#cienaga

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El canto cienaguero

Flavio Fabrizio Escorcia Herrera (Saturno)

José María, el hijo de María, trotamundos de la sierra colombiana (botín de estafadores), despertaba al sol con sus cantos que ondulaban en el cielo, en Siberia, mucho antes que el sonido de las balas por La Secreta. Su cabello encrespaba por su espalda como lianas de Ayahuasca, hombre coquero por naturaleza, la dentadura amarga, como la Ciénaga, como Magdalena, como el campesino, como el hambre y el olvido.

Isabel, la negra, emperatriz de la cumbia cienaguera, reinaba en su cadera, cierto movimiento hegemónico en círculo polar, su marido, pescador como todos los maridos herederos de chalupa.

—El que no vive del pez en Venecia no tiene pies —dijo Isabel.

—Y el que vive del pez seguro no es en Venecia —corrigió su marido.

En esta tierra de mangle y pescador, Barranquilla de un lao', al otro Santa Marta y por el centro la ruta al sol (cáncer cienaguero), el general Rojas observador.

Hacia Venecia y por el clarín, voló la gaviota atlética con ala basta gritando a espada, verde mangle y gris de plomo, las balas navegan por el caño, interrogan, someten, masacran y violan, verde mangle y gris de plomo, las balas navegan por el caño.

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Flavio Fabrizio Escorcia Herrera (Saturno). Nació en Barranquilla, Colombia, frente al rio Magdalena y el mar caribe, en el año 2004. Se ha destacado como declamador y escritor de poesía política. Cree en el arte como Bertolt Brecht “no es un espejo para reflejar la realidad, sino un martillo para transformarla”.

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an ode to summer I youtube link

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watched (almost) 200 movies in 2024. these were my favorites, in order of when i watched them.

some quick thoughts about each film down below-

Haru (1996): a beautiful, slow-burn romance that has the most positive outlook that i've ever seen on the window that is the internet. has made the ^_^ emoticon into something that makes me very emotional every time i see it.

La Cienaga (2001): examining a culture of bourgeois colonizers, as the corpse of a system they continue to puppet festers and rots around them. a sweaty and miserable film that i wasn't sure about until the credits hit, but once the swamp water sunk into my clothes and skin, i was devastated.

Mysterious Skin (2004): one of the best movies i've ever seen but also one i could never recommend to anyone. Gregg Araki is always so good at synthesizing queer rage and sadness into something poignant, and this one might be his most emotionally devastating. i had to take a shower afterwards. don't watch it, watch The Living End, or maybe Nowhere instead.

Poor Things (2023): i figured that i'd love this one going in but i couldn't imagine that i'd love it THAT much. this is a special one. the Yorgos for everybody. there's plenty to say about its politics and maybe even some stuff we should be critical of, but i think i love it most because of how much it begs the viewer to make conversation - with other viewers, and with the film itself. and, i haven't seen weirdo cgi skies that wondrous since Speed fucking Racer.

Fucking Amal [or Show Me Love, if you're boring] (1998): the very best lesbian coming of age story i have ever seen. no competition. this one filled my heart with so much love. the fact that it was directed by a cis straight man is mind boggling.

Air Doll (2009): look, i have too much to say about Air Doll. a back of the box synopsis is, a blow up sex doll comes to life and experiences the joys and pains of being a human. that feels so shallow, though. there's so much going on in there about gender, objectification, consumerism, loneliness, life and death and so on. if you watch a single movie from this list, make it this one. i cried through the entire fucking thing.

Love Lies Bleeding (2024): the kinda movie that makes you point at the screen every five minutes and yell 'HELL YEAH'. this is a queer romance on steroids, literally. it's as messy as the relationship it portrays but is better for it. there's so much here about how difficult it is to shed our blood-spattered upbringing, and does it all in the sexiest, gayest way possible. i want to be Kristen Stewart and i want Katy O'Brian to carry me off into the sunset in her big beautiful arms.

The People's Joker (2022): that this movie exists at all is a miracle in itself. Vera Drew, trans clown of crime, is a genius. how this managed to be everything that it is (a parody of comic book movies, a take down of comedian culture, an absurdist collage of every kind of artform, a heartfelt and sincere trans coming of age film) is beyond me. this is true communal filmmaking. the trans new wave is here and i don't believe it is going anywhere any time soon.

Trust (1990): if i had seen this in high school it would have been my favorite movie of all time. as is, seeing it in my 30s, it's still pretty high up there. dripping with early 90s apathy and angst, with dialogue that has a sense of musicality to its cadence. honestly, Trust reminds me a bit of Fooly Cooly in its writing.

