#hungarian directory

[ofnailbatsandaxefives]

In the source link you will find #570 gifs of Froy Guiterrez in The Strangers: Chapter 1. He is Mexican (Caxcan descent) and white (Norwegian, Hungarian, English, Irish, some German and Swiss-German). Froy is queer which is something to keep in mind if/when choosing to use him as an FC. Do not use in gif hunts or make icons. See gif directory for full list of rules. Remember to please like and reblog if you decide to use.

[82mitsu]

{18Trip} <PROLOGUE SIDE-A: Still blank> 000-A01 My Sweet Home Town

A translation of 18TRIP's PROLOGUE SIDE-A by 82mitsu. ENG proofreading by sasaranurude.

Opening note:

I am playing with the male player character, canon name Kaede Hamasaki, and will be simply referred to as Kaede in the translation. It’s a choice made due to the characters referring to the player character in their own ways (switching between first & last name, using honorifics) and I don’t want to make it sound clunky by using “player” or “MC”, or alter when first or last name is used (due to the importance of it in the JPN language). However, the gender of the player character has 0 impact on the story, and the experience is the same regardless of male or female main character.

TL note: 

レトい (retoi) comes from retro. It’s made up slang from 18TRIP.

Fiú is a Hungarian word meaning "boy".

Announcer <(We request that you please fill in your arrival card as preparation for landing. –As there’s still some time until disembarkment, please enjoy the remainder of your pleasant flight.)

A trip’s memories are like one roll of a cassette tape.

The A-side is full of wonder, while the B-side… it may record all the unavoidable, painful things, but that isn’t to say only one side exists.

…The beauty of travel is not without its downsides.

Announcer <(We will shortly start our descent to Tokyo Metropolis Airport.)

Kaede: …Been a while since we could see each other, right, Kafka.

Man seated in the other chair: That’s a tape recorder, no… Isn’t that something from over half a century ago? 

Kaede: Ah, yes, it’s a cassette tape.

Kaede: From the latter half of the 20th century… They used them up until around the 90’s.

Man seated in the other chair: They’re back in fashion lately, aren’t they. Ret, if I’m not mistaken… That's a buzzword in itself, too. You’re a fan of these?

Kaede: Not so much other ret stuff… I just like cassettes. 

???  <(Hey… don’t you dare…me out of all people…!)

???  <(I’m… in the mood for… tedious… oh-so grand exit.)

??? <(Whaa-!? I should… saying that!)

Kaede: (What’s with the commotion… a fight?)

Man seated in the other chair: My, my… lively, isn’t it.

Man seated in the other chair: I have to say, somehow I was able to have a pleasant flight sitting next to you. My thanks, fieu. Have an ounce of gratitude.

Kaede: Oh, no need to… the same goes for me!

Kuguri: So, Returning to JPN?

Kaede: Yes, I’m going back to my hometown. To HAMA-18.

next chapter>>

prologue directory: A01 (x) / A02 / A03 / A04 / A05 / A06 / A07 / A08

[roskirambles]

Horror Movie of the day: Dracula (1931)

The 1897 Bram Stoker's novel, a well known literary classic: the nefarious vampire who comes from beyond the Carpathians to take over England by settling in Cairfax Abbey, London. A blood eating fiend who is drawn in by the virginal Mina Murray, to then be confronted by her fiancé Jonthan Harker and Dr. Abraham Van Helsing. So when Tod Browning was hired to adapt it to the silver screen, from its theatre adaptation nonetheless, the end result became transformative in the world of cinema… forever.

Now, it's easy for modern audiences to be desensitized to its lack of violence and campy theatrics, with a performance from Bela Lugosi as the count that has been parodied to death and then some. And yet, over 90 years after it was seen for the first time it's still considered as THE iconic interpretation of the vampire upon which Halloween costumes are based on and from which many lines not found in the novel are imitated. Why is that? The key word is charisma.

Behind the obvious camp, there's something performative if not outright uncanny about the count. Yes, a 6 feet tall vampire who is always staring and cups the sky in his hand like a poorly directed Shakespeare villain can come across as a tad goofy, but he thoroughly sticks out and it's hard to look everywhere else when someone acts so strangely and somehow makes everyone start following his pace, simultaneously a relic of the time yet still captivating, magnetic even.

A pragmatic adaptation that simplifies the story (cutting out Lucy Westenra's suitors entirely, cutting Jonathan's trip Trannsylvania out) this film keeps most of the essentials about the book while optimizing the screen time, while changing the angle to emphasize the rivalry between Dracula and Van Helsing. The end result is moody and atmospheric, with some admittedly hooky effects but hitting just right at many moments.

It's only natural for a movie still worth watching.

Yes, I emphasized Lugosi's performance during the main body of review, but that was honestly warranted: a movie named after its antagonist lives or dies by that performance specifically, and the classically trained Hungarian honestly knocked it out of the park to the point he codified what vampires look like for decades, only horror film legend Cristopher Lee ever coming remotely close to the same leve of iconicity. But reducing the movie's success to JUST Legosi's performance is undermining the effort of the rest of the cast, with Edward Van Sloan's performance as Abraham van Helsing playing a great foil to the count, or Dwight Frye's compelling range as Renfield really selling the madness and tragedy of his character.

But above all, Tod Browning's directorial achievements in what was effectively a new field.

