Today I read @deepimpactcrier.bsky.social’s INCREDIBLE piece on myth language in 28 YEARS LATER and the necessity of its reverence of death in a time of “mass dulling of sensitivity amidst digital and material realities that are saturated with violence and barbarism”
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Thank you so much for reading, I’m honored truly 🙏
Omg I can’t wait to watch it!!!
Botticelli's La Mappa dell'Inferno (c. 1485)
28 Years Later (dir. Danny Boyle, 2025)
28 Years Later (dir. Danny Boyle, 2025)
Giussepe Bottani's Athena Appearing to Odysseus to Reveal the Island of Ithica (c. 1775)
Over on Patreon - Carlee (@deepimpactcrier.bsky.social) discusses the mode of mythic storytelling as an antidote to the anesthesia induced by the Language of Empire and Danny Boyle's 28 YEARS LATER as a modern example of epic poetic form. See below.
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Oh wow what a thread
Important backdrop for this movie is the rise of Kenny G in the late 80s/ early 90s as a phenom in a long history of white artists appropriating black music and washing it to make it more “palatable” (and sellable) for mass markets. Spike’s film tangles w this explicitly and even name-drops Kenny G
One of the best movies of the 21st century imo
Since everyone is talking about SHATTERED GLASS I did a great episode of the pod about it on @junkfilterpod.bsky.social
with fellow Glass heads Aaron & Carlee from @hitfactorypod.bsky.social.
Preview of the Patreon episode
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Setting this film in a nondescript “contemporary” allows PTA to pick & choose elements of a political reality that suit his needs w/o building the ideological terrain we’re in. And he’s using the urgency re: ICE in our current moment as a shorthand for our investment in the story
The concept of making a movie about white supremacy and the military violence that enforces it with your Zionist pal Jonny Greenwood. (FTR I had a blast watching this movie I just think PTA is ideologically hollow and willfully focused on politics as vibes and vibes only.)
I have a throne list in case anyone is feeling like they wanna show their appreciation for what a bright a spot I am in this dark world (or just see a not-comprehensive hot girl wish list) throne.com/clarissa_dm
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This is so heartbreaking. Leslie was such a bright spot, but he never shied away from confronting the dark parts either. Incredibly real and so full of love. This is such a loss. Please donate if you can. gofund.me/77c5a26cf
jesus christ 😭 leslie lee iii was one of the realest guys i’ve ever got to briefly know and really helped me get my career /my movie made and seen. please help his family if u can www.gofundme.com/f/lleeiii
I’m at a total loss
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This isn’t about Alice’s attempts to get back at Bill or admit some fleeting fantasy to him. It’s about exposing bare his delusion and smashing his world into pieces by forcing him to see *all of her*—the most important parts, the ones he never registered—her desires, her sexuality, her agency
She had a helluva trip
BEGGING and also leaving him in the dust
Rewatched Eyes Wide Shut & fell in love w this scene in ways I never had. Alice isn’t admitting infidelity or trying to make Bill jealous. She’s desperately wanting to reveal herself to him & confront him w the fact that her identity as wife/mother is incomplete, one she can exist without & beyond
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More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg.
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Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
The goats of the movie podcast world, I said what I said!
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I’m not dressing up for Halloween, doing other stuff
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