Sentences with phrase «not about nostalgia»

I guess that's one of the things that makes them different from photographs, in that a photograph might be a record, a snap, one moment — a painting I think is about creating a small world around that photo... I really like that idea of something that you can enter like a box or an exhibition space, and enter these little rooms which for me are memories, but it's not about nostalgia — it's more about setting up something that's still living — so it's almost they're all in the present, rather than in the past.»

It's not about nostalgia.

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It doesn't just make us feel happy about the past; nostalgia actually makes us less fearful about the future.

But some listeners can't forget that America wasn't always all about freedom for some people and talking about the past in a way that ignores those experiences comes across like cluelessness at best or nostalgia for the political marginalization of nonwhites at worst.

Don't be so smug about nostalgia for the past.

So many questions, but we don't get to choose the word of the year (The runner - up is «nostalgia» which also seems just about as old as time itself, but at least it's entered sort of a boom season, so that makes a little more sense).

Unlike Kirk, Maritain was not willing to embrace social laissez - faire in the political realm, and he was resolutely opposed to mere nostalgia about some supposedly more humane premodern era.

Murray told EW, «What I have found by bringing these characters back is that it's not so much about nostalgia, but a sense that they still feel relevant and fresh to me, and after 20 years, they can't wait to comment on modern life in the 21st century.

I'm really not picky about it and will try anything from vegetarian to all - meat, or a nice all - day crockpot chili to something quick in a can (that one's more nostalgia than anything, though).

I could go on and on and on about all my memories full of deliciousness but I won't bore you with my nostalgia.

I recently remembered about that breakfast, not without some nostalgia, and decided to elaborate on the original recipe.

You say your a fan since the 70s then we've both seen other managers at the club players come and go and so do managers don't get caught up in nostalgia this is about Arsenal not Arsene and if you watch the team like you claim then you'd see we're miles off the top teams and miles off winning the premier league, we have regressed and if you think by winning the fa cup is progressing your easily pleased!

I didn't grow up with that and so I don't feel the same nostalgia as you do about cupcakes in school.

Mike Atherton seems have developed into a proper columnist and sports writer, and while his column may the type of wise after the event piece you have in mind and are warning about, I think it was well judged and that the centre - left doesn't need to go into «jumpers for goalposts» nostalgia to strongly agree with this.

LaValva told me it's not simply about nostalgia.

Along with worrying about your own personal matters, you're now dwelling on whether or not your high school crush is actually single and how the newest hair trend is what you were forced to wear in the 90s (oh nostalgia).

I got the Wind Waker HD box set and Super Mario 3D world for Christmas, and both are not only incredible in their own right, they also represent everything that is good and exciting about the Wii U. Super Mario 3D world is hands down better than any of the «New» Mario side scroller series; mixing genuine ingenuity with the perfect degree of nostalgia and family fun.

Nobody could argue that Mark Pellington's «Nostalgia» isn't clear about the nature of its concern.

April 18, 2012 • Recent efforts to peg a «nostalgia cycle» of a particular length miss the point: it's not about where you're going, it's about getting away.

If you're over the nostalgia that the prequel inspired, and don't give a rat's ass about poor Daisy's plight, leave this turd for those who don't know better.

Whether it's adherence to Ms. Barber's facts (whose faithfully - told story can be read here) or an overreliance on period nostalgia (which surprisingly keeps pop culture out of sight), something about this didn't resonate for me quite as it did for many viewers and award voters.

While moments, particularly the resolution to that seemingly throwaway subplot about the dead friend, can be moving despite their dissonance (a Farrelly hallmark), they're always cursory to the central duo, who are unrepentant in their squandering of years on foolish pranks, openly hostile towards reflections of their age (e.g., Fraida), and insulated from harsh reality by not only their wilful ignorance, but a perpetual fog of nostalgia as well.

There's a poeticism to some of Cody's writing that may go unnoticed if you don't already know where the film is headed, thematically — which is maybe an accidental irony, that this movie partly about nostalgia should be that much more affecting in a revisiting.

Regardless, nostalgia is not the reason to check out this action flick, which is all about the death - defying stunts designed to have you scratching your head while wondering, «How the heck did they do that?»