Sure, horror films existed before this one, so did Dracula adaptations even. But this movie had a challenge past ones didn't have to deal with: making horror work with sound. An herculean task he understood better than some people might give him credit for; while archaic to modern eyes with it's nigh total absence of music (including the now awkward use of Tchaikovsky's Swan's Lake as the opening credits theme), finding things like the sound creaking doors used to build tension THIS early in cinema history isn't as self explanatory as it might seem. It required an intuition as to how the soundscape of a situation instinctively affects the emotional state of the viewer.

That isn't to mention that for how shoddy those bats on strings look, the atmosphere of the film still manages to hit the mark. Even fairly goofy facial expressions can be rendered creepy under the right lighting conditions.

But then, there's some other matters about this film, like how the changes to the book have affected the perception of many characters (hitting Mina the hardest by making her JUST the damsel in distress), the fact Lugosi was not the first choice for Dracula and had to fight for it(showing that even back then you had an internal politics conflict in Hollywood), or the existence of a score which was added in later releases and adds to the film's atmosphere.

...or the fact it's actually TWO separate films from from the same script.

As dubbing and putting subtitles to films wasn't a common practice during the 30's, to export this movie to other markets a completely separate version in a different language would have to be made for each. And since Mexico is the immediate neighboring country, a Spanish version was shot at nights on the same sets as the English one, helmed by George Melford.

The end result is a very similar yet also decidedly different movie, lasting over half an hour more, addressing plot points that are either glossed over or shortly talked about, and having more ambitious cinematography, but with acting that doesn't quite match the overall level seen in Brown's effort. Specially poor Carlos Villarias, who was mandated to imitate Lugosi as close as possible and wasn't allowed to make the character his own, remembered only as a pale imitation of the so called original.

Still, a window into two different takes from the same script is a rarity in the world of cinema and well worth looking into.

[fulesthefirst]

István, a király (2023)/Stephen, the King (Hungarian rockopera)

I really enjoyed finally having an actor portray the inner turmoil and uncertainty of the young king about following in his father's footsteps. Changing a country drastically (hopefully, but who knows) for the better, but in an aggressive way with lots of bloody casualties should cause doubt and moments of despair.

And look at him! Being in despair and curling up like a baby! Yay for our unstable king!

(I also liked how this production did not care about the "love triangle". István was always singing to God, even in the "romantic" songs. A ✨quality✨ choice. No time for romance during a regal mental breakdown.)

((The "foreign church" being revolting and caricatured was also a great stage directorial decision.))

(((Why am I writing in English?? Only Hungarians care about this.)))

[dear-indies]

in light of recent events... who are some of your favorite underused indigenous faces?

I think it'd be better to ask Indigenous creators some of their suggestions (if they're accepting asks!) but I will list people I know of with resources at the time of posting so the roleplay community knows who has them since the main directory is down. I know some of these are well known but I hardly see anybody use them:

Gil Birmingham (1953) Comanche.

Ernie Dingo (1956) Yamatji.

Benjamin Bratt (1963) Peruvian of Quechua descent / German, English, Sudeten German.

Zahn McClarnon (1966) Irish, Polish, Hunkpapa Lakota and Sihasapa Lakota.

Jason Scott Lee (1966) Kānaka Maoli and Chinese.

Kimberly Guerrero (1967) Colville, Ktunaxa, Bitterroot Salish, and Cherokee.

Michael Greyeyes (1967) Plains Cree.

Aaron Pedersen (1970) Arrernte and Arabana.

Robbie Magasiva (1972) Samoan.

Kaliko Kauahi (1974) Kānaka Maoli and Japanese,

Jennifer Podemski (1974) Saulteaux, Ojibwe, Lenape, Metis, and Polish Jewish - has Chronic Lyme Disease.

Chaske Spencer (1975) Yankton, Assiniboine, Sisseton, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Creek, French, and Dutch.

Simone Kessell (1975) Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāi Te Rangi.

Tawny Cypress (1976) African-American, Accawmacke / Hungarian, German - is queer.

Daniella Alonso (1978) Peruvian of Quechua descent, Japanese / Puerto Rican.

Jesse Williams (1980) African-American, Seminole / Swedish.

Marisa Quinn (1980) Mexican and Lipan Apache.

Meagan Good (1981) African-American, Afro-Barbadian, Puerto Rican, Cherokee, Creole, and Jewish.

Jennifer Pudavick (1982) Metis.

Gabriel Luna (1982) Mexican and Lipan.

Rudy Youngblood (1982) Comanche and Yaqui.

Heather White (1983) Mohawk / Nakoda Sioux.

Cara Gee (1983) Ojibwe.

Andrew M. Gray (1983) Spanish / Miwok.

Uli Latukefu (1983) Tongan.

Alex Meraz (1984) Mexican of Purepecha descent.

Jessica Matten (1985) Red River Metis of Cree and Saulteaux descent, Chinese, French, British, and Ukrainian.

Martin Sensmeier (1985) Tlingit, Koyukon, Eyak, Irish, and German.

Cooper Andrews (1985) Samoan / Hungarian Jewish.

Elle Maija Tailfeathers (1985) Kainai Blackfoot and Northern Sami.

Nathalie Kelley (1985) Argentinian, Quechua of Peruvian descent.

Maika Harper (1986) Inuit.

Miranda Tapsell (1987) Larrakia.

Oona Chaplin (1986) Chilean [Mapuche, Spanish, evidently Romanian] / English, Irish, 1/16th Scottish.

