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About me!

Name: Clau

Home: PR

Pronouns: she/her

Zodiac sign/MBTI: Cancer and INFP

Hobbies: dance, reading, watching films, learning about fashion, trying to learn french, MUSIC!

Likes: chocolate, cats, the ocean, the color red

Dislikes: the current socio-political climate of the world :(

Fav musicians: The Sundays, Charli XCX, KARA, f(x), David Bowie, Cornelius, NEWJEANS, Tchaikovsky, Björk

Letterboxd top 4: Cecil B. Demented, Kamikaze Girls, The Dream Songs, Do the Right Thing

Fav books: Don Quixote, The Secret History, Madonna in a Fur Coat, Frankenstein, Katalin Street, A Month in the Country

One of my fav artworks:

Videogames I like: Sims 2, Bayonetta, Hades, Harry Potter LEGO, the Style Savvy series <3

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Le Vourdalak (2023)

Genius, genius, GENIUS idea to make the vampire patriarch a puppet (props to the director, Adrien Beau, for voicing him as well)! So surprised I hadn't heard about this film until now. It has such a strong atmosphere and a grainy, luminous quality to it. I couldn't believe this was released in 2023 😭 it's gorgeous (a quality many contemporary films seem to lack greatly) and that this was the director's first feature film. Recommend this to horror fans, vampire fans, and Egger's Nosferatu fans.

Fun fact: Beau worked under Galliano and Dior before becoming a filmmaker. I learned this after watching the film, but now it makes a ton of sense regarding some of the costuming choices.

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For the fans of Disco Elysium

I highly recommend playing Pentiment! Like DE, it's a story about investigating a murder by interviewing witnesses and finding evidence. EXCEPT, it's set in 16th century Bavaria and you're playing as a wandering artist. It has a lot of the same themes as DE like internal turmoil, class war, spirituality/faith, and imperfect protagonists. A bonus, also, is that it isn't as dense as DE, and dialogue lines are limited to about a sentence. Please give it a chance! The storyline is quite beautiful.

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Ink Artwork by Endre Penovác

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THE MOVEMENT!

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Sleeping Portraits

Sleeping/death in painting is one of my favorite themes, alongside ocean paintings.

Flaming June and The Young Martyr

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José David Morales

I really enjoy his illustrations, particularly his cats.

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Double feature

Amazing double feature, just trust me

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Maybe it's just cause they're two male music duos, but I would have liked to see a collab between m-flo and daft punk.

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Comment sections and review sections

Pirated manhwa sites' comment section and Letterboxd review sections are spiritually one and the same.

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1940s Hipsters

Another aspect of African American culture diluted and co-opted by white people: hipster to beatnik to 90s through the present-day idea of a hipster (loosely speaking).

There are a couple of examples out there of the cool suits these hipsters used to wear. In general, the silhouettes really remind me of the baggier style of 80s suits and, of course, David Byrne's iconic exaggeratedly oversized suit.

For more reading, please do your own research since I'm not extremely familiar with this topic, but here's an article that helped me:

What Is the History of Hipster Culture? | TheCollector

The history of hipster culture traces a trajectory from radical 1940s counterculture to the rise of contemporary niche consumer culture.

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The carnivalesque

Social events like Halloween and Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián are so important to keep up with and maintain as spaces of social liberation and community organization. AKA, I love parties, and please let's never stop having them. And I also hate Trunk or Treat. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

What carnivalesque celebrations do your cultures or countries hold?

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Elke Maravilha: German-Brazilian model, actress, and tv personality. (wikipedia)

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David Bowie's Heroes seems like a perfect fit for Disco Elysium. Lyrics down below:

I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can beat them just for one day We can be heroes just for one day

And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact Yes, we're lovers, and that is that

Though nothing will keep us together We could steal time just for one day We can be heroes forever and ever What d'you say?

I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day

I, I will be king And you, you will be queen Though nothing will drive them away We can be heroes, just for one day We can be us just for one day

I, I can remember (I remember) Standing by the wall (By the wall) And the guns shot above our heads (Over our heads) And we kissed as though nothing could fall (Nothing could fall)

And the shame was on the other side Oh, we can beat them forever and ever Then we could be heroes just for one day

We can be heroes We can be heroes We can be heroes just for one day We can be heroes

We're nothing, and nothing will help us Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay But we could be safer just for one day Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, just for one day

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For some reason, I heavily associate Rave Macbeth (yes, Macbeth set in a German rave) with Ray of Light. But, anyway, this is a phenomenal playlist for when you want to feel quicker than a ray of light.

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My favorite i-D cover

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Bride's Toilet/Preparing the Bride (1950-1952)

By: Srimati, Y.G.

Medium: Watercolor on paper

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Midi Sur L’eau, 1914 George Barbier

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This actually reminds me of that one scene in The Little Mermaid with Kiss the Girl