I 100% recommend @pierrenovellie.bsky.social's book Why Can't I Enjoy Things? - hands down the best first person book on autism I've read. Obviously everyone's experience is different so I also echo others' advice to just talk to other ND folk about their experience and realise you're not alone!

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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
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Thanks for the tip re Melancholy and Werckmeister: I've bumped them up the list...

I've added "War and War" and "The Melancholy of Resistance" to my list of books to read. Might take a beat before the next Tarr though. I may rewatch a Tsai Ming-Liang 'slow cinema' film again beforehand perhaps: sometimes mordant but a degree less bleak...

I was seeing this for a second time (after almost 50 years...) and, from my memory of it, had modest expectations but - with the benefit of subtitles now, and time - enjoyed it very much. I think I have to give the palm to 'Chinatown' but this was fun.

I have advised the friendly police officer that OCDA's initial decision to impede the policing does not seem in line with its own guidelines
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