#Windhunde

[reddogdigging]

It’s an old pic I did to Christmas. And I know Christmas is over. But I like it. So here it is.

[lichtberg]

wanna go for a walk?

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[grayghostofthenorth]

Borzoi - Watercolor.

[julia-geiser]

[lyrics365]

Uschi

[Songtext zu „Uschi“] [Strophe] Kneipe leer, alle weg Und Uschi schenkt uns noch ein’ ein Deine Haare die sind lila Und du feierst diese Lieder Denn sie bringen uns zum wein’n [Pre-Refrain] Gelbe Wände, volle Aschenbecher Der Raum ist dunkel doch die Zukunft schenkt uns Lichter [Refrain] Ich hab’ dich nie gefragt Ob du bleibst Du bist gegang’n Ich bleib’ allein Ich hab’ dich nie gefragt Ob du…

[eigentlichistallesgesagt]

Ich dachte früher immer, man trennt sich nur, wenn man sich betrügt und ich dachte immer, Mama und Papa die ham' sich lieb.

Letztendlich sagte meistens nur Mama gute Nacht und letztendlich meinten wir, wir ham' es nicht geschafft.

Das ist das Leben, wollte eigentlich nie drüber reden.

Doch paar Dinge wollen aus meinem Kopf nie wieder gehen.

[canisalbus]

Recently i finally found out what a sighthound is in my own language, and they're literally just called 'wind dog.'

I think it's because they're 'as fast as the wind,' but personally i choose to believe it's because they look like a stiff wind could blow them over.

Oh boy, in Finnish sighthound is "vinttikoira", literally "attic dog".

I could be mistaken but I believe it's a loanword from Swedish (vinthund, wind dog) or possibly German (windhund, also wind dog) but it was mistranslated when it entered Finnish vocabulary and now they're attic dogs instead.

[pestomoment]

"ill tell you a secret, windhund ..."

tf2 ocposting i have horrible horrible brainrot over them sorry everyone. yannik can be a little intimidating sometimes while he worries, unintentionally. not very aware of personal space. nobody minds anymore.

[vcod1n]

random swing kids facts i have/things i noticed for your viewing pleasure

✶ willi (peter's younger brother) was initially named neddie in earlier scripts

✶ the role of peter müller was suggested to ethan hawke, and frank whaley (arvid) was the one who'd urged him on until the role was later taken by robert sean leonard

✶ the café bismarck is located in hamburg

✶ emil specifically breaks arvid's ring and pinkie finger after his run-in with the HJ boys

✶ thomas seems to have quite an interest in cowboys; "we're cowboys!" "playing cowboys and indians?" "i'm not a traitor, i'm a cowboy!" 

✶ in case it was not caught, peter's father is named wilhelm müller, though his name is only said around 4 times verbally in the film

✶ the actor for herr knopp, kenneth branagh, is not credited for the film, as he felt he'd get billed higher than both christian bale and rsl 

✶ the movie was released on march 5th, 1993, and took an estimated year to film (i had the information somewhere…lost it) 

✶ peter used to play the piano! + the bass otto uses is called a double bass an instrument in which you stand to play

✶ all the dances you see done by the boys are done by rsl and christian bale themselves

✶ arvid is often referred to as "djangoman," or "herr hitman" by his friends  in reference to other swing artists due to the boy's musical talents

✶ emil's last name is lutz

✶ the deleted scenes for this movie are incredibly hard to find, at least from what i've gathered 🙁, and the only one i've really been able to identify is a scene between peter and evey

✶ rsl was around 23-24 during the movie's release/filming, and christian bale was around 19, whilst frank whaley was nearly 30

✶ willi sleeps with a stuffed rabbit :-]

✶ it is presumed the boys are around 16-17 during the events of this film, meaning most of them would've been born around 1922-1923

✶ the last time peter speaks to his mother in the movie is after their dinner with herr knopp following arvid's death -- their last interaction (that we see) is when his mother hits him :-[

✶ at the end of the film when willi is chasing after peter in the truck, he stops in the middle of an empty road before it cuts to his face, but when he goes to chant "swing heil!" the camera pans back out to show an umbrella and newspaper at his feet when they were not there previously

✶ during his second meetup with frau linge, peter is offered a cup of tea -- he is handed it, and holds it nonetheless, but we don't see him drink anything (way to waste perfectly good tea peter)

✶ during the scene in which thomas boxes emil at the academy, there is a banner above the doors that reads "flink wie windhunde, zah wie leder hart wie kruppstahl," which can translate to "nimble as greyhounds, tough as leather, hard as krupp steel." krupp steel was often used to create firearms during wwii

✶ in the scene after thomas boxes emil and the boys are at arvid's place, there's a shot in which we see arvid tuning/tinkering with his guitar with his two uninjured fingers -- beside him is a poster of django reindhart playing guitar with only two fingers, one of his staples

✶ peter and willi sleep in the same room

✶ the last time we see mama klara is at the beginning of the film when herr knopp first visits the muller home -- she comes out of the kitchen saying "do you have news of my son?" (wilhelm muller), before peter's mother redirects her -- however, she is mentioned later on during the dinner scene between the muller family and herr knopp near the end of the movie: “are you sure your mother-in-law wouldn’t like to join us?” “yes. it’s not that, it’s just that none of these rich foods would be good for her.”

✶ there was a scene in the original script at the beginning of the film just after peter leaves his home for school in which he calls up thomas to converse about the man they'd watched jump into the river the night before -- after this scene we are given a more in depth view of thomas' family dynamic (a tense one at that)

✶ on the topic of thomas' family, thomas' father is named dietrich

✶ if it was not already obvious, the film is specifically set in 1939, during the absolute beginnings of the outbreak of wwii

✶ otto is last seen during arvid's funeral (he just disappears for the rest of the movie i dont even know) 

✶ in the scene in which arvid commits, the camera pans to a selection of photos he had on his wall -- of the few are two of their friend group before it fell apart, and emil is visible in swing kid attire -- this is the only time in the film we see him out of HJ uniform

ok thats all i have for rn

[reddogdigging]

[romanticism-art-history]

Woman from Algiers with Windhund painted by Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)

[dogandcatcomics]

#repost @melodiestacey Melodie Stacey (Brighton, United Kingdom). Boy with a Borzoi.

[silkenflocke]

[oldsardens]

Walter Stohrer - Nichts als Ketchup und Windhunde

[grayghostofthenorth]

Artist Albert Weisgerber Dame mit Windhund