#David Thomson

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[onihcinimkcin]

I have learned a great new word: epicene

[anolis3]

"The People of the Sea", by David Thomson.

"Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending,- I listened, motionless and still ; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.", from The Solitary Reaper, by William Wordsworth.

"They took them away with them, the dead bodies of the seals, and they hadn't gone out very far until all the seals, of which there was a terrible number, started roaring and bawling, and they set up a terrible hullabaloo about the dead seals. And amidst all the excitement and turmoil one seal was heard to exclaim : 'Who killed Anna? Who killed Anna? Who killed Anna?' And this was answered by another seal : 'Oh, the same man, the man always, the man always.'", from The People of the Sea.

[manchestergalore]

Aytoun Street, Manchester 

1963

First building on the right: former employment exchange [source]

Designed by David Thomson in 1936 but when the war broke out the building work was suspended again until 1948 to finally open in 1951

Closed in1993

Now site of the hotel Holiday Inn Manchester - City Centre

Photo : Manchester Libaries.

[repostedpoliticalarts]

Henry Ford famously believed himself and other men like JP Morgan to be reincarnated Pharaohs. A reminder that no matter what you accumulate or achieve in life the only thing you do here that carries any weight whatsoever is the impact you make on others and let others make on you. If there is a metric by which we can measure the success of a life lived, I can’t think of a better one.

[mandabookcorner]

He had always felt a lack of attachment or conviction in himself that could let a friend fade from his life while he followed a stranger. Strangers are more beckoning; they offer new lives.

- David Thomson, Suspects

[korniniowa]

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[slappycr0w]

When you got no valentine so you’re spending Valentine’s Day by simping over men at least double your age

[hannahwatcheshorror]

THE CROW (1994)

Unexpectedly sweet horror movie set in a bleak town. Brandon Lee is the son of Bruce Lee in real life and does a really great job in the lead role as Eric Draven AKA The Crow. (RIP Brandon Lee)

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Trigger Warning Sexual Assault, Rape, Flashing Lights, mild incest(?)

This movie is rough around the edges but I think that makes it all the more endearing. There are wacky camera shots, wacky costumes, wacky characters, Hell, sometimes the main guy will just be up on a rooftop wailing on a guitar between scenes just to be cool. How did he even get equipment up there to play (it's an electric guitar)? I don't know but he did it! And then he smashes the damn thing and gets serious about killing. Anyway, here is the story.

One year ago on Devil’s Night (the night before Halloween) Eric Draven and his fiancée Shelley are murdered in cold blood for trying to help get/keep housing for the needy. This year, Devil’s night, Eric Draven rises from his grave only to learn what happened to his beloved and get revenge. First visiting his old home he finds it in tatters, memories flood back, he remembers dying. The sickos left the cat alone which is the only good thing they did. Eric dawns some makeup, his mask, and he becomes The Crow. It should also be mentioned that there is a crow familiar that aids, guides, and/or follows Eric.

Slowly and steadily Eric makes his way through those who harmed his love, they all have silly names but serious attitude problems. After disposing of the trash, a calling card in the shape of a crow is left for whoever finds the victim. This leaves police baffled but warns the only members of the crew left that death is coming for them. Eric wants them to know. He even lets one of the minor offenders live just so the guy could be a messenger that Eric was coming (dearly departed, Eric, that is). This is all sending shockwaves up the killer crew, who don’t want to believe in ghosts but are having a hard time with all the evidence being presented to them.

Eric finally just shows up, absorbing bullets and walking around like a certain X-man, kicking all sorts of ass. The long haired baddie takes his creepy sister (is it really his sister?) and escapes. Eric has finished his vengeance, or so he thinks, and is ready to finish his dirt nap but the long haired baddie calls him out by kidnapping Eric’s kid friend, Sarah! This time the baddies realize that if they shoot at The Crow familiar they can actually hurt Eric so they do and they can! Yikes! Wack! But Eric isn’t just going to lie down and die… Again… No, this time he keeps fighting, his injured crow pecks the creepy sister's eyes out and she falls to her death. 

Last but not least is a rainy rooftop battle with the long haired baddie, there's a sword, Eric grabs a piece of the building to swing around, it was a pretty intense scene. All hope seems lost when Eric gets run through with the sword but then he turns around and sends the memories of all his sadness about Shelley dying into the baddie. All that concentrated sadness at once was so shocking to him that he fell off the roof and died! Wack! But a nice use of those horrible memories! Sarah is safe now, she will miss Eric but he is really ready to die again. And who better to greet him than Shelley, she welcomes him back as if to Heaven (her arms) and when we pan out we see their graves undisturbed. Really a beautiful story about an avenging spirit who was brought back to do a job. It may look a little silly in some lights because of the face paint and names but this is a love story of Eric and Shelley who were to be married on Halloween but their lives were cut tragically short.

[onihcinimkcin]

In translating a novel to the screen, you can transcend it with one addition (equally, a novel can upend a movie with a single introspective paragraph).

David Thomson, Sleeping with Strangers

[fetchmearum420]

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[camyfilms]

ELVIS 2022

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