dan watches anime

really, whatever my brain is fixated on in the current moment. he/him

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they’re the same picture

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Two movies with a father who forces his sons to deal with the effects of his own grief, you say??

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“So Hiro's not actually here at all. He's in a computer-generated universe that his computer is drawing onto his goggles and pumping into his earphones. In the lingo, this imaginary place is known as the Metaverse. Hiro spends a lot of time in the Metaverse. It beats the shit out of the U-Stor-It.”

— Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)

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Have a very merry Tony Leung Christmas 🎄

(via Carina Lau’s Instagram)

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“Lord, save little children. You'd think the world would be ashamed to name such a day as Christmas for one of them and then go on in the same old way. My soul is humble when I see the way little ones accept their lot. Lord, save little children. The wind blows and the rain's a-cold. Yet they abide...They abide and they endure.” — Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper in The Night of the Hunter

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Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter (directed by Charles Laughton)

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I am here once again to remind you that Robby the Robot is a STAR 🌟

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“All my life I’ve felt I was in two places at the same time. Here and somewhere else”

(The Double Life of Veronique, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski)

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Hayao Miyazaki, Il ragazzo e l'airone. Art by Loputyn

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Rain in Memories of Murder (dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2003)

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studio ghibli movies must have:

old ladies

cool lesbian aunt

gorgeous forest/garden

little guys

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Waterscapes in The Boy and The Heron (君たちはどう生きるか , How Do You Live?) | dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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The significance of plot without conflict

In the West, plot is commonly thought to revolve around conflict: a confrontation between two or more elements, in which one ultimately dominates the other. The standard three- and five-act plot structures–which permeate Western media–have conflict written into their very foundations. A “problem” appears near the end of the first act; and, in the second act, the conflict generated by this problem takes center stage. Conflict is used to create reader involvement even by many post-modern writers, whose work otherwise defies traditional structure.

The necessity of conflict is preached as a kind of dogma by contemporary writers’ workshops and Internet “guides” to writing. A plot without conflict is considered dull; some even go so far as to call it impossible. This has influenced not only fiction, but writing in general–arguably even philosophy. Yet, is there any truth to this belief? Does plot necessarily hinge on conflict? No. Such claims are a product of the West’s insularity. For countless centuries, Chinese and Japanese writers have used a plot structure that does not have conflict “built in”, so to speak. Rather, it relies on exposition and contrast to generate interest. This structure is known as kishōtenketsu.

Keep reading

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all hail the Dorito gladiator pit 🫡 (Dune: Part Two)

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May December is definitely not a comedy but… its screenplay does dedicate four lines to *checks notes* nasty little caterpillars following that scene.

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Todd Haynes

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I can’t stop thinking about May December (dir. Todd Haynes, screenplay by Samy Burch) because of bits like these.

Like her arrangement, Gracie is tight and organized. She’s constructed a naive reality, carefully guarded, where she’s done nothing wrong. Cracks in her meticulously crafted world threaten to open the horror of introspection.

Yet, Elizabeth is lost in the breezy moment. She acts how she pleases without care for appearances. In a way, Elizabeth is living out Gracie’s desires as if it was 1992 again.

Is Elizabeth playing a role? How much of Elizabeth’s “performance” actually research for her film vs. her being herself? Is there actually a line? Is she an expression of Gracie’s repressed thoughts?

There are no easy answers. Such an interesting film.