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Stuck in Love (2012)

“ the most important things are the hardest to say. “

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a little portrait study bcs i havent done painting in a while

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double trouble with mazikeen and eve!

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“Lauren Jauregui is art”

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I want to talk about that final scene, where the camera rests on Adèle for a long time and we watch her slowly come undone. […] What do you hope that shot leaves the audience with?

Sciamma:

Themselves.

It’s cinema, and it unveils itself as cinema. It’s a reverse shot between the two characters. And at that point, it’s not about the story anymore. It’s about you being in your seat, her being in her theater seat, and you watching. First you’re watching Héloïse, and then you’re watching Adèle Haenel performing, and then you’re watching a film ending, with room for your own love, because you connect with the journey of emotion. And you think, Oh, it’s sad, but suddenly, she lightens. She smiles. And maybe you reconsider your own past love.

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POALOF DVD Commentary Masterpost

I’m making this to post all the different parts of the DVD commentary I’m translating. I’ll update it after every new post !

Céline’s words of introduction on the DVD/Blu-ray

Céline comments the very first scene of the film

Céline talks about the boat + jumping in the water scene

Noémie talks about how her costume helped her to get into the character of Marianne

Céline explains the importance of the workshop set

Céline talks about her new challenge with the sound reconstitution

Céline talks about Sophie’s role and the creation of a new horizontal dynamic between the characters

Céline talks about the role of the countess and her horizontal relationship with Marianne

Céline on creating Marianne’s workshop and the importance of the curtain

Céline explains why and how she created the desire to see Adèle/Héloïse’s face

Céline talks about the first exchange of glances between Marianne and Héloïse

Adèle explained how she prepared for the role of Héloïse and how she perceived her character

Noémie looking like a tired kid at Christmas

The beach as the end of the world for Héloïse

Céline talks about the first time she heard Adèle’s voice as Héloïse on set

Céline talks about the first real exchange between Héloïse and Marianne and about a key sentence of the film

Céline and Adèle talk about the first scene of intimacy between Héloïse and Marianne

Marianne is the first character to burn during the piano scene

Céline commenting on one of her dreamed scenes, that was the “but i also felt your absence” scene

Céline on filming desire in the “look at me” scene

How Totoro has inspired Céline Sciamma

Originally, the “if you look at me, who do i look at” scene was the scene of the first kiss

Céline comments on Adèle’s innocence when shooting the card game scene

Céline explains the importance of the reading scene of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

Céline Sciamma and Claire Mathon talk about the bonfire scene

Céline explains the thought and making process of the first kiss scene

Céline talks about her tribute to Persona in the second kiss scene

Céline talks about the complexity of the abortion scene

Céline explains why it’s important to represent the abortion within the film

Céline and Noémie talk about their chemistry with Adèle and how the environnement created by Céline helped them

Adèle explains why filming the sex scene was something she enjoyed doing

Céline Sciamma : “we hope to democratize this method of hydratation”

Céline, Adèle and Noémie talking about the scene of conflict

Céline said they picked the most emotional take for the “forgive me” scene

Céline and her desire to talk about miniatures

Céline and Adèle talk about page 28 and the explanation behind that figure

Céline comments the mirror scene

Céline says she wrote the “don’t regret, remember” scene for the last audition of Noémie and how her chemistry with Adèle moved her

Noémie being very moved (and pale) during Adèle’s last day of shooting

Céline commenting the exhibition/ Louvre scene, which was the last scene that was shot for the film

Céline reading the script of the final scene of Portrait (+ the audio)

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OITNB Season 7 (Warning: Contains Spoilers)

So, there were a lot of strong parts of season 7. I cried more than I think I did with any other season. The writers were able to make pretty much every character someone the audience cares deeply about–and that’s oitnb at its strongest. However, when I got to the end of the season, and the final orange image showed, I personally, was very pissed off.

Alex and Piper have pretty much been a done deal since season 5. While it is understandable to scare viewers throughout the middle of the season, the last episode was designed to make viewers think Piper and Alex were going to split, right until the ending where they give you a 2 second scene telling you this is not the case. I think the viewer is supposed to feel overjoyed that Alex and Piper ended up together. Obviously Alex and Piper ending up together is a good thing, and there were some really strong moments this season where they learned how to overcome the difficulties in their relationship–but a 2 second scene of them together is all we get?? I mean, we were basically unofficially-officially promised an epilogue where we would see them living together and happy. Even if the writers didn’t want to do that–couldn’t they at least have given us a 5 or 4 or even 3 minute scene with them a the end? Piper and Alex are the biggest romantic arc on the show, Piper is the main character, we’re never going to see these characters again, and all they give us for an ending is a 2 second scene?

Larry fucking Bloom got a super long scene where he got to tell Piper who he thought she was. It was like closure for Larry was more important than closure for (arguably) the most important relationship on the show. If there’s time for Larry (and an incredibly unrealistic Luschek redemption) why isn’t there more time for the two leading ladies?