Lily Gladstone (1986) Amskapi Pikuni Blackfoot, Kainai Blackfoot, and Nez Perce.

Jenna Talackova (1988) Babine and Czech.

Joan Smalls (1988) Afro-Virgin Islander, Irish / Puerto Rican [Spanish, Taino, Indian].

Ashley Callingbull (1989) Cree.

Ellyn Jade / Jade Willoughby (1990) Ojibwe, Afro Jamaican, Taíno, British - is Two-Spirit (she/her) - not straight otherwise unspecified, has nephrotic syndrome and celiac’s disease.

Kiowa Gordon (1990) Hualapai, English, Scottish, Danish, Manx.

Mary Galloway (1990) Quamichan - is queer.

Keisha Castle-Hughes (1990) Tainui, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou / English.

Tanaya Beatty (1991) Da’naxda’xw and Himalayan.

Richard Harmon (1991) Mi'kmaq, French, Italian, English.

Cody Kearsley (1991) Metis.

Grace Dove (1991) Secwepemc.

Rose Matafeo (1992) Samoan / Scottish and Croatian.

Yalitza Aparicio (1993) Mixtec and Triqui.

Bryana Holly (1993) Kānaka Maoli, Japanese, Slovenian, Russian.

Ashley Moore (1993) African-American, Cherokee, and White.

Luciane Buchanan (1993) Tongan / Scottish.

Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (1993) Mohawk - is queer.

Frankie Adams (1994) Samoan.

Taija Kerr (1994) Kānaka Maoli and African-American.

Khadijha Red Thunder (1994) Chippewa Cree, African-American, Spanish - is pansexual.

Angel Bismark Curiel (1995) Taino, Afro Dominican, Spanish - has asthma and a heart murmur.

Kehlani (1995) African-American, French, Blackfoot, Cheroke, Spanish, Mexican, Filipino, Scottish, English, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Welsh, as well as distant Cornish, Irish, and possibly Choctaw - is a non-binary womxn and is a lesbian.

Sasha Lane (1995) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - is gay and has schizoaffective disorder.

Cody Christian (1995) Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, French / English.

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Tahitian, Chinese, Japanese, and Unknown White.

Courtney Eaton (1996) Chinese, Māori Cook Islander / English.

Román Zaragoza (1996) Akimel O’odham, Mexican / Japanese, Taiwanese.

Keahu Kahuanui (1996) Kānaka Maoli as well as some Japanese, likely small amounts of Scottish and French.

Court

Alex Aiono (1996) Ngāti Porou and Samoan / English, German, Irish, Danish, smaller amounts of Welsh, Swiss-German, and Scottish.

Madeleine Madden (1997) Gadigal, Eastern Arrernte, Kalkadoon and White.

Alaqua Cox (1997) Menominee and Mohican - is Deaf and is a leg amputee.

Kaiit (1997) Papuan, Gunditjmara, Torres Strait Islander - non-binary - she/he/they.

Morgan Holmstrom (1997) Metis of Cree descent, Ilocano Filipino, and Sambal Filipino.

Sofia Jamora (1997) Kānaka Maoli and Mexican.

Amber Midthunder (1997) Hunkpapa Lakota, Hudeshabina Nakoda, Sissiton-Wahpehton Dakota, Thai-Chinese, and White.

Froy Gutierrez (1998) Mexican and Caxcan / European.

Forrest Goodluck (1998) Navajo / Hidatsa, Mandan, Tsimshian, one-eighth Japanese, Norwegian, English, French-Canadian, German.

Kekoa Kekumano (1998) Kānaka Maoli.

Shina Novalinga (1998) Inuit.

Sivan Alyra Rose (1999) Chiricahua Apache / Afro-Puerto Rican, Creole - is genderfluid (she/they) and pansexual.

Erana James (1999) Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei, Tainui.

Lizeth Selene (1999) Black and Unspecified Indigenous Mexican.

Willow Allen (1999) Inuit.

Anna Lambe (2000) Inuit - is bisexual.

Auli'i Cravalho (2000) Puerto Rican, Kānaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian, Portuguese, Chinese, Irish - is bisexual.

Joshua Odjick (2000/2001) Algonquin, Cree, and possibly Ojiwbe.

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (2001) Ojibwe, Cree, Chinese Guyanese, Afro Guyanese, White.

Matthew Sato (2001) Japanese, Chinese, Kānaka Maoli, Norwegian, Azorean Portuguese, English, Irish, Scottish, German.

Quannah Chasinghorse (2002) Hän, Gwich’in, Sicangu Oyate Lakota Sioux, and Oglala Lakota Sioux.

Jimmy Blais (?) Plains Cree.

Meegwun Fairbrother (?) Ojibwe, Scottish.

Ryan-James Hatanaka (?) Metis, Japanese, Scottish / Irish.

Delno Ebie (?) Lenape, Ojibwe, Cherokee, Mohawk, Montaukett, Powhatan, Pequot, Narragansett, Italian [including Sicilian], Greek, and possibly other descent.

Taiana Tully (?) Kānaka Maoli.

Lindsay Watson (?) Kānaka Maoli.

+ please let me know if I'm missing anyone or worded things wrong!

[computervrx]

The Origin of the Computer Virus

At the time of it's creation, it was not referred to as a computer virus but a theoretical concept of a computer virus was presented by Hungarian scientist and mathematician John Von Neuman.

