#ellie fabelman

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Demands Respect

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Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021

Cast: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Skyler Gisondo, Maary Elizabeth Ellis, John Michael Higgins, Christine Ebersole, Harriet Sansom Harris, Ryan Heffington, Nate Mann, Joseph Cross. Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson. Cinematography: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Bauman. Production design: Florencia Martin. Film editing: Andy Jurgensen. Music: Jonny Greenwood.

Ever seen a movie that you liked but a couple of years later couldn't remember a thing about it? That's what Licorice Pizza was for me. Which is odd, because one of the things about Paul Thomas Anderson's movies is that they're so memorable, if only for certain moments, like the rain of frogs in Magnolia (1999) or Daniel Day-Lewis threatening to drink Paul Dano's milkshake in There Will Blood (2007). But there's something comparatively low-key about Licorice Pizza, at least for the first half of the film. It's basically a boy-meets-girl story, or rather a boy-meets-woman story: A more-than-usually assertive 15-year-old boy meets a slacker twenty-something woman. Teenager Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is an actor and an entrepreneur; Alana Kane (Alana Haim), who is either 25 or 28, depending on which you believe of the ages she gives at one point in the movie, lives at home with her parents and her sisters (played by Haim's real-life family). Gary and Alana meet when he's standing in line to have his high school yearbook photo taken; she's an assistant to the photographer, a job she dislikes. They begin a relationship that turns co-dependent and evolves into an off-beat (and possibly illegal) romance. And for a time that's all there is, until after the excursions of the two into the waterbed and pinball machine business put them in contact with some big name Hollywood types: Sean Penn plays a very thinly disguised version of William Holden, and Bradley Cooper a very broadly caricatured Jon Peters. These extended cameos throw the film out of whack for a while until the main story gets its balance back, though it ends with a sequence that's a cliché out of the romcom genre. I think one of the reasons Licorice Pizza is so unmemorable is that Anderson hasn't quite figured out how to turn the autobiographical elements of his story, drawn from growing up as an actor's son in the San Fernando Valley, into a narrative that connects with the audience. It had the same effect on me as Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans (2022), another film that doesn't rise out of autobiography into common experience. Both movies were fun to watch but they didn't quite stick with me.  

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21st Annual Visual Effects Society Awards — Film Winners

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Walter Garcia, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, JD Schwalm — WINNER Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Christian Mänz, Olly Young, Benjamin Loch, Stephane Naze, Alistair Williams Jurassic World: Dominion – David Vickery, Ann Podlozny, Jance Rubinchik, Dan Snape, Paul Corbould The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Bryan Searing, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Paul Molles, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Scott Fisher

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Death on the Nile – George Murphy, Claudia Dehmel, Mathieu Raynault, Jonathan Bowen, David Watkins I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Paul Norris, Tim Field, Don Libby, Andrew Simmonds The Fabelmans – Pablo Helman, Jennifer Mizener, Cernogorods Aleksei, Jeff Kalmus, Mark Hawker The Gray Man – Swen Gilberg, Viet Luu, Bryan Grill, Cliff Welsh, Michael Meinardus The Pale Blue Eye – Jake Braver, Catherine Farrell, Tim Van Horn, Scott Pritchard, Jeremy Hays Thirteen Lives – Jason Billington, Thomas Horton, Denis Baudin, Michael Harrison, Brian Cox — WINNER

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey, Mad God, Chris Morley, Phil Tippett, Ken Rogerson, Tom Gibbons — WINNER Strange World – Steve Goldberg, Laurie Au, Mark Hammel, Mehrdad Isvandi The Bad Guys– Pierre Perifel, Damon Ross, Matt Baer, JP Sans The Sea Beast – Joshua Beveridge, Christian Hejnal, Stirling Duguid, Spencer Lueders Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins, Danielle Feinberg, Dave Hale

Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature  Avatar: The Way of Water: Kiri – Anneka Fris, Rebecca Louise Leybourne, Guillaume Francois, Jung-Rock Hwang — WINNER Beast: Lion – Alvise Avati, Bora Şahin, Chris McGaw, Krzysztof Boyoko Disney’s Pinocchio: Honest John – Christophe Paradis, Valentina Rosselli, Armita Khanlarpour, Kyoungmin Kim Slumberland: Pig – Fernando Lopes Herrera, Victor Dinis, Martine Chartrand, Lucie Martinetto

