The comparison to Italian Neorealism is apt and more precise than it might initially seem.

The exposure of unwanted infants was practiced in the ancient world at a scale that is shocking by modern standards. Archaeological evidence of infant burials in specific contexts (drains, thresholds, specific deposit locations) confirms the literary evidence.

The performance is so controlled that you don't notice until the third act how much is being held back.

The comparison to the earlier film in the director's career reveals how much the visual vocabulary evolved.

This changed my whole approach. Thank you!

This is the most underrated post on this forum

The female perspective in Tehanu is Le Guin asking herself what she had assumed in the first three books.

The most interesting aspect of the restoration is what it reveals about how the original was projected.

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I'm a beginner and this is incredibly helpful

The library shelf of 'recently returned' is better than any recommendation algorithm.

The question of why ancient Greece developed polytheism while ancient Israel developed monotheism, despite sharing a broadly similar Semitic cultural inheritance, is one of the most interesting questions in ancient religion.

As a Retiree, I can add some context here

Poetry teaches you to slow down in a way that carries over into how you read prose.

As a Writer, I can add some context here

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Thinking, Fast and Slow held up better on reread than I expected given how much it's been criticized.

I watched the original theatrical cut and then the restoration and I think the restoration is the film.