It was presented in a series of lectures titled "The Theory 8 Organization of Complicated Automata." These lectures were conducted at the University of Illinois in 1944 and published by the same university in 1966. The basis of his theory was that as computer programs become more intricate and are able to mirror the human nervous system, eventually it would make sense if it were able to self-replicate just like a biological virus and cause any number of threats to the host system.

First Computer Virus Ever Created In 1971, the first official computer virus was created by Bob Thomas from BBN Technologies. It was called the "creeper" named after a villain from the cartoon series Scooby-Doo.

It was initially an experimental program with malicious intent was ingrained in its code. When a computer was infected with the program, it would print this message on their machine:

Then, it would move along in the network and find another computer to display the same message without damaging any files. That same year a colleague of Bob's would create a similar program called "Reaper". However, instead of displaying any messages it would look for copies of Creeper and and delete them. Regarding this program the first "anti-virus" solution.

The Rabbit Virus

In 1974, the "Rabbit" virus was created. Given this name because of speed at which it replicated itself. This was different from the previous virus mentioned because it was contained to one machine and created with malicious intent. It was created by a disgruntled employee and mainly intended to replicate itself until the system ultimately crashed.

"Animal" A Year later, the first "Trojan Horse" was developed. This is a type of malware that will disguise itself as a non-threatening program in order of not being detected and deleted by a user or anti-virus program. They cannot be replicated, but can attach itself to user program files or games that are exchanged then executed by end-user activity.

A computer programmer named John Walker created a program called "animal" which initially looked like a game that asked the user 20 questions to determine the animal they were thinking of. In the background, it was using a program called pervade which was a piece of code he programmed to copy this game into every single directory that user had access to.

Elk Cloner

In 1982, another virus emerged created by a 15-year-old high school student in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania named Rich Skrenta. This virus is considered to be one of the first viruses to leave the confines of where it was created and first ever personal computer (PC) viruses. It was transmitted through floppy disks and would copy itself to run in the memory of the computer it was installed in. It would also copy itself onto any floppy disk inserted into the PC. This viruses was initially intended to be a joke and was not programmed with any malicious intent, but was noted for how quickly it spread. The only notable thing it did was display a message when the system was booted for the 50th time:

The "Brain" Virus

In 1986, there were two brothers based in Pakistan named Basit and Amjad Farooq.

They ran a computer store at that time and were growing frustrated at customers using pirated copies of their computer program. They created this virus to get back at those users. This was considered a boot sector virus which would alter the boot sector of any floppy disk used to copy their software. It was referred to the brain virus due to the name of the brother's company and the logo printed on their personal floppy disks. It is regarded as the first IBM PC virus. When users would try to boot their system they were presented with a message that read "welcome to the dungeon" along with binary editing code.

The brothers insisted that this virus was simply created to bring awareness to the user that they were using a pirated version of their program, however it was reported that some users experienced data loss and other issues. This was most likely caused by variants of the virus being spread. This is the virus that would go on to inspire the creation of the anti-virus software Mcafee since it caused the creator of the software to lose their personal work files.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.9 (before 1910)

694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. 1180 – The Battle of Fujigawa: Minamoto forces (30,000 men) under Minamoto no Yoritomo defeat Taira no Koremori during a night attack near the Fuji River but he escapes safely with the routed army. 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement forced on Llywelyn ap Gruffudd by King Edward I of England, brings a temporary end to the Welsh Wars. 1307 – Knights Templar officer Hugues de Pairaud is forced to confess during the Trials of the Knights Templar. He was persecuted on the charges of false idolism and sodomy. 1313 – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf. 1323 – Siege of Warangal: Prataparudra surrenders to Muhammad bin Tughlaq, officially marking the end of the Kakatiya dynasty. 1330 – At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert. 1372 – Trần Duệ Tông succeeds his brother Trần Nghệ Tông as King of Vietnam. 1431 – The Battle of Ilava: The Hungarians defeat the Hussite army. 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade. 1520 – More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath. 1620 – The Bohemian King Frederick I flees Prague to Wroclaw one day after the defeat of his troops in the Battle of White Mountain. 1688 – Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter. 1719 – In a treaty between Sweden and Hanover at the close of the Great Northern War, Sweden cedes the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (in northern Germany) to Hanover. 1720 – The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem. 1729 – Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville. 1780 – American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter. 1791 – The Dublin Society of United Irishmen is founded. 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government. 1851 – Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape. 1862 – American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed. 1867 – The Tokugawa shogunate hands back power to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration. 1870 - The Battle of Coulmiers ends in a Pyrrhic victory for the French army during the Franco-German War of 1870. 1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872. 1881 – Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco. 1887 – The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 1888 – Jack the Ripper murders Mary Jane Kelly, becoming his final victim in the Whitechapel murders. 1900 – Russian invasion of Manchuria: Russia completes its occupation of Manchuria with 100,000 troops. 1901–present 1901 – The Prince George, Duke of Cornwall (later George V of the United Kingdom) becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. 1905 – The Province of Alberta, Canada, holds its first general election. 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal. 1907 – The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

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[greensparty]

Preview: 2024 IFFBoston Fall Focus

Anyone who knows me or reads this blog knows my favorite film festival in Boston, in Massachusetts and possibly the world is Independent Film Festival Boston (read my coverage here).  I have a special place for this festival: in 2014 my documentary Life on the V: The Story of V66 had its World Premiere at the festival, and in 2015 I was on the Documentary Jury. IFFBoston’s mini-festival Fall Focus, where they showcase some of the Fall festival darlings will be taking place at the Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA) and Somerville Theatre (Somerville, MA) from Thurs. October 31 to Mon. November 4!

