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I think these look sick. There’s no way Charlie Chaplin actually wanted his movies to look the way that they did. If it existed at the time, he would have loved that insane “motion flow” setting that your parents keep activated on their TV.
Mar 15, 2022
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Any golden age Hollywood picture will work but this one has a 17-minute ballet spectacular in the middle of it so it’s extra special.
Feb 25, 2025
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This movie rocks. You could actually watch it on mute and just observe the rich color palette and cinematography but then you'd be missing out on Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Birkin's dreamy accents and also the scene at the end where The Yardbirds play noisy rock to a room of stoic 1960's Brits. Also the wardrobe is amazing, people were really dressing back then.
Aug 8, 2024
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Like 1950s and 60s. There are very few awkward moments you have to sit through and there are several excellent ones to pick from! Try anything by Powell and pressburger or billy wilder!
Dec 29, 2024
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It’s very important for you to know that I have no taste when it comes to clothing, but a generic, black, pullover hoodie should be in every photographer’s toolkit. It has a ton of utility: it can be a napkin, a drop cloth, a pillow for when you need to take a break. I can’t be worried about what I look like when I’m out taking pictures, and a black hoodie rarely looks stained. Long story short: I need to be wearing clothes that, if I fell into a huge puddle, I wouldn’t care. I’d just throw it in the trash and keep on moving.
Mar 15, 2022
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A great book about the birth of Los Angeles based around the intertwining portraits of engineer William Mulholland, director DW Griffith, and evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. It presents the city as founded upon myth, greed, and man’s desire to conquer nature- which I think fits into the narrative of just about any metropolis in the USA. In New York City, we have a tendency to write off LA as some kind of self-indulgent city of cars and convenience, but there’s a part of me that thinks that LA’s image is far more honest than NYC’s: it more nakedly illustrates our innate desire as humans to exploit the Earth and each other to claim what we think we deserve as individuals. It’s a true illustration of the “every man for himself” brand of American ambition, and, in my opinion, New York is exactly the same, but we’re just a bit better at hiding it.
Mar 15, 2022
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My girlfriend Elena made me join this App and now I’m hooked. Every day, you’re given a random 2 minute window to snap a photo with both the front and back camera on your phone simultaneously, and you’re only allowed to see your feed if you do so.You have to think on your feet, and the results are often amazingly banal. It’s a lot of photos of blurry countertops, boring landscapes, and your friends working at their computers. The imagery feels straight out of boomer Facebook posts.
Mar 15, 2022