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The Surprising Spawn of Hornibastard

reverendhornibastard

Depraved Deacon of Degeneracy

Last night I watched “Samsara” with Mrs. Hornibastard and our 11-year old twins. Samsara is a non-narrative cinematographic tour de force by Ron Fricke (who also directed “Koyaanisqatsi,” another non-narrative masterpiece).

Samsara depicts a wide range of riveting images that range from the sublime to the revolting, and the fascinating to the macabre.

https://tuscl.net/photo/5585

If you haven’t seen Samsara or Koyaanisqatsi, I recommend them of them both to you.

As a teaser, there is a scene filmed in Bangkok’s Cascade Go-Go Bar in Nana Plaza that I suspect most of you will enjoy. (See if you can spot the lovely that you DON’T want to buy out of the bar!)

There are two scenes in Samsara filmed at the Thiksey Buddhist Monastery in India, one near the beginning and another near the end. Not only was my 11-year old spawn already aware of the Thiksey Monastery, he comprehended the somewhat obtuse significance of the two scenes!

I was flabbergasted!

I underestimated the young (but no longer so little) fucker. I genuinely thought he only knew or cared about MineCraft.

Now if I can just get him to remember to brush his teeth!