Dave: And no one came to help old Dave then. Dave had to pretend to be somebody else. Celeste: You mean, all those years ago… when you were a little boy, Dave? Dave: Dave’s dead. I don’t know who came out of that cellar, but it sure as shit wasn’t Dave! Mystic River (2003), directed by our boy Clint Eastwood, is classified as a neo-noir film. It's a 10/10, but make no mistake — it’s fucking intense! Watch it only when you’re mentally prepared to dive into something dark and emotionally heavy. The story unfolds artfully and deliberately, trusting the audience’s intelligence rather than spoon-feeding every detail. It draws you in, making you deeply invested in the story. A flawless 10/10 — as you’d expect from anything with or by Clint Eastwood! View quoted note →

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Yeah, I'm terrible with all the various namings for some reason. Music, art styles, books, philosophy, architecture...can never keep them straight
I thought film noir meant anti-heros (or maybe "grey area" heros or something), stormy vibes, and mostly detective stories 🤷‍♀️
Recall it has to do with child abuse...Kevin bacon was in it...but not much else. May be time to rewatch
I am convinced that the bizarre naming conventions are just another way to maintain exclusivity, like having a cassette tape of some indie band that barely anyone has even heard of. “Ooh, what an I listening to? Yeah I got this tape at one of the only two shows they ever did. They started their own genre, that’s how indie they are, bro. Their music is postexistentialistpostvaporwavepostemopunkelectronica. You wouldn’t know, ha.”
A bit of that for sure. It is also useful though, in its time, to track shifts in themes/styles, but can get confusing when you try to reconcile the evolving categories over time. Philosophy is prob the worst offender
Electronic music def falls into this category. I don't even know the right term for the stuff I like. Is it dub-techno, EDM, minimal bedroom-house? And further refinements I'm too unaware of to even list here