Peep "TV" Show (2004): another film that i could never recommend. this is the closest a film has gotten to what it felt like to be in the dark corners of the internet in the 2000s. true freak cinema, a slimy, trashy, 4chan-ass movie, but i mean that as a compliment. i don't know how else to describe it, but i felt it in my bones.

I Saw the TV Glow (2024): i've watched this film five times this year. i still don't know how to write about it. there's plenty to analyze, but this is, mostly, a visceral experience. never have i seen myself so clearly on a movie screen before. you can always become something new. it hurts a lot, but the alternative is to die for the rest of your life.

Where is the Friends House? (1987): a gentle, tiny film about childhood. this is the kind of story that reminds me why movies are made, the empathy machine all gassed up and chugging along at full power. the ending is so, so, so sweet and you know i cried really hard.

Kamikaze Girls (2004): as funny as it is moving, with a completely unique personality that shines so bright. this is a manic, heartfelt masterpiece about identity, and a movie that anyone can love. and, not explicitly, but this movie is totally gay and you cannot take that away from me.

Woman in the Dunes (1964): i put this one off for a good while due to its longer runtime, but it fucking flew by when i finally put it on. one of the best critiques of work and hierarchy, through clear but complex analogies that build upon each other throughout. a true classic.

What Time is it There? (2001): i've seen a decent number of Tsai Ming-liang's films, and this is my favorite. ultra slow cinema, full of piss and loneliness and clocks and a ghost and a big weird fish. the exploration of boundaries is so deeply inspiring. time is a border, distance is a border, money and capitalism and work are borders, the body is a border that we will someday all cross.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969): completely heart rending. this is a movie about a dance marathon that lasts over a month, and there's a scene where one of the characters stretches his body as high as he can to catch the tiniest sliver of sunlight, and as it moves slowly out of reach his expression falls to pure exhausted defeat. and yeah, that's pretty much what it's like.

The Black Tower (1987): an incredible short film that plays with editing in fascinating ways. there can be many reads with this one, most obviously on depression, but there's also something here about the objects or structures that are most often within our view. what we see through a window can shape how we view the entire world, it can shape our emotions. it reminds me of an interview with Phil Elverum about his project's name change to Mount Eerie, saying something along the lines of 'everyone has that landmark that anchors them to where they live', and to him it was that mountain. to the narrator of the Black Tower, that landmark wants to swallow him whole.

Red Rooms (2023): this movie ruined my goddamn day. i've never been so stressed out while watching a film. this is another evil internet movie, and it made me feel very unpleasant. i never would have thought a series of google searches would have frightened me like that. Red Rooms understands the horror of modern tech, and manages to completely deconstruct the most disgusting aspects of true crime enthusiasts.

Knife + Heart (2018): full of joy and rage in equal amounts. follows a gay porn director and her actors, as a giallo-esque slasher haunts their studio. plays with giallo tropes, especially the othering of queerness, and transcends them in fascinating ways, eventually finding its way into a vibe entirely its own.

Janet Planet (2024): a gentle and slow slice of a very specific childhood, which somehow is exactly my wife's childhood, though i relate to the broader strokes as well. this one sneaks up on you, quietly, thoughtfully. "what are we saying when we talk about mothers?"

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[disposa]

La Ciénaga (2001)

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Episode 50 1/2: Listener Stories #6 Photodump

1). After two months of Aly texting The Happy Valley Dream Survey , they finally responded! Even creepier, they knew who we were BY FIRST NAMES!?!?

2). In true Aly fashion, Aly asks The Happy Valley Dream Survey to come on the podcast.

3.) The actual Happy Valley Dream Survey phone number has been randomly calling at odd hours when we are all asleep. Cowards.

4). La Casa Del Diablo en Cienaga Magdalena is a haunted house in Columbia where the devil is rumored to reside.

5.) Anyone who enters the house either dies in the house or has bad luck befall them! A man once went in the house and was hit by a car and killed immediately after he left!

6.) Photo of the Driver’s side back tire of listener Dawn S.’s car following an accident that she should not have survived. A cross and heart appear to be drawn in tree sap and scratches.