Despite all of the amazing things about Breath of the Wild, I think its greatest strength is that it doesn't rely solely on nostalgia.

Most people probably won't mind Lost Sphear's nostalgia tinted approach to game design, but there's surprisingly little to write home about.

On the contrary, Truffaut publicly defended both his on - screen character and the film he was making, «claiming a nostalgia for films that are not afraid to tell a story and that have no qualms about being melodramatic» (1).

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Porco Rosso isn't a simple if - pigs - had - wings fantasy: It also contains political wit, old Hollywood nostalgia (especially for the derring - do of Errol Flynn) and a sad wisdom about flying too high.

I really don't get all the fuzz about this flick: it's a pure hollywoodish cliched fell good / nostalgia movie with a seductive soundtrack.

Indeed, for all of Assayas's personal attachment to this material, Something in the Air isn't significantly more illuminating about the period than something like Almost Famous, which uses the titular song to roughly the same effect, evincing the same impossible nostalgia for a time when everyone was supposedly moving together on one big bus, so to speak.

Pee - wee Herman himself, Paul Reubens, has been taunting us with news about the upcoming Pee - wee movie almost habitually, but now he's not the only source of nostalgia - fueled torment.

As much as Before Sunrise was about a blossoming romance, Before Sunset is about a romance that might or might not be over, that's still looking back at a moment frozen in time, and is full of nostalgia, pain and regret.

You could say the same thing about nostalgia, whether it's the kind of»80s name - checking that Spielberg and Cline are doing in «Ready Player One» or the kind that politicians and advertisers do when they encourage their audiences to remember the good ole days - comforting if you don't think too hard and, as corporations and film studios well know, monetizable.

Steven, on the nostalgia of the movie: «The movie isn't really about nostalgia.

I feel a little guilty about those movies not making my top ten, but they would have definitely been bumped down the list by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a film that managed to balance nostalgia with the excitement and quality of a new film franchise, and gave me that ultimate feeling of why we all go to the movies.

Even though she hasn't been inside another bookshop in years, Davenport lamented the closing of a nearby branch of the Barnes and Noble book superstore, a nostalgia that says something about how much has changed in the trade.

* sigh * I probably wouldn't like the books anymore, but I'm getting a hell of a nostalgia kick talking about it.

Now I'm back in my home base of Perth, Western Australia, sweltering in early summer heat and reading with interest, delight and not a little nostalgia the various posts attendees are writing about their UnCon experience.

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I wouldn't call the KEYone a nostalgia device - it's much more than that, but there is a nostalgia factor that does feel compelling and very in right now so I wouldn't be surprised to see first time BlackBerry users on the KEYone simply because it's so distinctly different in an era where smartphones have mainly been about sameness.

We all know about misery memoir, chick - lit, sick lit, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, dystopian romance, nostalgia fiction, new adult, adult, space opera etc etc and that amorphous beast we just call «literature», into which falls any book we like but we can't really pair with an obvious partner.

I have only played about 5 minutes of the original DKC (and none of the sequels) so it's not nostalgia.

The new characters don't really impress me though, probably because Street Fighter has always been about nostalgia for me personally.

I got the Wind Waker HD box set and Super Mario 3D world for Christmas, and both are not only incredible in their own right, they also represent everything that is good and exciting about the Wii U. Super Mario 3D world is hands down better than any of the «New» Mario side scroller series; mixing genuine ingenuity with the perfect degree of nostalgia and family fun.

Seeing the animated series again not only brings about a wave of nostalgia, but it also reminds me of the Batman video games out there.

that they don't end up making you remember what you hated about the halcyon 8 - bit days (hey, nostalgia covers over a multitude of sins).

And I'm not talking about the Green Hill Zone checkered ground and whatnot giving me nostalgia.

And its a bit ironic because since Dissidia NT (which I could screech about for hours based simply on nostalgia) came out I've been grinding through all of the FFs to refresh my mind and only adding to the love of them.

I'd rather have a better game than pander to people who haven't given a damn about Sonic and have probably sworn off him for years now so they can have some nostalgia for the design when it should be the GAMEPLAY that's supposed to give them nostalgia.