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Dead Poets Society: A Timeless Classic
As the leaves turn and deadlines quickly approach, this time in the school year is particularly stressful and particularly beautiful. When it gets difficult to remember the beauty in the midst of the stress, that is my cue to turn on Dead Poets Society. For those who don’t know, Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film set at a prestigious boarding school in 1959.
Falling in love with Daisies
‘This film is dedicated to all those whose sole source of indignation is a trampled-on trifle.’ The final line of Chytilová’s brilliantly eclectic, infectious film seems to be written in anticipation of its condemnation by, among others, the Czechoslovak Communist Party. If you’re more concerned with the destruction of a trifle than the real world, […]