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SF & more: "Das Eden Protokoll" von Christian und Judith Vogt

SF & more: “Das Eden Protokoll” von Christian und Judith Vogt © Jackie Niam/stock.adobe.com Die Arbeit von übermorgen – 15 Kurzgeschichten aus der Zukunft Herausgegeben von Lars Schmeink und Ralf H. Schneider Wie werden wir am Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts arbeiten? Haben uns die globalen Konzerne in der Hand oder schaffen wir neue Formen gemeinschaftlicher Tätigkeiten? Grundeinkommen, Fronarbeit,…

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international day against queer hostility reading list recs

based on books I've read and books that are on my (physical) tbr. focused on nonfiction bc there were only like 6 non-queer fiction reads in the past 4 years and that's too long for a post. please add more, if you have more recs!

ENGLISH (different translations available for some)

None of the Above by Travis Alabanza

essays on being nonbinary. somewhat literary yet often down to earth writing style.

genderqueer by maia kobabe

graphic novel tracing the author's journey of self discovery regarding their genderqueer identity

ACE: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

well researched essays based on interviews with and extensive research of different experiences of people on the asexual spectrum. it also includes a chapter on aromantic experiences

Rethinking Gender by Louie Läuger

if you're new to the idea of gender as a social construct/issues the trans and genderqueer community faces this is where to start! an introduction and guide to gender as a social construct, making space for different genderqueer identities and all of it with lovely illustrations that help guide understanding. offers prompts to question your own relation to gender (as in a social concept & as in your own gender identity)

To Be Seen. Queer Lives 1900-1950 by Karolina Kühn & Mirjam Zadoff

Before We Were Trans: A new History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe

fiction recs based on my more recent reads & (physical) tbr

elatsoe by darcie little badger (aroace mc but it's not about elatsoe being aroace; 10/10 friendship rep)

breakaway series by e.l. massey (lots of deconstructing internalised queer hostility)

common bonds by roanna sylver, c.t. callahan, b.r. sanders & claudie aresneault (short stories about experiences of aromantic ppl)

all the things they said we couldn't have by t.c. oakes-monger (trans joy stories)

on a sunbeam by tillie walden (queers in space, cute lesbians & nonbinary people)

GERMAN (translations possibly available)

[un]sichtbar gemacht by katharina kroschel & annika baumgart

well researched essays on aromantic and asexual expieriences, history and facts. great place to start when new to the topic!

all die brennenden fragen by henri maximilian jakobs

all the (inappropriate) questions cisgender people tend to ask genderqueer and trans people answered from the perspective of a sarcastic trans man

gender-kram by louie läuger

german (and original) version of "rethinking gender", see above for a description. very helpful introduction, but also good for those who think they know everything (or themselves)

eine frau ist eine frau ist eine frau by phoenix kühnert

autobiographical essays on being a trans woman. sometimes emotional, sometimes snarky or sarcastic

ich bin linus: wie ich der mann wurde der ich immer schon war by linus giese

autobiographical essays on being a trans man. vulnerable, emotional and informative writing

freunde lieben by ole liebl

To Be Seen. Queer Lives 1900-1950 by Karolina Kühn & Mirjam Zadoff

fiction recs based on my more recent reads & (physical) tbr

wasteland by christian vogt & judith c. vogt (first german novel to use multiple sets of neutral pronouns and using a gender neutral/inclusive language, batshit ya/na dystopian sci fi fantasy but FUN)

paradiesische zustände by henri maximilian jakobs (a trans man reflects on his journey of self discovery. there's a lot of fries mentioned)

blutbuch by kim de l'horizon (literary work about a genderqueer persons reflection on their identity and family history)

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I'd really love the sci fi reading list, if it's not too difficult! Thank you for your explanation

Yes! Okay, requisite this is Not Authoritative Or Comprehensive claim, I'm a dork with a Russian degree, but here we go:

(I tried to organize this chronologically because if I did it thematically we would be here all day. Also, I still have more books, but they get increasingly niche. This is a Greatest Hits playlist, and if you look these people up, you will find their contemporaries)

(Long list below the Read More)

Jules Verne — 80,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth. Excellent continuations of that exploration/'ostracized' genius figure, so popular in the previous century. French, so English translations. Kinda marks the transition point between 19th c. pure spec exploration and what we would call sci-fi. BUT BEFORE HIM...

Mary Shelley — Frankenstein is probably the first sci-fi novel as we know it. BUT BEFORE HER...

