Somehow in the past week or so I've fallen back in love with the aesthetics and vibe of the Star Wars prequels (especially "Attack of the Clones") as well as the Old Republic games. Nothing else quite looks like them. I want to live in that world...
Well...maybe not an exact replica. I might want to change out the hues to be red-dominated...but I wouldn't need to look too far for inspiration. Another politician from the same planet indulged in this most Sith-like of color schemes. 😉
I think it might be because I went to the villa last April and it's only now truly sinking in. Yes, where Padmé got married is a real place: Villa del Balbianello. And having seen it in person I'm not sure if I could abide being married anywhere else than at that same spot.
It seems a person can get married there. It's expensive for a wedding venue, but since my dream wedding doesn't involve a crowd, that helps to keep costs down, so splurging on the venue might be more financially attainable than I'd expect.
A Cinemateca Brasileira recuperou, catalogou e digitalizou 1.785 filmes de sua coleção em nitrato de celulose, que representa a parte mais antiga e frágil do acervo. E algumas das obras, realizadas entre as décadas de 1900 e 1950, já podem ser vistas no site da instituição. É só acessar aqui: https://vivacinemateca.org.br/nitratos/
Once again it is an hour until #Monsterdon, the weekly monster movie watch party. If you want to avoid a bunch of toots about a hokey sci fi flick, block the tag.
This week features STRANGER FROM VENUS (1954), in which a bug-eyed monster tries to get Earth to turn down the bass! No, I think it's about nuclear disarmament or somesuch.
We start at 9pm eastern, and you can find the movie on Tubi or YouTube. See you there!
New drawing. A cinema I frequently visited as a child. It's pictured here as I remember it, circa December 1977/January 1978. It has long since been demolished.
Come l'anno scorso anche quest'anno ci saranno i cinema day, dal 9 giugno al 19 settembre si potrà andare al cinema spendendo 3,50€ per ogni film, anche quelli appena usciti.
Dal 9 al 13 giugno, tutti i film saranno visibili a quel prezzo, idem dal 15 al 19 settembre. Dal 15 giugno al 14 settembre invece solo i film italiani ed europei!
The Cannes Film Festival finished last Saturday. As well as new movies, glamorous red carpets and — this year — overzealous security guards, it's become known for ludicrously long standing ovations. And these aren't always indicators of a good movie — Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" had the audience on their feet for seven minutes but currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 50%. Here's a story from the Independent about the festival's longest ever ovations. Most trips to the local cinema don't make people rise to their feet and applaud, but we want to know, what's your philosophy on ovations at live events?
J'imagine que vous aurez remarqué ma passion dévorante pour Yorgos Lanthimos et son cinéma ? Et bien, le monsieur est aussi photographe, et sur son dernier film, il a pris beaucoup de photos qui sortent... en livre. Je ne peux que vous inciter à aller là :
"I’ve been thinking, lately, about the theme of 'American presidents who commit felonies.' I don’t know why; it’s just been on my mind recently for some reason," writes Crime Reads' Olivia Rutigliano. She's created this list of fictional presidents from TV and and film who've committed felonies, including President Fitz from "Scandal," President Frank Underwood from "House of Cards," and more. "As I just said, these are fictional examples, so if some real guy who was elected the President of the United States of America committed anything equivalent to these things in real life, it’d be way, way worse," Rutigliano concludes.