#the daniels

[gumbiedots]

the farting corpse movie is haunting my mind again

(Swiss Army Man. Directed by the Daniels, 2016.)

[xkrishnax]

[iwtv-az-hours]

dead deceased no longer living perished sniffing flowers from below

[gongju6649]

An Ode to 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' by David Gate

[luckyguyy]

I’m obsessed with this image

[theorbdotcom]

okay it’s swiss army man’s ninth birthday and i need somewhere to gush about this movie because people irl think im insane when i say i love the daniel radcliffe bloated farting corpse movie.

it sounds strange for me to call it a straightforward, earnest love letter to vulnerability, humanity, and art, but that’s what it is!

i think the vulnerability and humanity talk has mostly already been had, those ideas are super clear in the movie, i don’t think anyone with any media analysis skills needs me to explain the themes of the movie, we all understand how it’s about shame, isolation, queerness, confronting taboo, love, self acceptance, healing familial trauma, etc. but i haven’t seen much talk about how much the daniels (screenwriters and directors of swiss army man and everything everywhere all at once) love the Art of it all.

it’s almost like their creative journey embodies the themes of their films? they create insane shit with so much joy and fun and silliness baked into it as an absurdist act of defiance against nihilistic depression and social judgment and all the other things their movies hate. the act of making the movie is in support of the movies thesis. and both their movies are in love with Movies. half of everything everywhere feels like a direct reference to some famous movie, and one of the happiest moments in swiss army man is hank recreating famous movies for manny (montage my beloved)

but the thing i wanna talk about most is the music in swiss army man. the way it blends diagetic singing from hank and manny into the gorgeous acapella score by robert mcdowell and andy hull of the manchester orchestra, along with non diagetic vocals from paul dano and daniel radcliffe. you have to watch the movie to know what i’m talking about but it really is so captivating from the very first scene throughout the whole film. radcliffe’s voice isn’t heard on the score at all until his character begins speaking. don’t get me started on the melodic motifs and how they build and carry you through the movie. as the film goes on and the characters develop and learn to communicate, the lyrics get more complicated

e.g. hanks cave ballad at the start of the movie vs river rocket later on

i don’t really have a point, i just watched this movie four times in like a month and its taken up too much of my brain space ever since. it’s simple and earnest and lonely and gross and i like it a lot. if you can get past the fart jokes i think most people will like it as well. if you can’t get past the fart jokes then listen to the soundtrack at least and let me show you scenes from it

[cookiecrumbconundrum]

it is all our first time here || on family and growth

recently have been having a lot of difficult and challenging conversations with my family that have actually led to some change. it's not perfect but it's getting better. and that is really so much better than me having given up on our relationship. we can and will improve. they are trying to listen.

right now, gracie abrams | repose, john singer sargent | been a son, nirvana | maria a guzman capron| @/winchesterwhorehouse | musubu hagi | the book of images, rainer maria rilke | ladybird, greta gerwig | aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, benjamin alire sáenz | your best american girl, mitski | 誰も知らない (nobody knows), hirokazu kore-eda | everything, everywhere all at once, the daniels | vita nova, louise gluck | the kitchen table series, carrie mae weems | e.a. bucchianeri | lecture: critical thinking at the new school, bell hooks & chirlane mccray | night sky with exit wounds, ocean vuong | everything, everywhere all at once, the daniels