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Here is my preview of the films they have at this year's mini-fest:

Thurs. October 31:

From Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me? and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) is Nightbitch starring the always-reliable Amy Adams as a artist-turned-stay-at-home mother who begins a primal transformation into a dog. Sounds so crazy it just might work! Also playing is the short film It's Not Me (French with English subtitles), which pays tribute to Jean-Luc Godard.

Fri. November 1:

The New England-set Eephus is about a small-town Sunday baseball league game. Director Carson Lund will be in attendance.

New wave synth legends Devo are finally getting the music documentary treatment with Devo from acclaimed documentarian Chris Smith (American Movie and Sr. to name a few).

Sat. November 2:

From Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, it's the Cannes award winning The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Farsi with English subtitles). All We Imagine As Light (Malayalam and Hindi w/English subtitles) is a personal journey drama. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (English and Bemba w/English subtitles) is a comedy drama from the director of I Am Not a Witch. Bird is a new one from IFFBoston album Andrea Arnold.

Sun. November 3:

The animated feature Flow is Latvia's official submission to the 2025 Academy Award's Best International Film category. There is no dialogue either! Nickel Boys is from IFFBoston alum RaMell Ross. Gaucho Gaucho (Spanish w/English subtitles) is a celebration of a community of Argentine cowboys and cowgirls, known as Gauchos. Oscar nominee Mike Leigh reunites with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths. I was a fan of actor Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut When You Finish Saving the World and now he's following it up A Real Pain, a dramedy starring himself and Kieran Culkin as cousins traveling through Poland to honor their grandmother. The buzz on this one is very high!

Mon. November 4:

IFFBoston alum Brady Corbet is back with The Brutalist (English, Hungarian, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Italian w/English subtitles) starring Adrian Brody as a Jewish Hungarian architect who leaves Europe during World War II for America to rebuild his life. This one is being shown in 70mm!

For tickets and info go to IFFBoston Fall Focus

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Der Kronprinz (1989) [The Crown Prince]

This one was really good, I was very pleasantly surprised!

But before I talk about everything that I liked, I need to be negative for a moment. So, Ive been trying to watch all these films in their original language and Ive mostly succeeded so far, but this was a hungarian film that I watched the german dub of because I thought it was a german film and it obviously wasnt. I dont really like watching dubbed live-action media, I actually thought for the longest time that I didnt like watching any live-action media because "seeing humans captured on film felt unnatural to me" like Im from fuckin back when movies were invented, but then I realized that the thing that actually felt unnatural to me was the fact that the words people would say were obviously not actually coming out of the actors' mouths. I know better now, but dubbed media still feels 'off' to me whenever I watch it, and that was the case here as well.

There were also some weird directorial choices that contributed to that off-ness, like whenever a character would make a longer statement, the camera would slowly zoom in on their face until they were done, and the way people would look towards the camera was very weird, its not that they would look straight at the camera/at the audience but they would kinda look past it but it never really seemed like they were looking at other characters who were behind the camera, it felt more like they were looking past 'you' or the audience. Idk, Im not describing it in the best way but it made for kind of a weird viewing experience

But whatever, the plot of this film more than makes up for those minor complaints. This isnt just a straight-forward romantic retelling of the events leading up to Rudolf and Mary's suicide like most of the other films so far, its actually about these two guys, Peters and Lukacz, trying to piece together the truth of Rudolf's death in the immediate aftermath of it. Peters is an american wroter who originally came to austria and met up with Lukacz to write a book about the austrian empire in general, but then they announce Rudolf's death by stroke pretty much as soon as he arrives. They talk about it while theyre on a train to vienna and the conductor overhears them them and tells them that he thinks Rudolf was actually murdered because 30-year-olds dont usually die of strokes so thats suspicious, and he wasnt very well-liked at court so theres a motive there, which piques Peters' interest. Then, when the newspaper says that he died due to heart issues instead, Peters decides that he needs to get to the bottom of this, and then the rest of the film is him and Lukecz going around and asking people who were somehow involved with Rudolf and/or his death, interspersed with relevant scenes from his life.

If youve read my other posts, Im sure youve already guessed that the main reason I like this film so much is that it has a different setup and approach to this story than the others, and that is true, its so unbelievably refreshing seeing a Rudolf-film thats not just two hours of "aww isnt it soooooo tragic that he was soooooo in love with this 17-year-old girl but just couldnt be with her because of his shitty family and wife, they had to both die to be together 😭😭", but I also think it was very well-executed. All these interviews with all these different people who are all biased in different ways do a good job of painting a very complete picture of Rudolf (in my opinion as someone whos not very familiar with him as a historical figure, Im mostly saying that because he comes across as very flat in most of the films, which I dont think is the case in this one). Theres also all these rumors sprinkled in from like random people around Maylering that Peters and Lukecz interview to see if they maybe know anything, or even them themselves being like "you know, I heard this thing...", which I really liked because it added to this being a film about the unreliable narrative(s) and the drama around the mayerling incident. In some ways its about the messy birth of the whole Mayerling Mythology which was very interesting after seeing all these romantic and 'clean' movies that exist because of it.

