One of the few truly anti-war movies, shown from the perspective of a 14 year old boy as gruesome crimes of war are inflicted upon civilians around him. Based on the experiences of director Elem Klimov and writer Ales Adamovich, this is a masterpiece of cinema, as poetic and beautiful as it is harrowing and intense.

This episodes recommendations are:

https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyfoodporn/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power

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In this episode we discuss The Free Will by Mathias Glasner from 2006, about a convicted rapist who is determined to reintegrate back into society.

This episodes recommendations are:

The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Húrin

The Delicate Prey by Paul Bowls

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32719641-the-delicate-prey?from_search=true&qid=KtCRiWolUo&rank=1

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Get in touch:

Perhaps the most famous unpleasant movie, certainly one of the most influential - Pasolinis Salo is vile, tedious, intense, troubling and great. Thomas Simonsen Balmbra and Sverre Aagaard have a pleasant chat about it, for you pleasure!

This weeks unpleasant recommendations are:

Renaldo and the Loaf - Songs of the Swinging Larvae music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYmXu5PQzOU

Historical person/monster:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais

List of unpleasant movies:

https://mubi.com/lists/unpleasant-movies

This time we talk about Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, a South Korean New-wave classic, about the horrible results of not being able to afford your sisters kidney transplant because you gave away your last money to black market dealers that scammed you. Also you got fired. Things may be bad, but they will get worse!

This episodes unpleasant recommendations are:

Kenshi - https://lofigames.com

Cyriak - https://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak

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Kids, Larry Clarks controversial film following a group of teens having sex and doing drugs for 24 hours, written by Harmony Korine. We talk about the many aspects of the film. Be warned there will be plot spoilers!

This weeks unpleasant recommendations are:

Unbelievable episode 1 on Netflix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbelievable_(miniseries)

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40163119-say-nothing?from_search=true

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Join us as we discuss Sombre by Philippe Grandrieux, a film about a serial killer following Tour de France, doing puppet-shows and killing prostitutes. The flickering, underexposed images and intense soundtrack make for a truly unpleasant watch. Enjoy!

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This weeks recommendations are:

In Germany Before the War https://open.spotify.com/track/7mWh75A2C6vUi3tmB8th0W

Unpleasant Design

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture

Eden Lake, a weekend trip turned slasher nightmare where the monster is replaced with a bunch of twelve year old hooligans. Those kids are just too much! Join us as we discuss the film in detail.

This weeks unpleasant recommendations are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_the_Train

https://www.gog.com/game/bad_mojo_redux

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If you've experienced serious ailments which no doctor was able to help you with, this movie is for, or about, you! Or perhaps too close too home. Safe is a health-horror about not getting the answers you seek, while things are steadily getting worse. This is our pleasant conversation about that!

This episodes unpleasant recommendations:

Sleaford Mods - Tied up in nottz

https://open.spotify.com/album/0lYixJVrfRzhc5REZwBUgg

Suicide - Frankie Teardrop

https://open.spotify.com/album/34xZdAREdzEjiDDO7k1om3

We discuss Uli Edels 1981 film Christiane F, the true story about a young girls decent into heroin addiction. There will be spoilers.

Link to this weeks unpleasant recommendation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_(video_game)

A pleasant conversation about unpleasant movies. This is our first episode, talking about what we mean by unpleasant and throwing out some examples of the kinds of movies we will be talking about going forward. Towards the end we each tell tell about an unpleasant song as well!

links to the songs discussed:

Pretty Ugly Husband - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0DVZwzdNHA

Spinal Meningitis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3UxTNjfLCw