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Geppetto – Charles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shami Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Pinocchio – Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate — WINNER Strange World: Splat – Leticia Gillett, Cameron Black, Dan Lipson, Louis Jones Turning Red: Panda Mei – Christopher Bolwyn, Ethan Dean, Bill Sheffler, Kureha Yokoo

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Metkayina Village – Ryan Arcus, Lisa Hardisty, Paul Harris TaeHyoung David Kim Avatar: The Way of Water: The Reef – Jessica Cowley, Joe W. Churchill, Justin Stockton, Alex Nowotny — WINNER Jurassic World Dominion: Biosyn Valley – Steve Ellis, Steve Hardy, Thomas Dohlen, John Seru Slumberland: The Wondrous Cuban Hotel Dream – Daniël Dimitri Veder, Marc Austin, Pavan Rajesh Uppu, Casey Gorton

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: In the Stomach of a Sea Monster – Warren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho — WINNER Lightyear: T’Kani Prime Forest – Lenora Acidera, Amy Allen, Alyssa Minko, Jose L. Ramos Serrano Strange World: The Windy Jungle – Ki Jong Hong, Ryan Smith, Jesse Erickson, Benjamin Fiske The Sea Beast: The Hunting Ship – Yohan Bang, Enoch Ihde, Denil George Chundangal, John Wallace Wendell & Wild: The Scream Fair – Tom Proost, Nicholas Blake, Colin Babcock, Matthew Paul Albertus Cross

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project ABBA: Voyage – Pär M. Ekberg, John Galloway, Paolo Acri, Jose Burgos Avatar: The Way of Water – Richard Baneham, Dan Cox, Eric Reynolds, A.J Briones — WINNER Prehistoric Planet – Daniel Fotheringham, Krzysztof Szczepanski, Wei-Chuan Hsu, Claire Hill The Batman: Rain Soaked Car Chase – Dennis Yoo, Michael J. Hall, Jason Desjarlais, Ben Bigiel

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project Avatar: The Way of Water: The Sea Dragon – Sam Sharplin, Stephan Skorepa, Ian Baker, Guillaume Francois — WINNER The Sea Beast – Maxx Okazaki, Susan Kornfeld, Edward Lee, Doug Smith Top Gun: Maverick: F-14 Tomcat – Christian Peck, Klaudio Ladavac, Aram Jung, Peter Dominik Wendell & Wild: Dream Faire – Peter Dahmen, Paul Harrod, Nicholas Blake

Outstanding Effects Simulation in a Photoreal Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Fire and Destruction – Miguel Perez Senent, Xavier Martin Ramirez, David Kirchner, Ole Geir Eidsheim Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Simulations – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicolas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian — WINNER Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: City Street Flooding – Matthew Hanger, Alexis Hall, Hang Yang, Mikel Zuloaga Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson

Outstanding Effects Simulation in an Animated Feature Lightyear – Alexis Angelidis, Chris Chapman, Jung-Hyun Kim, Keith Klohn Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, Kiem Ching Ong, Jinguang Huang — WINNER Strange World – Deborah Carlson, Scott Townsend, Stuart Griese, Yasser Hamed The Sea Beast – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Brian D. Casper, Joe Eckroat

Outstanding Compositing & Lighting in Feature Avatar: The Way of Water: Landing Rockets Forest Destruction – Miguel Santana Da Silva, Hongfei Geng, Jonathan Moulin, Maria Corcho Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Integration – Sam Cole, Francois Sugny, Florian Schroeder, Jean Matthews — WINNER The Batman: Rainy Freeway Chase – Beck Veitch, Stephen Tong, Eva Snyder, Rachel E. Herbert Top Gun: Maverick – Saul Davide Galbiati, Jean-Frederic Veilleux, Felix B. Lafontaine, Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo

Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project Avatar: The Way of Water: Current Machine and Wave Pool – JD Schwalm, Richie Schwalm, Nick Rand, Robert Spurlock — WINNER Black Adam: Robotic Flight – JD Schwalm, Nick Rand, Andrew Hyde, Andy Robot, Mad God, Phil Tippett, Chris Morley, Webster Colcord, Johnny McLeod The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power “Adrift” Middle Earth Storm – Dean Clarke, Oliver Gee, Eliot Naimie, Mark Robson