Margaret Cavendish — Okay, the 'first sci-fi novel' is hard to define for obvious reasons, but The Blazing World has as good a claim as any. Published in the 17th c., so it really traverses the genres, but includes a utopian kingdom accessible via the North Pole. Her husband was so impressed that he composed a sonnet for her, which serves as the epigraph for the novel; it's a wild read in the same way Robinson Crusoe and other early novels are, and I'm mostly including it here because it's so, so wild to read in 2023.

John W. Campbell — That dude. The hero's journey guy. His short story Who Goes There? Has been adapted a million times into a little movie called The Thing. Unfortunately got really into race science, so Isaac Asimov told him to fuck off. Edited the magazine Astounding Science Fiction, which in 1939 published Black Destroyer by Alfred Van Vogt, usually cited as the beginning of Golden Age sci-fi.

H. G. Wells — Big critic of class divisions in Victorian English society, coined the term 'time machine' as we think of it in his novel...The Time Machine. A lot of what we consider 'classic' time travel tropes were, if not invented here, had their seeds planted here. Also famous for War of the Worlds, leading to a MINOR disturbance when Orson Welles did a dramatic radio reading.

Edgar Rice Burroughs — the man, the myth, the legend. If I could persuade you to read one white English sci-fi author with rather dubious politics, it would be him, if only because of how influential he was. Mostly famous for Tarzan, but he also wrote a whole series about Hollow Earth that crosses over with Tarzan at some point (Pellucidar), as well as the series Barsoom (A Princess of Mars and its sequels), and Amtor (Guy named Carson Napier gets transported to Venus, which was a watery hellscape, as was popularly theorized for a while).

They're basically pulp comics before pulp comics, published in magazines, extremely lurid and dramatic, and he did write his own crossovers. These were what the first modern superhero comics writers often grew up reading and what inspired them—John Carter's cultural cachet was borrowed by Superman until it became his cultural cachet.

They're very fun, but also supremely products of their time, and extremely fond of the British Empire.

Judith Merrill — prolific writer and editor, who also wrote one of my personal favorite reactions to the atomic bomb in Shadow on the Hearth.

Gabriel García Márquez — we're gonna take half a sidestep into magical realism here (which is, to define quickly, a genre incorporating the fantastic into otherwise realistic narratives, often formed and associated with decolonial and post colonial Latin American fiction, but not always. It's a fuzzy genre). He wrote in Spanish, but I read him in English. One Hundred Years of Solitude is probably one of the great novels ever written. My mother is also telling me to rec Love in the Time of Cholera and she wrote about the man, so listen to her.

Jorge Amado — the sixties were the big magical realism heyday. Amado was Brazilian and his Dona Flor and her Two Husbands is a book my Spanish high school teacher made me swear to read some day.

Andre Alice Norton — Deserves a spot for being one of the most prolific sci-fi authors of all time during a time when sci-fi was INCREDIBLY inhospitable to women. Over 300 books!

Robert Heinlein — This man is the poster child for "male author who writes groundbreaking sci-fi novels but cannot be normal about women with a gun to his head". The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is excellent and incredibly important for how comprehensive the creation of Luna and its workers was, even if it is very sixties free love. Also wrote Starship Troopers, the novel.

Edward Smith — you haven't seen drama until you read what they said when Lensman (first book is Triplanetary) lost to Foundation for the Hugo in the sixties.

Larry Niven — Fleet of Worlds! Ringworld won a whole host of awards and deservedly so in 1970. Fair warning, his stuff decidedly falls under "hard" sci-fi (lots and lots of discussion for plausible alien artifacts), though it is awesome just in terms of how he can communicate scale. If you see a big ring-like structure in space, you can thank this guy, basically (the term ringworld comes from here). Also did a bunch of co-writing. I haven't read his other stuff, but CoDominium is on my list (he co-wrote it. First book is The Mote in God's Eye). If you liked the TV show The Expanse when it did the alien stuff and the later books it never got to adapt, you'll love this guy.

Samuel R. Delaney — Dhalgren is a book I am forbidding you to research before reading. Go in prepared. You have been warned. You will either love this book or set it on fire.

Stanislaw Lem — Solaris. I started this novel last week after watching the Tarkovsky film and. It's doing something to my brain, that's for sure. It's a book where I have to read every sentence twice. If you read it, find a good translation if you don't speak Polish. The author famously is very mad at critics who use Freudian analysis for it, so tread carefully (it's about the limits of rationality and our ability to understand, so. Fair).

