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They/He • Bog Creature • Analog Hiss Enjoyer

[heylsgowt]

[a-h-mad-hish-deactivated2026080]

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”

Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

[metamorphesque]

"War and Peace", Leo Tolstoy (translated by Constance Garnett)

[uspiria]

Italian lobby cards for Inferno, 1980.

[slut-jpeg]

snoopy image of the day

[elephantlovemedleys]

marie france pisier, isabelle adjani, and isabelle huppert behind the scenes as charlotte, emily, and anne brontë for les soeurs brontë (1979)

[ronmerchant]

Ray 'Crash' Corrigan (right) and buddy- UNKNOWN ISLAND (1948)

[cassette-static]

Way too many Latinos proudly wearing their Scream/Ghostface merch this weekend given what happened. We need to be better.

[cassette-static]

Been seeing a lot of Bugonia takes (presumably because the Oscars are in two weeks) and I think there are way too many bad faith readings about the ending.

** OBVIOUS SPOILERS **

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So, the film ends by revealing Emma Stone was an alien the entire time and Jesse Plemmons' paranoia was correct. After something (we never learn what) causes his bomb vest to go off and kill him, and Emma Stone is spared, Stone teleports back to her spaceship and she concludes with other alien comrades that humanity (which turns out was their project) is not worthy of living seeing how they treat one another. She pops some kind of bubble that functions as a literal kill switch and kills off all of humanity on Earth.

The films concludes with a montage of people collapsed across the globe while Marlene Dietrich's rendition of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" plays. Framed in these shots are beautiful images of nature, animals walking around, and eventually the sounds of birds slowly entering the soundtrack after the song concludes. It was mentioned earlier that birds would return to repopulate areas they initially left if they felt it was safe (or something like that).

The film does end on a very sad note of humanity dying. But I don't think Lathimos actually wants humanity to be exterminated because for that to happen would mean an actual eradication of every living thing, including nature. Rather, (I think) it's trying to show is how much humanity has destroyed the land they live on and how much beauty could come back if just the smallest effort was put in place. It's trying to be hopeful by exaggerating the circumstances but actually saying, "Look, this is what we could have if we stopped fucking around so much." and I think that's actually kinda nice.

A film isn't real life. It's okay to be a little pessimistic if the message is for a potentially good reason. But on another day I could contradict this message so maybe don't listen to me.

[erumelde]

[boofinator]

Misc.

[shihlun]

季刊フィルム Film Quarterly

1968-1972

表紙：粟津潔 Kiyoshi Awazu

[horror-aesthete]

The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935, dir. James Whale

[ronmerchant]

FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER (1965) and CURSE OF THE VOODOO (1965)

[oldspice]

After all the romancing is done, celebrate Valentine’s weekend the Old Spice way with free Xbox Gold and this avatar.

[likeheaven]

What the hell

[fruitblr]

Boogie Nights (1997) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

[yoshidinosaur]

Santa got me a kart for Christmas. I am so happy. I am going to ride my new kart.

[yoshidinosaur]

I drove to the castle. Peach drove behind me to the castle. Peach wanted to make sure I was safe. Peach took a picture of me driving to the castle. But dropped the camera. She is very clumsy and funny! I am happy to be at the castle with Peach.

[yoshidinosaur]

I drove my kart all day. I had a lot of fun. I got lots of practice driving my kart. I played so much and I got tired. I am going to sleep. I had lots of fun today.