February 2012
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January 2012
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WatchI think fate led me to this woman’s work today. Beautiful.
celiarowlsonhall:
They travel by carousel, large lakes are their wishing wells, and they perform with gusto to empty theater houses.
December 2011
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“Well, I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the...”
– Ani DiFranco
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“Watching the film, I felt I was in at the dawn of a new era of movie animation,...”
– Roger Ebert (upon seeing “Toy Story” for the first time in 1995)
November 2011
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Watch
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Watch… nice work.
October 2011
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Notes on a Dream
I dreamed about you last night....
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“Everyone is a fuckin’ Napoleon.”
– Ani DiFranco (“Napoleon”)
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"Incendies"
I’m watching this French film called “Incendies” and I just needed to document the moment I just experienced… the daughter leaves Canada to visit her late mother’s old village somewhere in the Middle East. She tries to converse with the women there and, seconds later, finds herself at the heart of a heated argument in a language she doesn’t even understand. I...
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“My only nightmare is waking up alone in a world where you’re not mine, in...”
– Frank Ocean (“Back to You”)
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“ALL writing is disciplined. But, SCREENWRITING is a drill sergeant.”
– Robert McKee (“Story”)
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David Mamet's Memo to the Writers of "The Unit"
“TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT
GREETINGS.
AS WE LEARN HOW TO WRITE THIS SHOW, A RECURRING PROBLEM BECOMES CLEAR.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS: TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DRAMA AND NON-DRAMA. LET ME BREAK-IT-DOWN-NOW.
EVERYONE IN CREATION IS SCREAMING AT US TO MAKE THE SHOW CLEAR. WE ARE TASKED WITH, IT SEEMS, CRAMMING A SHITLOAD OF INFORMATION INTO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
OUR FRIENDS. THE PENGUINS,...
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“because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of...”
– Steve Jobs (via frankocean)
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WatchI just thought this actress, Elsa May Averill, was so beautiful and talented in this short film.
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Watch
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“Microphone check… I make ‘em ALL bounce. Every teller in Bank of...”
– Lupe Fiasco (“Turnt Up”)
live or die but don't poison everything: 6-word... →
cinderellainrubbershoes:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn. -Ernest Hemingway
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time -Alan Moore
Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. -Richard Powers
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. -Orson Scott Card
Longed for him. Got…
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“The camera lies all the time… It lies 24 times per second.”
– Brian De Palma
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“A song is a person is a time is a place is a song.”
– Kasiemba (“thegoodlyric.wordpress.com”)
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“M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Signs’ is the work of a born filmmaker,...”
– Roger Ebert (“opening line of Roger Ebert’s 4-star review of “Signs”)
September 2011
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“Music is a great way to heal, a safe way to feel, trapped in this fake...”
– Shad (“Listen”)
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“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater...”
– Khaled Hosseini
August 2011
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10 Black Women Making Moves in Film →
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“Betcha on land they understand… Bet they don’t reprimand their...”
– Ariel (“Part of that World” from “The Little Mermaid”)
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“Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the...”
– Wikipedia (description of “Full House” television series)