Another reason why I liked it, that you might have guessed already as well, is that Mary wasnt really in this film all that much. And I know that sounds bad especially coming from someone who would consider herself a feminist, but Im gonna be honest with you, Im at a point where i dont even want male filmmakers to include female characters if they clearly dont care about them. Give me a story with a rounded out cast consisting of only guys instead please, its easier to ignore the fact that you dont see women as people that way. Sorry, Im just so sick of all these boring one-dimensional portrayals of Mary and her relationship with Rudolf that this film gets points for simply not torturing me with it. However, Mary does get one very interesting scene in this one, its the very first scene of the movie before we even meet Peters and Lukecz, and its basically the only part thats presented as 'true' because its not framed by any kind of unreliable narrator; theyre at Mayerling and Rudolf is finishing up his goodbye letters and Mary asks him if he's writing one for Stephanie, he tells her that he already wrote one and shes like "did you tell her that Im with you? I want her to know that Im the last person who saw you alive", the scene goes on for a little longer but I only wanted to talk about that part because, good god, that is such an insane thing to say. But I mean, I like it, I think its interesting that shes spiteful towards Stephanie here both because Mary is usually portrayed as innocence incarnate, and because I feel like these films never really get into what she thinks of her. Well, technically this film doesnt really get into it either, but atleast theres something there

Anyway, thats pretty much all I wanted to say, the only thing would be that I didnt really like any of the performances but I find it hard to tell if its because they were actually bad or if its just that off-ness I talked about at the start.

All in all, it wasnt my favorite viewing experience but I really liked this film, it was very interesting

Oh, and theres one last thing I have to say that didnt fit anywhere else, I feel like I havent had one of these in a while;

To my knowledge, this was the second time Rudolf has been shown as a child in a film since Erzsébet királyné (1940) which is literally insane to me. Youre telling me theyve been making films about this mentally ill freak for 49 years at this point and not only has no one ever attempted to seriously psychoanalyse him or link his mental illness to his childhood, only two of them ever even showed him as a child?

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Blog #4

From the beginning of this course, my classmates and I have been discussing exactly what independent film is and what it means to us. We have watched various different indie films and documentaries while also reading a book titled, Indie: An American Film Culture by Michael Z. Newman, which is a book that details what aspects make an independent film. Indie is a term that is short for independent film and it has its own genre and culture surrounding it. 

The main aspects that make an indie film are three slogans; characters are emblems, form is a game, and when in doubt, read as anti-hollywood (Newman p.29). These are all various different aspects that define what an indie film is and how it can be spotted in the media. To break these down further I will talk about the first slogan which is that characters are emblems. Newman defines this slogan as characters becoming emblems of their social identities (Newman p.30). Newman emphasizes the importance of character and this can be seen in many of the films I watched in class and out of class. When looking at the second slogan, form is a game, the emphasis is placed on the things like camera angle and aesthetics (Newman p.34). The third and final slogan implies that indie/independent film “allows spectators to make sense of the most confounding avant-garde films by reasoning that they sometimes reject cinematic conventions as a way “to shock viewers out of their complacency”” (Newman p.42)  

In class we watched Stranger than Paradise (Jim Jarmusch, 1984), which was one of the first old indie films that I have watched and it was really interesting to view it with the mindset presented in the Indie textbook by Newman. I have decided to discuss this film because of how new it was for me. I had never seen a film like this so I was intrigued by the directorial choices. For this first film characters as emblems was extremely visible to me. This film follows a New Yorker whose Hungarian cousins come to visit him from her hometown. When looking at the characters I can easily break down each of the characters and determine how that added to the overarching plot. I think that this film is a perfect demonstration of what indie film actually is. It is shot in back and white and there is hardly any editing. The scenes are one continuous shot and then it cuts to black before the next scene begins. To me this is extremely anti-hollywood because it is something that I would not see in mainstream cinema. This can also be seen as form is a game because it approaches the film from an aesthetic perspective. Each of the characters also represent their social identities in ways that affect the actual plot. As an immigrant and a woman, Eva was treated extremely differently and because of that the film ended in the way it had. As men, Eddie and Willie 

Independent film rejects the way that mainstream culture would do things and I can relate this back to one of the films that I watched for my independent film reviews. On the Count of Three (Jerrod Carmichael, 2021), is a much newer indie film which is also why I thought I should bring it up since the film above is older. This film attacks a difficult topic from a comedic perspective which is something that is not done normally. It was interesting to be laughing at a film that revolves around two best friends having one more day before they end each other's lives in a suicide pact. The characters are also extreme representations of their social identities, accompanied by a lot of talk about their social identities. Val is a black man and Kevin is a white man and on the “last day together” they have conversations about their identities. Both of them are mentally ill and that also impacts their identities and how they see themselves in the world. 

Overall Newman does an excellent job explaining exactly what an independent film actually is and how it can be seen in movies. It is important to look at characters as emblems, and to understand form as a game that viewers actively play when watching movies. Anti-hollywood is also an important aspect because independent films go against what mainstream media does and that is something to look up to. I like to see things that go against the societal norms and that is exactly what 

Samantha Levy

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The Enigma of Michael's Half-Brother, Johann Hermann

Lines from the page of manifest that mentions him (he is on first line of 30 passengers on this page). Below him is Michael Gassner headed to the same place, with his last residence the same as Johann.