Emerging Technology Award Avatar: The Way of Water: Depth Comp – Dejan Momcilovic, Tobias B. Schmidt, Benny Edlund, Joshua Hardgrave Avatar: The Way of Water: Facial System – Byungkuk Choi, Stephen Cullingford, Stuart Adcock, Marco Revelant Avatar: The Way of Water: Water Toolset – Alexey Dmitrievich Stomakhin, Steve Lesser, Sven Joel Wretborn, Douglas McHale — WINNER Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: 3D Printed Metal Armature – Richard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen Turning Red: Profile Mover and CurveNets – Kurt Fleischer, Fernando de Goes, Bill Sheffler

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EMPIRE OF LIGHT_SAM MENDES

Dopo le prime tre-quattro sequenze di “Empire of Light” di Sam Mendes, ho temuto che si trattasse dell’ennesimo omaggio al cinema, simile a uno di quelli che in questi ultimi anni si sono succeduti come, per citare i due ultimi esempi, il toccante “The Fabelmans” di Steven Spielberg o l’indigesto “Babylon” di Damien Chazelle. Invece oltre ad un omaggio al cinema, “Empire of Light, fa parte anche di quel filone del cinema proletario e di lotta, che annovera nel proprio repertorio grandissimi film a cominciare da quelli di Ken Loach, insuperato maestro del genere (Neorealismo a parte, naturalmente), fino all’Emmanuelle Carrère di “Tra due mondi” del 2021. La vicenda racconta di Hillary, (Olivia Colman), vicedirettrice dell’ “Empire of Light”, vecchia multisala cinematografica affacciata sulla manica, a Margate, cittadina del Kent, che viene sistematicamente plagiata sessualmente dal direttore della sala, Mr. Ellis (Colin Firth) nonché del suo rapporto sentimentale con un giovane neo assunto come addetto alla biglietteria, Stephen (Michael Ward), uomo di colore, vittima della discriminazione razziale, ancora ben viva in UK negli anni Ottanta tanto da essere pestato a sangue da un gruppo di aderenti al gruppo di estrema destra del National Front che durante una manifestazione dà l’assalto al cinema. Hillary è una donna psicologicamente provata non solo dalle avances di Mr. Ellis, ma da dolorose vicende famigliari e da un ambiente sociale depauperato dalla crisi economica e sociale della Gran Bretagna di quegli anni vessata dal governo della Lady di ferro, Margaret Thatecher. Il tenero amore tra i due è messo in crisi da questa instabilità di Hillary e tra alti e bassi termina con la partenza di Stephen che decide di proseguire gli studi nella vicina Brighton. O almeno così si presume, poiché il finale è lasciato da Mendes volutamente nel segno del non detto. E l’omaggio al cinema? C’è eccome e si palesa in diversi modi. Il primo, diciamo così architettonico: l’Empire of Light è un imponente edificio novecentista e lo stato di dignitosa decadenza in cui versa è un riferimento simbolico ma piuttosto circostanziato, al destino del cinema come luogo fisico, che sembra appartenere più al passato che al futuro. Ma nel film di Memdes c’è anche evidente la metafora del cinema come luogo del sogno e delle potenzialità dell’immaginazione. Con proverbiale saggezza il proiezionista Norman (Toby Jones), descrive il meccanismo della visione e del magnifico inganno della proiezione che, attraverso un espediente tecnico e un difetto della nostra memoria involontaria, fa nascere la splendida illusione del cinema: “La vita è uno stato mentale” gli farà dire il regista sul finire del film. Infine, quando Hillary decide di vedere per la prima volta un film nella sala del cinema dove ha lavorato per anni, Mendes sceglie, citandolo in una delle sequenze più memorabili, “Oltre il giardino” l’indimenticabile capolavoro di Hal Ashby. Insomma il timore iniziale di esser capitato nell’ennesima Madeleine o “Amarcord” sul cinema attraverso il meta-cinema, è svanito proprio grazie alla capacità di Mendes di omaggiare la settima arte, attraverso citazioni intelligenti e non puramente autoreferenziali. Ora aspettiamo di vedere il prossimo film sul cinema, “ Il ritorno di Casanova” di Gabriele Salvatores, prossimamente nella sale, sperando che a furia di riflessioni sul cinema, al cinema ci vada ancora qualcuno…

