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A really influential collaboration for me is Michael Clark and Charles Atlas. Michael Clark is a choreographer who merges punk music, fashion and formal dance in a flamboyant, yet technical style. Charles Atlas gives a frame to the performances. I find myself craving the guided gaze of cinema in live performances, but it can be hard to conceive of when the cut should be and where the camera should be. I’ve seen performance best documented in the silent comedies of Buster Keaton and in the camera work of Charles Atlas.
Jan 18, 2024
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actors generally don’t know how to use their bodies anymore, just their faces. Chaning is different.
Nobody moves like this guy, he’s like sexy buster keaton and his dance friends are like the sexy three stooges. in addition to its many artistic merits, this film is also the best depiction of the low key but oft-ignored homoeroticism that permeates male friendships
Dec 18, 2023
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Changed my life and how I saw film as a medium and the act of vision itself.if youre lucky and live in nyc always check anthology for screenings cause you won’t want to miss his work screened on film. Youtube has a bunch of his work I linked to one of my favs.
Feb 4, 2024
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In the last few months I have watched all of his films and read his book. While I have been obsessed with other artists, this has been my most intense and committed deep dive. I was first introduced to him through his more structured works (The Beach Bum and Mr. Lonely) then I started to unpack his more perverse and experimental projects. I found many of his films unbearable upon first watch (KIDS, Trash Humpers, Baby Invasion) but even then there is always a strong statement behind what he creates and these pieces proved to be constantly on my mind. One of the interesting aspects of his method is the fact that the harder something is to watch, the more it has an impact on you. He is more interested in creating viscerally poignant works than following the traditional conventions of cinema, and he has stated that he believes art to be perfect in the fact that it simply exists. What Harmony was able to create with Gummo is an amazingly unique directorial debut, and all of his projects since are impressively committed to his style and artistic vision. None of his works appeal to everyone, but none of his works necessarily seek to. Harmony Korine is a man that dropped out of NYU to skateboard and make movies. The more I have sought to understand what he creates, the more he has become an artist that I deeply respect.
May 19, 2025
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I would never tell a lie.
Jan 18, 2024
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The Sacred Idol is a gorgeously cinematic soundtrack that was made for a movie that was never released. It’s mysterious and fantastical. It transports you to some other imaginary dimension. I suggest you avoid looking at pictures of Les Baxter as this may ruin the music for you. The genre of exotica is kinda fucked up mashing up disperate cultures of South America, Africa, the Southeast Asia and the Levant without having any knowledge of the cultures. I’m half Peruvian-half Lebanese, so I too am a mashup of disparate cultures. There must be some metaphor within exotica for people like me. Growing up 1st gen American never feeling fully connected to either of my ethnicities and maybe I relate to this pictorial version of “exotic” cultures.
Jan 18, 2024
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Absolutely perfect roller fragrance by SC103. I am so lucky to have received this as a gift from Sophie. Every single person who has ever hugged me while wearing it has asked me what it is. I think it was sold out for a while but the website says it will be back in stock in January, lucky for you.
Jan 18, 2024