This was chapter 2 of my booklet, "Unwinding the Mystery of Johann Hermann from the Land of Transylvania to the Shores of Baltimore: Documenting the Hermann Lineage," which was an early Father's Day present in June 2017. I still have a lot of questions about this Johann Hermann fellow, so I thought I'd reprint it here.

Johann Hermann is a figure who has never been talked about in this history. In fact, I have never heard, from what I can remember, of Michael’s brother by name. The Family Bible mentions a man named “John Hermann” as Michael’s father, with his first name Anglicized and obviously being Johann originally. But, this Johann figure is not mentioned although he is part of Hermann family story. Why?

Originally posted on my WordPress blog on Feb. 8, 2021

As mentioned in the previous chapter, Michael was going to East Pittsburgh to join his half-brother, with Sara/Jara Wenzel, his cousin (it seems) was going to the same address. As I noted before, they may have planned this trip in advance together and even traveled by train together. This would not be a surprise. Johann was well established in the US by the time Michael and Sara/Jara got there. He had come over four years before Michael and was born in 1878, making him 10 years older, or age 28 by the time they arrived. [1] On the manifest of the passenger ship which left from Bremen, he is described as a married laborer who can read and write, with his last residence called Neudorf (Neudorf in Deutsch), which is in Western Romania. Like Michael, he also landed in the port of Baltimore, possibly at Locust Point, but was bound for New Castle, PA. It is no stretch to say that he could have still gone down to East Pittsburgh from 1902 to 1906. This is a possibility. Other aspects are clear: He paid his own passage and had only had $8 on him. Other realities however, are even more fascinating.

Johann was planning to, when he arrived on the Frankfurt steamship, visit a cousin named Andras/Andreas Bruckner, with Andras the Hungarian name for Andrew, who lived in New Castle. [2] There was another man named Michael Gassner whose last residence was also Neudorf and was also going to New Castle, PA, by rail, just as Johann would have done in 1902. As it turns out, Andras was a brother-in-law of Simon Suiker or Sniker, age 32, who last lived in Hungary. In 1905, he traveled to visit Andras, who was living in New Castle, on the Cassel passenger ship which left from Bremen and arrived in Baltimore. Adding to this, there is a man named Andreas/Andras Bruckner who was born in 1905 and applied for US passport in Bucharest in 1923, with his father Andras, who had emigrated from Hungary to the US in 1899. Both had been born in Hoghilag (Halvelagan in German and Holdvilág in Hungarian), Romania. The Andreas born in 1905 later was baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Castle on January 28, 1906. While some say that I should look into the records of that church, especially if it was the only Lutheran church in New Castle at the time, this seems to be like falling down the rabbit hole.

Other records on Johann are unclear. There are records of a Johann Hermann marrying in Ohio in November 1906, but there is no proof this is him. [3] There are scattered records of a “John Herman” and “John Hermon.” They relate to a man living in Somerset, PA, in 1910 and in Carnegie, Allegheny, PA, in 1942, with the birth date on a WWII draft card saying March 31, 1878, and that he was born in Austria. These could be Johann, but this cannot be confirmed. Even so, there are other records that point to his inhabitance in New Castle. The New Castle directories provide some information. The city directory in 1902 lists a Felix Herman and John Hermann, laborers, living in New Castle.

John Hermann could be Johann. By 1903, four individuals with the surname of Hermann are living in the same town, on Scioto (Sciota?) street, just like Felix and John in 1902, and three others (Kate, Michael, and Mike), two of which also live on Scioto. [4] John is not listed here, so he may have moved. After all, the 1904 and 1906 directories list no one with the Hermann surname. Other records seem to indicate that he may have not moved until after 1905. These records are other city directories showing that this John Hermann was living with a woman named Sarah (his wife) on Scioto Street in New Castle in 1905, along with others showing that someone with the Hermann surname still lived in the city (not John) 1908-1909, and ten with the Herman surname living there by 1909, but none living there in 1901. This indicates that Johann (or John as his Anglicized name seems to be) would have been the first Hermann to establish their roots in the United States. There are many other sources which could have been consulted, but this still sheds light into the life of Johann. [5] Still, some questions remain about Johann, but this a start in learning more about our collective past.

On the left is from the 1903 directory, on the left is from the 1905 directory.

© 2021-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] Johann Hermann, 1902, “Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948,” database with images, FamilySearch, Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 1,454,812. Accessed June 2017.

[2] The following paragraph comes from research conducted by maryfamilyresearch, a reddit user who describes themselves as “Native German, Prussia.” It has been summarized and condensed here.

[3] Johann Hermann and Susanna Elsasser, 17 Nov 1906, “Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013,” database with images, FamilySearch, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference 145 p; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 886,219; Johann Hermann and Susanna Elsasser, 17 Nov 1906, “Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958,” database, FamilySearch, citing Cuyahoga County, Ohio, reference 2:3ZPW21J; FHL microfilm 886,219; John Hermon in household of Gabriel Trucsang, Quemahoning, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, enumeration district (ED) ED 156, sheet 13B, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1420; FHL microfilm 1,375,433; John Herman, 1942, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch, NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); New Castle Directory, 1902, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 269. Accessed June 2017.

[4] New Castle Directory, 1903, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, pages 83 and 272. Accessed June 2017; New Castle Directory, 1904, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA; New Castle Directory, 1906, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA. Both were accessed in June 2017; New Castle Directory, 1905-1906, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 278; New Castle Directory, 1908-1909, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 53; New Castle Directory, 1909-1910, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA, page 292; New Castle Directory, 1900-1901, New Castle Public Library, Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, PA. All accessed in June 2017.

