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Freshman film major, hopefully I can find people interested in movies that aren't super duper mainstream that'll watch some of these with me.

This was the most Ive ever watched in a month. In part preparation for film school watching habits, and in part me being extremely bored over the summer. Also criterion, a lot of criterion spending.

1. Platoon

(1986)

1. Born on the Fourth of July

(1989)

1. Heaven & Earth

(1993)

Criterion has collaborated with MGM before, recently aswell, so I think this is a total possibility. I'm just wondering if they'd ever want to actually do it. Thoughts?

Since I just graduated high school 2 months ago, my money has been almost entirely spent on buying criterion. Not to say I'm going broke or anything, but it's just all I've been buying. It's my crack. I can think of worse addictions to have. Nevertheless, I need to tone it down. I will only have one (after this), final pickup for this month. Thank you.

1. Naked Lunch, I've seen videodrome and the fly but this looks to be even cooler.
2. Naked Lunch once again.
3. All Blind buys.

Night of The Hunter and Ghost Dog

1. Withnail & I, it looks like a great british time. Similar to 24 Hour party people maybe?
2. Not particularly, though I've been wanting to watch Cooley High for a while.
3. Both blind buys. Ive heard really good things about Withnail & I, and Cooley High has interested me because it's an all Black film made during a time where it was less common for one to exist, also I have a thing for highschool coming of age stuff.
4. WKW box set. It'll happen soon.

1. Luke's Italian Beef: 8/10. I got it dipped with hot peppers and personally think it hit the spot (my first ever italian beef), but my friend hated it (because of the sogginess) and it upset his stomach. He just told the lady he wanted what I was having which was a bad decision apparently. Also, the fries were immaculate!
2. Birdman Ramen 9.5/10. The best ramen I've ever had in my life. Got the seasonal kimchi flavored broth or whatever, absolutely phenomenal.
3. Firecakes Donuts 8/10. Wow something magically happened and I got hungry all of a sudden and craved something like this gosh I dont know what it could've been! Anyways, it was good.
4. Triple Crown | Dim Sum 6/10. Our eyes were too big for our stomachs and we ordered way too much food. Also, the short ribs had hardly flavor and were overpriced, but the sticky rice was pretty good. Ended up getting a box with about 3 pounds of rice in it just 15 minutes after getting my food. I didn't bring it on the train home so legend has it all that rice is still sitting in the Airbnb's fridge: for-e-ver, for-e-ver, for-e-ver...
5. 8/10 Have no idea where I got this from, just know it was open pretty late, and it was downtown, maybe a little north. The pasta was really good. Sadly, I had no appetite at all because I had just had some gut-wrenching convos with my special someone, and I felt sick. I wish I would've felt better for this, because the little I had was very rich and flavorful.
6. Quesebirria Jalisco Pilsen: 9/10. The last thing I had to eat in chicago, and coincidentally one of the best. We each just got one, but damn this was great. It was so hot out and the Pineapple Jarritos and the AC just cooled us all the way off. Great feeling.

Quite the memorable trip, food wasn't as good as the last 2 times I went there but I'm not even gonna blame that on Chicago, I'm gonna blame that on faulty decision making lol. We went wherever the wind took us I suppose. Anyways, I'm happy it happened, and we avoided the wildfire smoke by less than a day. How do you guys think we did lol, be brutally honest.

(EDIT) The pasta place is called Quartino's, it literally says it on a card in the picture. I dunno how I missed that.

I got the Nashville duel edition version for 50 bucks at reckless records on the loop. A steal, right?

Smithereens looked cool. Also a reckless records pickup.

I really wanna get in to Jafar Panahi's work so I picked up the 4k of It Was Just an Accident.

In the Heat of the Night 4k because I felt like it. Both 4ks from barnes and noble that's northwest and right off the blue line. My friend got Chungking Express.

Anywho

1. Nashville. I mean come on.
2. No, these were all spur of the moment decisions, aside from Nashville, because Ive known that it's out of print and hard to come across.
3. All of 'em. That's how we do it around here.
4. Cure by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It doesn't get much better than that, oh and Yi Yi.

I found rashomon and I bought it, but I didn't see that it was the DVD edition because they were kinda weird about customers holding shit. Anyways I returned it. Im on the train now and am about halfway through reading The Catcher In The Rye after just starting today. I like it so far and can see why people tend to view it as unadaptable for film. Anyways seeya in Saint Louis.

Am I successful?
Am I close to being successful?
What should I watch?

I only have 3 4ks, the rest are dvd and blu-ray but I don't really care all too much about that. Well, I really wish I picked up the 4ks of seven samurai and high and low but what can ya do.

Any recommendations on what else I should add to my collection?

Any good contemporary recommendations? I have some older, longer films here that I keep putting off, so what are some good picks that are relatively recent?

Also try and guess my favorite movie. I will be astonished. The only hint you get is that it came out in the early 2000's.