[stokergirl]

how badly did they mess up that blue screen in the giraffe scene in tlou cause it fully looked like cgi when they actually had a real giraffe???

im only hating to protect myself cause i cried hard. this show was overall a mess but i still care so much for ellie and joel in the end, all thanks to great actors with great chemistry.

and the oscars were a fucking mess. nothing for the fabelmans, tar, banshees, just checks from netflix and a24 and vibes. and i dont give a fuck jamie lee curtis won over stephanie hsu just like i dont give a fuck about eeaao (i do hope ke huy quan gets his career back). at least there was no shitty skits.

now its 6am i need to get some sleep but i had so much coffee today i dont think i will ever sleep again

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La gara per la categoria #Migliorscenografia è una delle più dinamiche di questa Stagione dei premi con ben 4 titoli in pole position. Di conseguenza nella sfida emersa nelle previsioni precedenti tra Babylon ed Elvis, si inseriscono altri 2 forti competitors come Avatar: The Way of Water e Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. A questo punto al di là del possibile vincitore di questa categoria, la vera sfida è prevedere la cinquina finale con un testa a testa per il quinto posto "disponibile" tra The Fabelmans e Everything Everywhere All At Once. In siffatto contesto tra i potenziali favoriti per la nomination agli #Oscar2023 per la categoria #BestProductionDesign si confermano in pole position: 1.#Babylon: Florencia Martin (production designer), Anthony Carlino (set decorator) -WINNERS (3): LVFCS, PFCS, FFCC -NOMINATIONS (8) (premi chiave: Critics Choice Award, HCA Film Award, Satellite Award) 2.#Elvis: Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy (production designer), Shaun Barry, Beverley Dunn, Daniel Reader (set decorator) -WINNERS (2): AACTA Award, StLFCA -NOMINATIONS (8) (premi chiave: Critics Choice Award, HCA Film Award, Satellite Award) 3.#AvatarTheWayofWater: Dylan Cole, Ben Procter (production designer), Vanessa Cole (set decorator) -WINNERS (1): LAFCA -NOMINATIONS (7) (premi chiave: Critics Choice Award, HCA Film Award, Satellite Award) 4.#BlackPantherWakandaForever: Hannah Beachler (production designer), Lisa K. Sessions (set decorator) -WINNERS (1): WAFCA -NOMINATIONS (6) (premi chiave: Critics Choice Award, HCA Film Award) 5.#TheFabelmans: Rick Carter (production designer), Karen O’Hara (set decorator) -WINNERS (1): NFCS -NOMINATIONS (3) (premi chiave: Critics Choice Award, Satellite Award) 6.#EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce: Jason Isvarday (production designer), Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator) -WINNERS (1): CFCA -NOMINATIONS (7) (premi chiave: Critics Choice Award) 7.Glass Onion - Kinves Ou Mystery: Rick Heinrichs (production designer), Elli Griff (set decorator) -WINNERS: -- -NOMINATIONS (5) 8.The Batman: James Chinlund (production designer), Lee Sandales (set decorator) -WINNERS: -- -NOMINATIONS (3) (premi chiave: HCA Film Award) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm67QlcscD0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lulidragon]

Burt Fabelman and a weird young girl who falls sincerely of him, well, in the movie is the typical father who does not agree with the dreams of his son, but I see he is a very endearing character, is a patient and cute man, aww, and thought he is based on the real father of Spielberg. Ah Ah Ah

[always-andromeda]

thank you so much for the tag, Olly!! 🥺 your business attire is absolutely everything to me; I just adore it.

Nickname: most folks call me Meda now but my lovely Storm calls me Truffle Baby Bitch and Good Lady Wife Nadja on occasion lol. Most of the lovely nicknames I get come from him.

Sign: Leo! I have no idea what my rising and moon signs are though.

Height: Somewhere around 5'7"??

Recently Googled: the guilty 2021 and the fabelmans tickets oop

Song Stuck In My Head: The 1975 and About You by The 1975 off of their most recent album.