Joanna Russ — The Female Man is a seminal work of feminist sci-fi. It's—fascinating, to be honest. Discusses socially enforced dependence of women on men and the creation of a different gender, a "female man", when the protagonist chooses to reject it and thus her socially enforced gender. I wouldn't call it a transgender manifesto (written in 1975, features insufficiently masculine men undergoing sex change surgery, so...yeah) but it definitely awoke something in my brain when I was 16 lol. I would LOVE to see it revisited in literary criticism from a modern perspective, especially from trans people.

C.J. Cherryh — If we talked about female sci-fi authors from the 1950s-70s writing under gender ambiguous aliases, we would be here all day, so I'm picking the one whose books I got for cheap at a book sale. Her Foreigner series has such a good premise with descendants of a lost Earth ship and interstellar court drama, and it's SO fun.

Poul Anderson — the name is not a typo, do not look up Paul Anderson, you will never find him. I actually have a copy of Three Swords and Three Lions currently collecting dust on my shelf and judging me right now as I wait to read it. Tau Zero is one of the greatest things I've ever read. The time dilation stuff gets kinda dense at times, but he incorporates some interest in his Swedish history and folk tales into it, and his explanation of travel at the speed of light and incorporating that into his discussion of nationalism is incredible. The ending where they survived [REDACTED] and landed on what may have been [REDACTED] has been bouncing around my brain for a bit now.

Laura Esquivel — Like Water for Chocolate is from the magical realism reading list.

Salman Rushdie — Midnight's Children is one of those bucket list books, for better or worse. Recontextualized Indian independence from the British and the Partition through framing of a husband telling the story to his wife, as he actively tells the story to her. Really uses the fantastical versus the real w/history versus truth so well.

Nancy Farmer — The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, for the kids lying about their age on Tumblr dot hell. Three kids try to escape a kidnapping after sneaking out—in 23rd century Zimbabwe. With the help of three mutant detectives. It rules.

Ben Okri — Okay, I have not read his stuff yet, but it is on my list. Other people here have discussed his influence on them in post colonial sci-fi. His big one is The Famished Road, first in a trilogy, and renowned for its discussion of the spiritual and realist world coexisting in African animist spiritual life.

Nnedi Okorafor — I have read one of her short stories, Remote Control, and currently have an book list with her other stuff on it. Other people I know vouched for her work. She specifically writes Africanfuturism and Africanjujuism centered around her Nigerian background, and follows on from the likes of Okri and Octavia Butler. I'd also add if you're a Stephen King fan when he's in Dark Tower mode, she's probably gonna have things that appeal to you.

Mentions that are absolutely influential but don't need explaining on this website: Franz Kafka, Ursula K Le Guin, Douglas Adams, N. K. Jemisin, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Alduous Huxley, Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card, Kurt Vonnegut, George Orwell, Octavia Butler, Neil Gaiman, Toni Morrison.

(to be clear: you SHOULD read them, but you probably know who most of them are and/or why they're big deals. Most of them are also incredibly prolific, and explaining their bodies of work are other posts. Trying to make a list about other folks)

For more on Afrofuturism,(not to be confused with Africanfuturism), I recommend the shit out of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, full of short stories and guides to art and music. I, alas, lack similarly useful authoritative guides to other genres, but I have read that one, so wanna toss it out there. There's so much.

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the borough has my lithuian blood red eyes hamster and its in a United States of America white people are crazy mug has no name yet I know this hamster comes from Judith 2nd I put in this glass this time aound Mr. Licher teaches m sister and brother and im watching him talk how he cant wait to drop out n middle school and cannot see anything at all there a roy g biv specrum on the window sill the entire glass is gleaming. Brielle is keeping the other one that ran away I looked away from the box and the one I have now looked dead and already hibernating stick its head out under the container. Mr. Vogt said bingo the best student in the entire world whos going to take care of it with one purchase represents Brittney staring me down and im walking behind her and her mom and we walking into Garage in paramus park mall shes showing off her stack of money in my face. Everyones expelled and some other disciplinary name I have to wait until the hamster turns human.

drop down list from exactly im doing over and over again to do other stuff with squirrels hibernate in the winter.

that ones Brielles that im looking at that remind of of a whiteboy is going in her stomach when shes pregnant and I gave up on my poster I put outside on halloween hanging off my wall kept making noises behind me and over my head and i Droppped it to the ground the mouse im hallucinating hanging off of Shadows butthole running around the entire apartments tail got chopped off. in the same measurement she scream ahhhhhh! She took her tail and tossed in the toilet and she asked my brother if he can flush to toilet.

