I didn’t expect these movies to have anything in common thematically
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but they’re both literally about moon guys making life real sad
Also, both had an immersion breaking moment when someone I know from podcasting showed up halfway through the film.
And they’re both great! Highly recommend to everyone here. I’m sure mostly everyone here has seen I Saw the TV Glow but Bugonia is another Lanthimos banger.


I’m debating whether to make one of these but it’s for I Saw the TV Glow and the “real” message is
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7 hour long video essays about children’s TV shows will ruin your life
Also while I’m up on my soapbox I’ll just mention, some people called this movie Lynchian but I don’t think they realize that Lost Highway is a Lynch film with a very similar kind of gnostic vibe, dealing with dissociation and rejecting a truth that is so hard to swallow that it’s easier to construct and live in a fake world, only for the contradictions from the real world to catch back up to the protagonist.