Number of Followers: 754! Which is absolutely insane?? Holy fuck??

Amount of Sleep Last Night: I got about eight hours but in two hour increments each? Fun stuff.

Lucky Number: 5, 8, and 10

Dream Job: being a full time published writer used to be my huge dream, but now the thought of being either an English teacher or an Art teacher appeals to me way more? overall, as long as I can exist in a creative space, I think I'll always try to find a way to be happy with it.

Wearing: mint green sweatpants, my purple Grapejuice shirt (as in the song from Harry's House <3), and my stained glass moon glasses chain.

Books and Movies That Summarize Me: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Clementine is literally me), Dead Poets Society (Todd is literally me), and probably Donnie Darko (Donnie is literally me).

Favorite Songs: not sure if I have one solid favorite, actually? I love Phoebe Bridgers, Paul Williams, Bon Iver, Hippo Campus, Dr. Dog, Duster...god, I love and have such a strong connection with so many artists and songs lol

Aesthetic: very much like...a strange cross between Rory Gilmore and a dad from a 80s sitcom. here, lol, take some pictures of me looking all sweaty and stinky and gross from one of the last times I went out <3

Favorite Author: I don't exactly have a favorite author? but I do have favorite individual books. like Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Brunt is one that will always stick with me as well as Mara Wilson's book. for the last few years I've been super into reading biographies and autobiographies and whatnot.

Favorite Animal Noises: legitimately, my cat Ellie's meows. like...her meows are so soft and sweet and she can be so talkative and I just love going back and forth with her.

Random: I am currently watching season two of The Vow and holy shit I am so surprised that I didn't know half of this shit? god, this show is so heartbreaking. I am also currently making a bad decision! The bad decision: drinking tequila. 😔

I'll tag @quietsounds @starshapedstickerss @beachboysblues @cercandodiscrivere @thegardenarcher and anyone else who wants to do it lol (no pressure whatsoever though!!)

ah thank you for tagging me cassandra 💚 @jervis-tetch-my-beloved i started a new thread because i didn't want to annoy everyone lmao i'm so dumb

Nickname: finnie is my nickname! or i guess fin too! ms. crane if ya nasty

Sign: virgo

Height: i think 5ft 8"

Recently Googled: john candy (we watched p, t, & a 💜)

Song Stuck In My Head: b.o.t.a - eliza rose, i just really like the lil bee bee boop be de bee doo boop bit

Number of Followers: 577 eep i am baby

Amount of Sleep Last Night: i think in total like 7

Lucky Number: 248

Dream Job: i do not dream of labour i wanna write porn in the forest

Wearing: black overshirt, plain grey tee, mustard corduroy lucy and yak dungarees, and my black converse

Books/Movies That Summarize Me: painfully, and i mean this wholeheartedly and genuinely, the first chapter of history of a drowning boy was shockingly revealing, it takes so little for paths to diverge huh?

Favourite Songs: i literally cannot pick favourites of things i find it distressing but at the moment i think it's clean clean by the buggles or pressure by billy joel

Aesthetic: soft grunge in a primary school teacher kinda way, goth in a librarian kind of way, weird in a bisexual kinda way, definitely queer just from looking at me kinda way

Favourite Author: cassandra you typed finnie and it literally made my eyes water at my desk and i sincerely hope you did mean me and if not i'll die but also that's the nicest fuckin thing and i'm dying and march you too what the fuck ANYWAY probably uh shirley jackson, stephen king, adam marek, jeremy dyson, max brooks, richard matheson, peter vronsky ??

Favourite Animal Noises: when dogs do that old man grumble when you scratch them or they stretch, when my dogs specifically go "grrr" really low when they want my attention

Random: @riddlersbimbo sent me the most amazing holiday card and it is on my desk at work and i spend at least 10 minutes a day looking at it and smiling 💚

💚 Tagging (but they might already be tagged further down the chain i am scheduling this for later) 💚

@riddlemeri @riddlersbimbo @shigironki @pinkpanda1846 @s0ftmary @diaboligoat @worri-wort @paprikaspice @ihavenosoul12 @midnight0906 @that3nbytrash @pompous-puffed-up-penguin @letshaveadepressionparty @thebeautifulsoup @sweetums0kitty @luckyspade-8 @a-rose-as-sweet