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Lizzie Gottlieb's "Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb" June 12, 2022.
#Lizzie Gottlieb#Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb#Turn Every Page#2022#2020s#Documentary#Literary Documentary#Robert Caro#Robert Gottlieb#Biographical Documentary#Publishing#Literary#4/5
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d a r k s t a r: h. r. g i g e r' s w o r l d, 2014 🎬 dir. belinda sallin
#documentary#biographical documentary#swiss cinema#Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World#Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World 2014#Belinda Sallin#h r giger#great film posters#great movie posters#film poster#movie poster#Dark Star H R Giger's World#dark star
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On September 27, 1975, Grey Gardens was screened at the New York Film Festival.
#grey gardens#documentary#edith beale#cinema verite#direct cinema#documentary film#biographical documentary#movie art#art#drawing#movie history
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The Bang Bang Club, (2010)
#one of the best biographical movies made#kevin carter#movie scenes#movie aesthetic#movie art#good movie#movie stills#movie quotes#movies#film aesthetic#film art#film stills#films#biography#documentary#netflix#cinephile#cinema#art#ryan phillippe
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Fat Man on a Beach (HTV, 1974)
"I'm going to read some more poems now. Erm. It may be that if you want to go and have a cup of tea, this would be a good time. I know that's what you masses are like. The mention of poetry and off you go."
#fat man on a beach#b.s. johnson#classic tv#documentary#htv#michael bakewell#aled vaughan#a frankly incredible and truly unique piece of television. according to Johnson's biographer‚ the novelist Jonathan Coe‚ this film was#described in tv listings at the time as a documentary about Porth Ceiriad‚ a rather beautiful beach on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales#it.. is not that. i can only imagine the baffled reactions of an idle audience tuning into HTV in 1974. true‚ this is entirely filmed at#Porth Ceiriad‚ but any element of travelogue (or even really of documentary) is dispelled almost immediately: the first lines heard are#those of an unseen narrator who tells us we are about to watch a film about a fat man on a beach. 'Do you really want to watch that?' he#asks incredulously. it's a challenge‚ the first of several from Johnson‚ who spends the next 40 minutes variously pottering about the sands#mugging to the camera‚ reciting poetry (his own and others; literary and dirty) and baring his soul. I've never seen anything quite like it#I'm not sure that much has been made that is quite like it tbh. Johnson was a fiercely original‚ brilliant mind; he was a novelist#a poet‚ a critic and a filmmaker. he was also‚ when this first aired on uk tv‚ dead. a few weeks after completing filming on this‚ his#final work‚ he sadly took his own life. i mention it not as a grim factoid but because it is a vital contextualisation of this film; the#play has been described before (and play is not the right word) as a sort of loose form manifesto from Johnson‚ a laying out of his own#peculiar philosophies and interests in a disjointed manner‚ peppered with asides and distractions and filming mishaps (all kept in the#final product). for me‚ the feeling was inescapable that this was like viewing a suicide note. whether Johnson had already come to some#conclusion on that front or not‚ the fact is that his own obsession with morbidity‚ with the spectre of death and of decay (it runs right#through his work‚ particularly his work in film) transforms this into something almost confessional. there's a section of the film where#the author recalls witnessing the aftermath of a traffic accident‚ a motorcyclist thrown through wire fencing and sliced like cheese#the absurdity of the comparison is lingered on‚ Johnson almost stalls and appears to lose his train of thought (briefly discussing instead#the modern mass production of cheese) but he also seems clearly affected‚ delivering the tale in a halting‚ reverent tone#not that this is all darkness and gloom; it's just as often funny‚ or surreal (the film frequently cuts away to a bunch of bananas‚ only#later explained by one of Johnson's biographical recollections) and includes visual puns‚ bad jokes and a few moments of physical comedy#the writer doesn't seem distressed. rather‚ he seems... if not at peace‚ then as though he has come to terms. confident in his own beliefs#and ideals. but perhaps that's reaching too far‚ or reading in what the viewer wishes to read in. the sad fact is that Johnson took his own#life‚ but he left us with a body of work unlike almost anything else‚ and which is still being celebrated and analysed today. rip bsj
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woke up my last post has like forty notes for some reason and I've now gotten people who are like um why is it unfortunate that a musical is good 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 because of the fucking cringe guys you forgot about the cringe....
#and of course the murkiness of certain historical aspects but like in my opinion in any historical/biographical story you have to#Invest in character and narrative to derive anything out of it and that means biased and overly sympathetic opinions of people who did ba#Things but like we could also say this about any given biography or documentary like by nature they will not#be able to give you the complete story because#it's entertainment first#but yeah. anyway the cringe!!!!
