightforward, but two Casey Affleck movies come to mind: Ghost Story and Manchester by the Sea.
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text is an Text. Books dont always speak to me. Not every book has something to say to you or you might not be open to it and it available to you
At least recommend him one.