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why am i just finding out that charlotte wells actually watched el silencio es un cuerpo que cae. why does nobody tell me things

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La Cienaga (2001) directed by Lucrecia Martel

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Elecciones Territoriales 2023: Estos son los Nuevos Concejales de Ciénaga de Oro, Córdoba

Votos Válidos: 32238 Cociente Electoral: 2149 Umbral: 1074 Cifra Repartidora: 1561 PARTIDO NUEVO LIBERALISMO (3 CURULES) José Morales Jhon Vergara Rafael Burgos PARTIDO DE LA U (3 CURULES) Diomedes Díaz Maggno Alemán Edinso Zabala PARTIDO CONSERVADOR (3 CURULES) Eder Perdomo Mauricio Gloria Miguel Vidal PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO (2 CURULES) Marcos Argumedo Marco Díaz PARTIDO…

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Podcast #183: Sleep Has Her House (2017) & Slow Cinema

Welcome to Episode #183 of The Swampflix Podcast. For this episode, Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss the highbrow, low-energy art of “slow cinema” – ranging from the self-distributed microbudget cult film Sleep Has Her House (2017) to Chantal Akerman’s landmark feminist classic Jeanne Dielman (1975), recently cited by Sight & Sound as “the greatest film of all time”. 00:00…

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LA CIENAGA:

Privileged family

Ugliness hiding in sight

Blood and the banal

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“El horror del patriarcado en los cuerpos de las mujeres bajo el cine de las mejores”

El auge de las plataformas para ver cine y series en casa ha generado un apogeo de las listas de clasificación. Diversos medios se prestan para publicarlas desde el gancho de las mejores 10, las mejores 20 o las mejores 100 películas de todos los tiempos, incluso separadas por géneros: las mejores películas románticas, de terror, con contenido LGBTQIA2+, tras un largo etcétera. Sin duda, se…

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Hi Sabine if you could please spread this, this account lists all the memorials planned for Liam across the world and regularly updates them, for those who wish and are able to attend https://x.com/HS_News_/status/1847077799942934740

Sending lots of love ❤️❤️❤️

LIAM PAYNE MEMORIAL

Europe:

🇬🇧 London | October 20 - 2pm | Hyde Park

🇬🇧Liverpool | October 19 - 2pm | Docks on keel wharf bridge

🇬🇧 Glasgow | October 20 - 2pm | Sir Walter Scott Statue in George Square

🇬🇧 Manchester | October 20 - 6pm | Cathedral Gardens

🇬🇧 Birmingham | October 20 - 4pm | Chamberlain Square

🇧🇪 Brussels | October 19/20 - 2pm | Parc de Bruxelles

🇫🇷 Paris | October 20 - 2pm | Jardins des Tuileries

🇩🇪 Munich | October 20 - 3pm | Olympiahalle

🇪🇸 Madrid | October 20 - 3pm | Plaza de Santa Ana

🇸🇪 Stockholm | October 19 - 6pm | Svartensgatan 8

🇵🇹 Lisbon | October 27 - 6pm | Meo Arena, Oriente

🇮🇹 Milan | October 20 - 3pm | Piazza Duomo

🇺🇸 US:

Newark - Delaware | October 19 - 4pm | Glasgow Park

NYC | October 19 - picnic* at 11am and another event at 6pm | Washington Square Park

*Picnic RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/2WoJi0Onf8jWijlyFU8E

Boston | October 19 - 2pm | Boston Common

Chicago | October 19 - 2pm | Gather at Grandmother’s Garden outside of Lincoln Park Zoo

Los Angeles | October 19 - 4:30pm | La Cienaga** Park in Beverly Hills

**RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/P5qPcaZkgLizNYhzP0mm

South-America:

🇧🇷 São Paulo | October 27 - 2pm | Parque Ibirapuera

Oceania:

🇳🇿 Auckland | October 20 - 2pm | Freyberg Square

🇦🇺 Sydney | October 20 - 11am | Hyde Park (Memorial fountain)

Asia:

🇮🇳 Mumbai | October 20 - 5pm | Marine Lines, Opposite Pizza by the Bay

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EDIT: added Boston

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favorite underrated films you think everyone should watch? (can be from any time period)

show people (1928), guilty hands, skyscraper souls, employees' entrance, frisco jenny, it's love i'm after, the ox-bow incident, lady on a train, the reckless moment, westward the women, kiss me deadly, bells are ringing, le bonheur, the young girls of rochefort, the heartbreak kid, not a pretty picture, a special day, they all laughed, a question of silence, cane river, buddies, babette's feast, the age of innocence, compensation, la cienaga, morvern callar, after the wedding, tokyo godfathers, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, secret sunshine, wendy and lucy, pariah, the loneliest planet, phoenix, cameraperson, the assistant, clemency.

and these are just from my 200 favorite films of all time list.