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2022 Documentaries Highlight
This year I have watched a lot of documentaries. The first half of the year I watched documentaries on famous people: musicians, actors, basketball players and public figures. These were interesting, insightful and in some cases shocking. In some cases, they made me remember my childhood and my teens. Then I started watching true crime documentaries. I like the investigation process of how these crimes are uncovered. These are unbelievable horror stories and it sadness me to know they are not fiction. We really need to be careful of who we trust.
#true crime documentaties#biographical documentaries#Janet#Menudo Forever Young#Janet Jackson#Elvis Presley the Searcher#The mystery of Marilyn Monroe unheard tapes#the last movie stars#the inventor#i am vanessa#the girl in the picture#the tinder swindler#jeffrey epstein filthy rich#ghislaine maxwell filthy rich
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Part One: The Beginning
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Cade Manning (singer songwriter): "Music has always been part of my life. My parents were young when they had me. Still in high school. My dad and his friends had formed a band, I forget the name of it, and they'd always be practicing in the basement of my dad's house. I'd be down there, just hanging out and listening to them play from as far back as I can remember. I think they were pretty good too. But, uh, they disbanded after Dad and the guitarist had a falling out. After that, it was me and him in the basement listening to records and playing together. My dad actually was the one who taught me how to play the drums. I didn't pick up a guitar until I was like 7 maybe because I didn't want to bring up the ugly memories of the fallout."
Anne Manning (Cade's Mother): "From the moment he found things made sound when you hit them Cade was ready to learn anything and everything he could about music. I vividly remember the day he found out that things made noise. I had been at home with him while his father was away at work and Cade had this little plastic drum my mother had given him that he didn't really use much until this particular day. He balled his little fists up and hit the drum as hard as he could. BOOM! I remember his head turning to me so fast like he was trying to figure out if I had heard the noise too. (laughs). After that it was all over me and John. Peace and quiet were flung out the window after that day. But yes, Cade was always interested in music. I remember going over to John's from school some days and going down to the basement and seeing the two of them engrossed in sheet music. Probably some songs that John had written. It was almost comedic at some points. Here you had this little toddler, 3 or 4 years old, sitting in his young father's lap, learning how to read music notes! (laughs)."
John Manning (Cade's Father): "I met Anne through a friend of mine. She was my buddy Don's cousin. Don had brought her to one of our band's rehearsals and it was love at first sight. About a year into our relationship is when Anne found out she was pregnant. After Cade was born our lives changed dramatically. For me it was balancing my band, school, and fatherhood. For Anne it was balancing work, school, family life, and motherhood. It was hard on us but we managed. Sadly I lost the band during the early years of Cade's life. The fallout was hard. Those guys were my best friends. I mean they meant a lot to me. They were with me throughout Anne's entire pregnancy and they were with me when Cade was born. They even helped us raise him. Cade was like their nephew. We went through a lot together. But then we just lost each other so quickly when me and the guitarist, Axel, got into a fight. We disbanded after the fight. It hurt to lose them, sure, but each day I'd see Cade, sitting in his corner, messing with whatever musical toy he had and I slowly began getting over it all. I had decided that if I couldn't play music with my buddies liked we'd dreamt then I'd at least teach my son."
#Cade Manning#oc backstory#oc lore#oc#my oc#original character#music#inspired by the kid laroi's documentary on prime video#musical oc#he just really loves music#teen parents#they're still together#i really love this#black writer#born in the 2000s but raised like a 90s kid#picture not mine#i found the picture on pinterest#part 1#supposed to be like a biographical documentary#<3#original story#i made his story up in my head and then wrote it down on paper#i hope you like it
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what happened to all the latin american films from the us that arent kids movies
#or documentaries or biographical or stereotypical#its kinda sad to see that most films depicting latinos (that are made in the us) are so few#and even then the most recent ones from memory are for 'kids'#it could be said that maybe im just not looking hard enough but#it feels like the 90s and early 2000s were just the golden era of latino american films#idk#dj talks#ignore me im just rambling
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Miri Navasky, Maeve O'Boyle, & Karen O'Connor's "Joan Baez: I Am A Noise" October 6, 2023.