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Adam Wingard

Potential Books:

Danse Macabre by Stephen King – A great resource for anyone working in horror, it explores the genre’s history and King's insights on what makes it effective.

On Directing Film by David Mamet – A guide on the craft of directing from one of the masters of dialogue-driven filmmaking.

Story by Robert McKee – A classic screenwriting book that covers storytelling principles for film and TV, often read by directors looking to refine their craft.

2. Gareth Edwards

Potential Books:

The Filmmaker's Handbook by Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus – A comprehensive guide on all aspects of filmmaking, from pre-production to distribution.

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell – This book on the monomyth or "hero's journey" is a favorite for directors working on big, mythic stories, like Godzilla.

In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch – A practical guide to film editing, which can be helpful for any director learning the nuances of visual storytelling.

3. David F. Sandberg

Potential Books:

Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder – One of the most popular screenwriting books, often used by directors to understand pacing and structure.

Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman – A behind-the-scenes look at the movie industry, offering lessons on storytelling and the challenges of Hollywood.

Master Shots by Christopher Kenworthy – A great book for directors looking to visualize scenes and shots, which is essential in horror.

4. James Wan

Potential Books:

Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez – Rodriguez’s memoir on how he made El Mariachi on a shoestring budget is an inspiring read for indie filmmakers like Wan.

Hitchcock/Truffaut by François Truffaut – An in-depth conversation between two masters of suspense and tension, which would likely resonate with Wan given his work in horror and thrillers.

Directing Actors by Judith Weston – A guide to working with actors that many directors, especially those starting in indie films, use to help bring out the best performances.

5. Fede Álvarez

Potential Books:

Shock Value by Jason Zinoman – A history of horror filmmakers in the 1970s, which could be a great read for Álvarez, given his work on Evil Dead.

The Anatomy of Story by John Truby – Another highly regarded book on storytelling structure, focusing on character development and plot.

The Visual Story by Bruce Block – A book about visual components in storytelling, often used by directors to think about how to convey emotion and story visually.

6. Colin Trevorrow

Potential Books:

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler – Based on Joseph Campbell's work, this is a screenwriting staple for filmmakers working on stories with strong character arcs, such as Jurassic World.

Screenplay by Syd Field – A foundational screenwriting book that is frequently recommended for anyone working in Hollywood, including directors.

The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri – A classic book on character and structure that might have influenced Trevorrow’s work in balancing spectacle with storytelling.

7. Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Potential Books:

The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje – A conversation about the art of editing and storytelling, important for any director working in visual storytelling.

Filmmaker’s Eye by Gustavo Mercado – A guide to understanding visual composition, which is useful for directors like Vogt-Roberts, whose work in Kong: Skull Island involved complex visual setups.

Directing the Story by Francis Glebas – This book focuses on storyboarding and visual storytelling, both critical for directors working with visual effects-heavy films.

8. Matt Reeves

Potential Books:

Making Movies by Sidney Lumet – A candid look at the craft of directing from one of the greats, often cited as a must-read for directors at all levels.

The Tools of Screenwriting by David Howard and Edward Mabley – A practical guide to screenwriting that could have helped Reeves in crafting his tightly written films like Cloverfield.

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Visual Effects by Eran Dinur – Since Reeves works on effects-heavy films (Planet of the Apes, The Batman), this guide on working with VFX would be a useful resource.

9. Taika Waititi

Potential Books:

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield – A book about overcoming creative blocks, which might resonate with Waititi’s unique and often humorous creative process.

Impro by Keith Johnstone – A book on improvisation in theater, which would be relevant for Waititi’s work, given how he encourages improv on his film sets.

Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury – A collection of essays on the joy of writing, which might appeal to Waititi's playful and creative approach to storytelling.

10. Sam Raimi

Potential Books:

Film Directing: Shot by Shot by Steven D. Katz – A book on visualizing scenes and setting up shots, which would be crucial for someone like Raimi, known for his dynamic and innovative camera work.

On Writing by Stephen King – King’s memoir on the craft of writing, particularly useful for directors like Raimi who have adapted horror novels (The Evil Dead series).

Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky – A philosophical book on film as an art form, which may have influenced Raimi’s deeper work with visual storytelling.

While these directors might not have publicly listed every book they've read, these selections are often recommended by filmmakers and provide insights into the craft of directing, storytelling, and filmmaking. They also reflect the types of books directors like Wingard and his peers might use to hone their skills and expand their understanding of visual and narrative techniques.

