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Castle in the Sky dir. Hayao Miyazaki | 1986

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Another round of help needed

Hello, tumblr folks. As the title states, I could use a little bit of help if you can spare it. I was behind on my car insurance because I was overdrawn on my banking account, probably since Thanksgiving if I remember correctly.

I resolved that issue by paying the bills for that last week, but it leaves me with not much else in the way of funds. I could use a little bit of money for food/gas please and thank you. There's also a $12 pain med/prescription I've been going without because it wasn't covered by my insurance, naturally. I didn't have any money to even pay for that out of pocket. Anything you can do for me will help immensely. Reblogging this post will help me out a great deal, too. I appreciate any help you can give out there, tumblr! For what seems like the hundredth time, thank you all!

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I've been just a big sentimental fool. It's a tendency I have. Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale in Now, Voyager (1942) dir. Irving Rapper

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Top First Time Watches of the Year tagged by @lindadarnell @hayaomiyazaki @anthonysperkins @anyataylorjoys Thank you! 🤗💜 (Sorry, it was a busy year! I'm surprised I even managed to watch 9 films! I think there were 12, but 2 were meh, and the other... oh wow, I wish letterboxd had a negative star rating it was so bad!)

Rules: post 9 of your favorite films you saw for the first time this year (in 2024) that aren’t new (2023/2024) but are new to you and tag 9 others to do the same. I haven't done well with keeping up on my main dash, so apologies if you've already done it! Tagging: @mottles @gresit @talesfromthecrypts @acecroft @henricavyll @stars-bean @bladesrunner @mikaeled @carricfisher , as always, with no obligation.

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Last Night in Soho dir. Edgar Wright | 2021

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tagged by @mottles to take the cozy cabin cafe quiz! Thank you! 🥰 Hey, didn't we get the same results last time? 😂

Tagging @acecroft @stars-bean @bimorgana @hayaomiyazaki @legrandmeavlnes @leotanaka @bladesrunner @lindadarnell @celine-song , as always, with no obligation.

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Vincent Price as Nicholas van Ryn in Dragonwyck (1946)

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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in THE BLACK PIRATE — 1926, dir. Albert Parker The most celebrated sequence of the film, and perhaps of Fairbanks's entire career, is the moment in which the Black Pirate, when capturing a galleon single-handedly, slashes a line with his knife, catches the end of the mizzen, and swings upward with the wayward sail to the main topsail. He then plunges his knife in to the canvas of the topsail and slides down the sail, supported by the hilt of his knife as it severs the canvas in half. He rends the mainsail in the same manner. The feat is so spectacular that Fairbanks repeats it once more with the fore topsail, rendering the ship powerless. The Black Pirate swings through the lines to the forecastle, swivels about a pair of cannons he has commandeered, and holds the crew as helpless as the galleon itself.

The sliding down the sails is a grand stunt, building on Robin Hood's celebrated descent down the enormous drapery in Robin Hood [1922]. The 43-year-old showman is in top physical form, and the appearance of effortlessness, the breathtaking arcs of movements, and the sheer joy with which he accomplishes the impossible are ample demonstrations of Fairbanks's kinetic genius.

The sequence was achieved with separate sail sets engineered by Robert Fairbanks on the back lot, apart from various ship settings, and erected on an angle away from the cameras (which were also on an angle). The sails, according to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., were "pre-sliced and then stitched up invisibly. . . .The knife was rigged with piano wire, pulley, and counterweight. . . .He would thrust his knife into the sail and there would be a quick cut. The next cut would be of him holding the special knife connected to the hidden pulley and counterweight."

Airplane propellers behind the canvas provided the billowing effect for the sails. As with all of his stunts, Fairbanks wore a wire harness, and his arms and legs were taped to prevent friction burns. Although no one doubted at the time that he performed the stunt, William K. Everson later maintained that Fairbanks did not do so himself. But the accounts of Albert Parker, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Chuck Lewis and the surviving outtakes from the scene itself dispel any claim that Fairbanks did not perform his most famous feat. Fairbanks's bravura stunt was subsequently pirated by a stunt double for Errol Flynn in Against All Flags (1952) and by Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Attack of the Kraken (2006).

One of the immediate effects of the famous sequence was all the injuries sustained by impressionable children imitating their screen idol. Edward Wagenknecht wrote, "One shudders to think how many broken arms and legs he must have been responsible for among the children of America during the years of his vogue." Robert Parrish, a future director and film editor, was one such child. He recalled having seen The Black Pirate in his hometown of Columbus, Georgia, and immediately wanting to emulate the spectacular Fairbanks stunt:

"As a seven-year-old, I had seen Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate plunge a knife into the sail and riding the knife down to the deck. I tried the knife stunt myself that afternoon with a borrowed linen bed sheet. Some friends and I attached it to the limb of an oak tree about ten feet off the ground. I climbed the tree with a butcher's knife in my mouth trying to smile like Fairbanks—I soon tasted blood in my mouth—and pointed the knife at the sheet and jumped. The sheet crashed down upon me like a deflated parachute and the knife flew out of my hand. I landed on the ground with a broken arm, the wind knocked out of me, and blood running from my Fairbanks grin."

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THE BOYS (2019- )

1.01 The Name of the Game / 2.02 Proper Preparation and Planning

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the problem with everyone becoming a reviewer and essayist now is that, plainly and gently, a lot of these people are not smart enough for the position

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A PERFECT PLANET (2021) Episode 1: "Volcano" dir Huw Cordey

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GALAVANT Joust Friends | 1.02 (2015)

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Dracula (1931) dir. Tod Browning

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M*A*S*H | 3.07 - "Check-up"

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Iron Man 3 dir. Shane Black | 2013

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with the new year rolling in, it feels like the perfect time for a little change — so i'm gonna change my tracked tag!

from now on, i'll be tracking #bladesrunner as primary and, after some consideration, #useranja as secondary.

(i'll still be checking my current tag for a little while, just in case.)

as always, feel free to tag me in film/tv/animation/celebs/video games etc, you know the drill.

wishing everyone a joyful holiday season as well 🤗✨