#Joan Baez#I Am A Noise#Joan Baez: I Am A Noise#2023#2020s#Documentary#Biographical Documentary#Music Documentary#Political Documentary#Miri Navasky#Maeve O'Boyle#Karen O'Connor#5/5
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h. h. h o l m e s: America's First Serial Killer, 2004 🎬 dir. John Borowski
#film#documentary#biographical documentary#true crime#H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer#h h holmes#John Borowski#worth a watch
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On June 26, 1985, The Times of Harvey Milk was screened at the New England Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
#the times of harvey milk#harvey milk#documentary#rob epstein#biographical documentary#queen film#queer cinema#1970s film#movie art#art#drawing#movie history#new england gay and lesbian film festival
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swarabharati ms subbulakshmi (rare documentary part-2) includes opinion...
#youtube#swarabharati ms subbulakshmi (rare documentary part-2) includes opinions of sarojini naidu others This biographical film on Smt. M.S. Subbu
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ACTING ASTROLOGY
— your fifth house planets
· your 5th house planets can tell about your acting talent and the type of films you’d do best in. if you want to know what type of characters you’d specifically play best and another acting astrology technique, click below
· types of characters you’d play well
· tw: porn (18+ only), trauma, cults, and gore
₊˚⊹☆┊5H SUN
one of the main themes in your life is putting forth your talent by expressing yourself. you naturally have a talent for entertaining others. you attract lots of attention and can be very famous. acting or entertaining others is likely a huge source of happiness in your life. you would do best in film genres such as drama, comedy, romance, action, and children’s films as well
₊˚⊹☆┊5H MOON
your soul has a natural desire to express itself emotionally and creatively through art. you have a face that makes others easily be able to read your emotions which can make you an amazing actor if you are able to feel all the emotions a character feels and fully immerse yourself into that characters energy and aura. this is also a popular fame placement in general. you would do best in film genres such as melodrama, romance, family, and indie as well
₊˚⊹☆┊5H MERCURY
you naturally have the right mannerisms for acting in such a way that when people watch your films it comes off very realistic as if they’re watching a normal video of someone. this placement can indicate starting out on social media or in short films before making it big in the film industry. often people with this placement always wanted to be the main character or take on as many roles as possible in their school plays. you would do best in film genres such as comedy, reality, and short films
₊˚⊹☆┊5H VENUS
you have a talent for all artistic careers, but this is an especially common placement among actors. you would do best in film genres such as romance, romantic comedy, musical, artistic, lgbtq, and dance films as well
₊˚⊹☆┊5H MARS
you have a talent for putting passion and enthusiasm into your expression when acting. you would especially play aggressive roles better. you would do best in film genres such as action, thrillers, horror, gore, slasher, war, medical, lgbtq, and superhero films
₊˚⊹☆┊5H JUPITER
you have an abundance of acting talent. this is a common placement among those who were in theater growing up. this can indicate gaining lots of popularity from acting and gaining success from it more easily than others as well. you would do best in genres such as adventure, thrillers, athletic, comedy, religion and action
₊˚⊹☆┊5H SATURN
this can indicate your job involves acting since saturn represents work. you may not become successful until later in life when acting with this placement though. sometimes it can also just indicate playing more serious characters though instead of a late start in your acting career. you would do best in genres such as history, historical fiction, biographical, documentaries, indie, and also silent films
₊˚⊹☆┊5H URANUS
this can indicate being in films/shows that are more popular on things like netflix or hulu rather than in theaters. people with this placement have the ability to play really unique roles. you would do best in genres such as sci-fi, thrillers, lgbtq, and pornographic films
₊˚⊹☆┊5H NEPTUNE
people with this placement have a natural talent for lying and deceiving others, so they can be really talented actors. you have the ability to put on a good illusion through your self expression. you would do best in genres such as fantasy, fiction, animation, mystery, spiritual, disappearance, and also musical films
₊˚⊹☆┊5H PLUTO
you have the ability to play really powerful characters. you’re good at transforming yourself into someone you’re not and putting on a good show. you would do best in genres such as crime, mystery, horror, action, superhero, vampire, cult, sexual, and thrillers as well
₊˚⊹☆┊5H NORTH NODE
your life purpose could involve acting and entertaining others. you have a natural talent for expressing yourself creatively in artistic ways and through the arts
₊˚⊹☆┊5H CHIRON
you have a talent for putting your inner wounds that have caused you emotional pain into your acting. the more trauma these people have the better the actors they are. you would do best in films that are more so on the sad side
© novy2sirius
#acting#actor#astrology#astrology blog#astrology chart#birth chart#astrology community#astro community#5th house planets#5th house#fame astrology
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