Now, on to what Orange, did well. Definitely Taystee, Cindy, and Suzanne’s plotlines. I mean, I was sobbing so hard after Pennsatucky died–but I realized it wasn’t for her (at least–mostly not for her), it was for what Taystee was going through. I felt really bad for being relieved that Tiffany died and not Taystee–because I do actually like and care about both characters. Those scenes where it seemed like Taystee was going to kill herself were so intense–and the fact that she didn’t is really empowering. That was the kind of plot twist that worked. And Taystee telling Cindy’s daughter the truth as revenge was a good plotline as well, because Cindy’s daughter needed to know the truth. Even though it wrecked things at first, I think it was a really important step in healing.

The immigration court scenes were super powerful. The pigeon was the perfect metaphor for racism–doves and pigeons are the same thing, it’s just that pigeons have more colorful feathers and a lot of people treat them like shit.

Orange didn’t shy away from shit and pain and controversial topics. Where Orange is usually strong it was strongest this season, and where Orange is usually weak, it was fairly weak this season.

Here’s how I would rate it:

Deep plotlines other than Alex and Piper: 10/10

The Cry Meter: 11/10

Doesn’t Have Too Much Larry: 3/10

Doesn’t Focus Unnecessarily on Male Redemption Instead of Focusing on More Important Female Character Arcs: 5/10

Alex and Piper flashback scenes: 1/10

Alex Vause flashback scenes: 8/10 (I’m a little conflicted about this rating because I did feel like the flashbacks showed her relationship struggles in a way that revealed new information about her character–she actually did try to help “fix” her girlfriend Sylvie, but her motivation for fixing her was probably mostly control. Alex substitutes control for intimacy. I also really liked knowing that Alex and Sylvie were sort of on a break when Alex met Piper, so she wasn’t entirely cheating on her. It also shows how Piper was different from her other girlfriends. She loved Piper, wanted to be with her–and it was about more than just control, or “fixing” someone. It’s like Alex said herself: “Piper was different.” The reason why I am conflicted about this rating though is because I feel like the show never really gave us enough of Alex’s backstory, and so to focus on scenes where some of them almost overlap with scenes we’ve already seen–it really just felt like they could have added something new as well.)

Amount of Piper screen time: 10/10 (I suspect a lot of people will disagree with this rating. Piper is my favorite character, and she’s also the main character. While I do really like hearing other storylines, I really hated how previous seasons reduced her time so much that she was barely present.)

Alex and Piper relationship development: 10/10 (This entire season every time Alex or Piper were with another person (romantically or sexually) it was just so so wrong. I’m not someone against polyamory or anything, but with Alex and Piper, seeing them with other people just showed me even more how much they are just completely meant to be together. They’re not meant to be with someone else. They’re twin flames–not soul mates. They’re not part of the same soul family, they are two halves of one soul.

Alex and Piper concluding scene: 3/10 (It needed to be longer!!)

Some closing thoughts:

I’m pretty conflicted about the Red plotline. On the one hand, it showed vividly the devastating effect that solitary confinement has on the mind. It gave a backstory to all of those older women in Florida–because it makes the viewer think about how all of them were vibrant and sharp one day, and now they have faded. On the other hand, Red is a powerful middle-aged female character that was just stripped of her power–stripped of her mind and thrown away. Her storyline was super emotional, but I can’t help but wish they had given it to Frieda instead, and allowed Red and Nicky to have a happier ending to their story.

I also have conflicting feelings about the Tiffany and Morello storylines. Both of these characters are neurodivergent, and both of them had empowering storylines that ended in tragedy. I think it would have been better if Tiffany had seemed dead but had not actually been dead–Taystee and her could have then had a deep conversation afterwards, and it would have had a similar effect on Taystee’s storyline. Morello’s storyline was about a mentally challenged woman who overcame her obsession and found love. The plot twist that she had been stalking Christopher was very powerful–I just wish they hadn’t added anything to her backstory this season. The baby dying and her reaction to the baby dying was realistic–but I do wish they had found a pathway to better health for her. The flashback scenes, in my opinion were farfetched. Morello being responsible for the death of those two people? It just didn’t feel realistic to me.

I want to feel more positively about the Alex and Piper scenes–because it was a truly powerful relationship that the show let us watch. I just can’t help but feel that for the entire series, actually, the show has been using them to lead the viewers on. We never get enough of them. They always cut us off before we get what we want out of it. While that is a good strategy for getting people to continue watching the show, it is completely unnecessary to do in the last season of the show!

The only comforting thought I can come up with is that maybe they will make a movie about Alex and Piper sometime. Then Piper can write her memoir, and we can learn what career Alex got.

If all else fails, there’s always fanfiction.