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what movies and audio,commentaries,classes must hv influenced them

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The following movies, audio commentaries, and classes likely influenced directors like Adam Wingard and other similar filmmakers as they moved from indie projects to Hollywood blockbusters. These resources are not only valuable for learning the craft of filmmaking but also provide insight into directing, genre filmmaking, and storytelling.

1. Adam Wingard

Movies:

Halloween (1978) by John Carpenter – A horror classic known for its suspense and pacing, which likely influenced Wingard’s style in You're Next and The Guest.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) by Tobe Hooper – A low-budget horror that became iconic for its use of tension and atmosphere, a staple in Wingard's horror work.

Audio Commentaries:

The Thing (1982) by John Carpenter – Carpenter’s commentary is widely praised for its insights into horror filmmaking and building tension, a clear influence on Wingard.

Classes:

Wingard has talked about how he’s largely self-taught, likely relying on film commentaries, books, and practice rather than formal film school classes.

2. Gareth Edwards

Movies:

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) by George Lucas – Edwards often cited Star Wars as a major influence, which later manifested in his own work on Rogue One.

Jurassic Park (1993) by Steven Spielberg – A big-budget spectacle that uses visual effects and tension, similar to the techniques Edwards employed in Godzilla.

Audio Commentaries:

District 9 (2009) by Neill Blomkamp – A film commentary that dives into making sci-fi on a smaller budget, a direct inspiration for Edwards' Monsters.

Classes:

Edwards attended the National Film and Television School (UK), which gave him practical filmmaking knowledge, especially in visual effects, as seen in his early indie work.

3. David F. Sandberg

Movies:

The Exorcist (1973) by William Friedkin – A horror classic that likely influenced Sandberg’s approach to tension and scares in Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation.

Poltergeist (1982) by Tobe Hooper – Known for its balance between supernatural horror and family dynamics, which resonates with Sandberg’s horror style.

Audio Commentaries:

The Conjuring (2013) by James Wan – Wan's commentary explains how he approached horror with tension and minimal jump scares, an influence on Sandberg.

Classes:

Sandberg didn't attend formal film school but learned filmmaking through practice and by watching behind-the-scenes features, which heavily influenced his approach to directing.

4. James Wan

Movies:

Suspiria (1977) by Dario Argento – An influential horror film for its use of color and style, which is evident in Wan's visual storytelling in The Conjuring series.

The Sixth Sense (1999) by M. Night Shyamalan – Known for its blend of horror and emotional depth, which influenced Wan’s own storytelling in Insidious and The Conjuring.

Audio Commentaries:

Saw (2004) by James Wan and Leigh Whannell – Wan’s own commentary on his first big success reveals his indie mindset and creativity with limited resources.

Classes:

Wan studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), where he likely learned the basics of directing, though his real education came from making Saw on a small budget.

5. Fede Álvarez

Movies:

The Evil Dead (1981) by Sam Raimi – A clear influence on Álvarez, who later rebooted Evil Dead (2013), adapting Raimi’s kinetic horror style.

Jaws (1975) by Steven Spielberg – Álvarez has cited Jaws as a huge influence on his approach to tension and horror in Don’t Breathe.

Audio Commentaries:

The Evil Dead (1981) by Sam Raimi – Raimi’s commentary on his indie horror masterpiece gives insight into how to make a successful film on a tight budget.

Classes:

Álvarez did not attend formal film school, but he gained attention through short films and likely learned through online tutorials, practicing visual effects, and watching director commentaries.

6. Colin Trevorrow

Movies:

Back to the Future (1985) by Robert Zemeckis – Trevorrow has cited this film as a big influence, especially its mix of humor, adventure, and sci-fi, which shows in Jurassic World.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) by Steven Spielberg – Spielberg’s ability to blend heart and spectacle likely influenced Trevorrow’s approach to emotional beats in blockbusters.

Audio Commentaries:

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) by Colin Trevorrow – His commentary on his breakout indie film is filled with insight into directing on a small budget, before making Jurassic World.

Classes:

Trevorrow didn’t attend film school but honed his craft by making short films and music videos, learning the basics of directing through hands-on experience and collaborations.

7. Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Movies:

Apocalypse Now (1979) by Francis Ford Coppola – Vogt-Roberts cited this film as an influence on Kong: Skull Island, especially in terms of scope and the chaos of war scenes.

