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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), a German lesbian romance from one of Germany’s most renowned filmmakers, Rainer Fassbinder. Somehow, we have not watched any of his work until now. It follows a rich, middle-aged, self-absorbed fashion designer (the eponymous Petra von Kant) who becomes infatuated with a much younger would-be model. Drama ensues as their relationship escalates and puts a strain on Petra’s career. Somehow, we have never watched any Fassbinder films until now; this is considered one of his best, so let’s check it out.

After that is How to Train Your Dragon (2025), the new live-action remake of Dreamwork’s 2010 animated feature about a Viking boy from a clan that seeks to exterminate all dragons. Uh-oh, he befriends a baby dragon himself, and has to keep his new interspecies friendship a secret from his disapproving father. Reviews for this assure me that it is better than the live-action Disney remakes. Director is Dean DeBlois, who also helmed the original version, as well as the original Lilo & Stitch (2002). Okay, reviewers, we’ll give this one a chance. A good-quality camrip just appeared, so we will be watching that.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

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CWs for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant:

  • Domestic violence.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Age-gap romance.
  • Sex.
  • Smoking.
  • Objectification of female characters.

CWs for How to Train Your Dragon:

  • Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
  • Child abandonment.
  • Abusive parents.
  • Abused person forgives their abuser.
  • Child abuse.
  • Death of animal.
  • Cruelty to animals.
  • Animal corpses.
  • Sad animals.
  • Death of dragon.
  • Snakes.
  • Someone is held underwater.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Cannibalism.
  • Amputation.
  • Unconsciousness.
  • Broken bones.
  • Death of non-human.
  • Kidnapping.
  • Jump scares.
  • Natural bodies of water.
  • Trypophobia.
  • Vomiting.
  • Someone is eaten alive.
  • Spitting.
  • Incarceration.
  • Underwater scenes.
  • Sudden loud noises.
  • Screaming.
  • Someone is watched without their knowledge.
  • Fat jokes.
  • Discussion of religion.

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