[5] Sources consulted include the New Castle Public Library. Other possible sources are Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Genealogy hosted by family search or the Lawrence County Historical Society, among others.

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Trying to translate the thing to myself, mulling it over: this is a curated pinboard built of 1.) a "map" of a tag-system used by a fandom or exploring a topic; 2.) a directory/list of selected/official blogs dealing with said fandom/topic; 3.) and a feed working from either or both of the previous two.

This tool could be used for: checking out more than one related tags at the same time via the Feed; getting instantly immersed in a fandom; getting to know everything about a topic; following several specific blogs with one single tap; keeping an eye of related fandoms/fandoms that share an universe; starting tumblr as a complete newbie with a few specific interests in mind. This tool might be not that conductive to: keeping a thightly curated dashboard; catching up with your dash; avoiding certain parts of fandom; keeping track of... anything, really.

Question: Is there an "Unfollow all" counterpart of that "Follow all" button?

Mulling further:

Using an example I've seen somewhere here: cute dogs. One could create a collection of "Hungarian dog breeds": under the "blogs" tab there would be a small directory/list of dog blogs, maybe a currently running related tournament, maybe an additional blog about a tumblr-famous dog, and under the "Tags" tab there could be the list the specific dog breeds: vizsla, wirehaired vizsla, transylvanian hound [and additionally it's name-variations], hungarian greyhound, kuvasz, komondor, mudi, puli, pumi, and... And then I seriously don't know what the heck to do with the thing.

I could see a fandom primer: This is the Good Omens collection, this tag is for the book, this is for the tv show, this is where you can look up the radio adaptation, here are the season 3 theories, those are the actors, here is everything about the Reverse!Omen AUs, the fanart is beautiful, here are the questions that had been answered.

Or: There are parts of the Sherlock Holmes-fandom you might not be familiar with! Check out: Granada Holmes, the Guy Ritchie movies, Doyle himself, the Strand illustrations, BBC Sherlock, Elementary, Miss Sherlock, House MD, Enola Holmes, The Irregulars, meta, pastiches, the classic movies, the Russian series... [An aside: Insta-following a tag system of a Holmes-sized fandom probably would make any dashboard completely unusable.]

The blog directory is the easiest part to imagine I guess: currently running cat-related tournaments; the best fact-checking blogs; highlights of museum artefacts; is the x cute?; quality meme content; contemporary art; these blogs post pics/videos of bird cams/trail cams/etc.; confession blogs; the founders of AO3... Wait.

Additional questions: Can you opt out of your blog being add-able to collections? Could this be used to make blocklists? Could this be used to make content filters? Will this be used to harrass people whose blogs are on specific lists? [Who I am kidding.]

I'm not not-interested, but I don't think I'd really use this tool. I can't see myself curating collections and my dashboard desperately needs a downsizing both regarding blogs and followed tags too. But on the whole... I can imagine this working.

Introducing Collections

Hello again, Tumblr. Labs division here!

A while back, we announced our comeback as a new team that would imagine big ideas for Tumblr—and would build them in public (aka with you). We recently announced our first failure, and today we're very excited to announce our first possible success!

A bit of context

As we've said before, an essential part of how we're working in Labs is speaking to people who use Tumblr pretty much on a daily basis and those who don’t use it at all.

In those interviews and focus groups, we learned that curating the Tumblr experience around different interests and fandoms is a big part of making Tumblr feel like your own space — and one of the main ways you do that is through blogs and tags (be it following or creating them).

So here at Labs we're working on ideas to help you curate the content you care about, and to help share what makes your experience fun with other people, even if they are not on Tumblr already.

Ok, but what's the idea?

Have you ever put together a song playlist to listen to when you're in a certain mood, or share with a specific friend? Or sent them books you know they'll love? Now imagine if you could do that with blogs and tags on Tumblr…

Maybe you're a veteran in a fandom and have the best recommendations of who to follow for your followers. Or your best friend won't join Tumblr because they don't know that their favorite TV show is actually really popular here. Or maybe you want to curate and browse content from a specific fandom, or a group of your mutuals, your own way.

That's the idea behind Collections!

You can check out that example collection on the web here!

We want your help

The first way we're testing Collections is by inviting some of you to create your own and share with followers and friends—they'll be able to follow all the blogs and tags in your collections. So we're looking for volunteers!

You want to help? Great! Here's what you need to do:

Come up with your own Collections of blogs and tags, write it down somewhere. Focus on introducing people to Tumblr or recommending stuff to your followers. What would you want them to first see on your version of Tumblr?

Come up with a name, cover image, and description for it. Also try to think of who you would send your collection to, and where you might post about it.

Write out that idea as a reply or reblog on this post!

We’ll give it a few days, and pick a handful of people to play with Collections. We'll let you know. Then we’re off to the races!

If you decide to participate (and get selected), please note that this early release won’t work on the apps yet, only in your web browser. 

What happens next?

Our goal is to keep working on improving and adding Collection functionalities while you test what we've built (and share your feedback with us).

Next we’re exploring making a collection something you can follow on Tumblr, as a way to curate Tumblr around your many interests and moods, and to give you more freedom to curate content on your dashboard.

And if this idea is not for you, remember we have many more experiments in progress, so stay tuned!

With love,

Labs division