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My new account is jetsilver@ohai.social.
@tiamat271 I have so much love for this movie. I don't understand why it's less popular than "Mary Poppins", because truly it's so much cooler.
I mean- how badass is Eglantine? Here she is, a woman living on her own in the WW2 era like.... taking witchcraft lessons and totally excelling at them, riding around on a motorcycle that runs on some kind of experimental fuel she mixes up herself, growing her own food, using her magic skills to defeat Nazis. She is GOALS.
This is just a heads-up to anyone following me that I've always intended to move to a smaller instance and will probably be moving house to ohai.social pretty soon. If you get unfollowed in the coming days, that's the reason, and hopefully it's temporary. If it isn't rest assured I will eventually refollow you.
If you want to go ahead and follow jetsilver@ohai.social that's fine too, I've unlocked follows to make that easier. Still mainly posting/boosting from this one atm.
@GayDeceiver @Stoned_Deva_ I was about to say that. I'm in TX. It's a Jesus one. It's also a Jesus one when berating a service worker.
I have a lot of thoughts about "Theatre of Blood". I'll stick to noting two major elements most critics missed because they were looking through a dismissive framing.
The class warfare elements went *whoosh* over most of their heads.
There are layers on layers. Edward Lionheart performing for an appreciative audience of derelicts and misfits in an abandoned theater is a poignant, poetic example that got missed by most critics too.
July 2nd- Someone flying
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Apprentice witch Eglantine (Angela Lansbury) on her way to help defend Britain from a Nazi invasion.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmMastodon
July 1- Someone tells a joke
Fargo (1996)
Written and Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
"Say Lou, didya hear the one about the guy who couldn't afford personalized plates, so he went and changed his name to J3L2404?"
@HannahHowe I'm curious about how great the crossover is between those who loved the Roald Dahl books growing up and those who love this movie. I read and reread these books as a child and did not see the movie until adulthood. I was SERIOUSLY disappointed with this -as an adaptation- and really don't like it. The Tim Burton version (while I do have a few bones to pick with it) was a lot more faithful.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmMastodon
June 29- Handshake
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Directed by Robert Florey and Joseph Stanley
"The Cocoanuts", an adaptation of the George S. Kaufman musical, was the Marx Brothers' first sound film and is usually referred to as the first Marx Brothers movie (there was also an unreleased 1921 short, "Humor Risk", that is considered lost).
It's stagey/creaky in the way early sound films tend to be but it's still very funny.
My first time playing #ThursdayFiveList!
This week's list is #TheVoice
Joe Jones- You Talk Too Much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Eckp2EK58
Dave Edmunds- Girls Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4TzjRFfsJs
Marvin Gaye- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_PxgSQ9Vf4
Ronnie Spector- She Talks to Rainbows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dakf_hePDss
The Beatles- And Your Bird Can Sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOUlbredoUM
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmMastodon
June 28- Car Crash in Film
The French Connection (1971)
Directed by William Friedkin
Fans of the movie will already know this but the collision in the picture below was an unplanned one. Many of the near-misses in this sequence were too.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmMastodon
June 27- Someone proposes marriage
Funny Girl (1968)
Directed by William Wyler
"Where I come from, when two people... well, sort of love each other... oh, never mind."
"Well? What do they do when they 'sort of love each other'?"
"Oh one of them says, 'Why don't we get married?'"
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, and sometimes it's even the man."
#BarbaraStreisand #OmarSharif #WilliamWyler #Musicals #ClassicHollywood
@HannahHowe @cassandracorvid I've discovered the TV show streaming and it's really fun and stylish. I'm not really sure why it only lasted one season. Perhaps American TV audiences of the time weren't quite ready for this character.
@FilmNoirPosters Thanks for getting that onto my radar, it looks very intriguing.
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
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June 26- Someone named Sarah
Imitation of Life (1959)
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Juanita Moore (right) as Annie and Susan Kohner (left) as Sarah Jane, whose attempts to pass for white and rejection of her darker-skinned mother cause conflict and eventually, tragedy.
#ImitationOfLife #JuanitaMoore #SusanKohner #DouglasSirk #ClassicHollywood
@denton_alerts For whatever reason, this didn't grab the full message. Text from the full message is as follows:
"Keep Calm & Make a Plan to Stay Cool!
A Heat Advisory continues until tomorrow w/ temperatures up to 105 & heat indices up to 110. Expect triple digit temperatures to continue! 🥵
Follow the link to find cooling centers in Denton County: https://dentoncounty.gov/1738/Cooling-Centers"
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
#FilmChallenge
June 23rd- Typewriter used in movie
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Directed by Billy Wilder
Joe Gillis (William Holden) types away in Norma Desmond's decaying mansion, valiantly attempting to make something of the rambling, bizarre screenplay she has hired him to help her with.
#BillyWilder #WilliamHolden #SunsetBoulevard #ClassicHollywood
Gil Scott Heron- "Winter in America"
Belle and Sebastian- "The Fox in the Snow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSI1idOUzM
#JukeboxFridayNight
Theme- #MidwinterTunes
#BelleAndSebastian