Jurassic Park (1993) by Steven Spielberg – The way Spielberg mixed awe and danger with giant creatures likely influenced Vogt-Roberts’ handling of scale in Kong: Skull Island.

Audio Commentaries:

King Kong (2005) by Peter Jackson – Jackson’s commentary on the making of King Kong would have given Vogt-Roberts insight into creating a large-scale monster movie.

Classes:

Vogt-Roberts attended Columbia College Chicago, where he studied film and likely gained practical filmmaking knowledge, but his major break came from working in indie films.

8. Matt Reeves

Movies:

Alien (1979) by Ridley Scott – Reeves has cited Alien as an influence, particularly in terms of pacing and tension, elements present in Cloverfield and The Batman.

Planet of the Apes (1968) by Franklin J. Schaffner – The original Planet of the Apes series was a major influence on Reeves' Dawn and War for the Planet of the Apes.

Audio Commentaries:

Cloverfield (2008) by Matt Reeves – His commentary on Cloverfield dives deep into how he approached a large-scale, found-footage film, with a focus on realism and tension.

Classes:

Reeves studied at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, one of the top film schools, where he built relationships with industry professionals and honed his craft.

9. Taika Waititi

Movies:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) by Terry Gilliam – Waititi has often cited the absurdist humor of Monty Python as an influence on his comedic sensibilities.

This is Spinal Tap (1984) by Rob Reiner – A mockumentary that influenced Waititi’s style in films like What We Do in the Shadows (2014), where humor comes from grounded absurdity.

Audio Commentaries:

What We Do in the Shadows (2014) by Taika Waititi – His commentary on this film offers insights into how he balances comedy and improvisation while maintaining a strong narrative.

Classes:

Waititi didn’t attend formal film school but learned through acting and making short films in New Zealand, refining his style by focusing on humor and character-based storytelling.

10. Sam Raimi

Movies:

Psycho (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock – Known for its suspense and innovative camera techniques, Psycho is a likely influence on Raimi’s work in horror and thriller genres.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) by George A. Romero – An influential low-budget horror film that Raimi likely drew from while making The Evil Dead.

Audio Commentaries:

The Evil Dead (1981) by Sam Raimi – His own commentary explains how he made a low-budget horror film that became a cult classic, offering insight into DIY filmmaking.

Classes:

Raimi didn’t attend formal film school but learned filmmaking through making short films with friends, and through watching classic films and analyzing their techniques.

Common Classes and Workshops for Aspiring Directors:

MasterClass: Werner Herzog Teaches Filmmaking – A well-regarded class from an iconic filmmaker, which teaches practical skills for indie filmmaking.

UCLA Extension and USC School of Cinematic Arts Workshops – Many directors, even if they didn’t attend full film school programs, often took workshops or short courses in screenwriting and directing from top film schools.

Sundance Labs – Many indie directors have participated in the Sundance Institute's programs, where they develop films under the mentorship of industry veterans.

These directors were likely influenced by a combination of classic films, genre-defining

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In einer lebensfeindlichen Welt

Im Ödland lauern schlimmere Gefahren, als marodierende Banden. Das Wasteland-Virus hat einst die Menschheit beinahe ausgelöscht und lauert nun dort immer noch im Boden und der Luft. Das Betreten der Gegend ist nur mit Atemmaske möglich. Nicht für Laylay. Aus irgendwelchen Gründen ist sie gegen das Virus immun. Deshalb ist es auch sie, die Zeeto aufspüren soll, als der junge Mann nicht aus dem Ödland zurückkehrt. Da ist er allerdings bereits infiziert und auch Laylay stellt nach ihrer Rückkehr fest, dass sie beginnt sich zu verändern.

Post-apokalyptische Welten wie in „Wasteland“ liefern spannenden Erzählstoff. Gerade, weil die gesellschaftliche Ordnung nicht mehr gilt und die Regeln für das Zusammenleben auf Null gesetzt werden. Mit Laylay und Zeeto haben Judith und Christian Vogt zwei völlig gegensätzliche Charaktere erschaffen, die entsprechend ihrer unterschiedlichen Wesen auch mit verschiedenen Erzählstimmen sprechen. Während Laylay ihre Sicht der Ereignisse als typische Ich-Erzählerin vermittelt, wendet sich Zeeto direkt an die Leser. Die Sprache der beiden ist von Kraftausdrücken geprägt, was angesichts des Zerfalls der erzählten Welt aber absolut passend ist. Dass Schimpfworte wie „verfakkt“ so geschrieben werden, wie man sie spricht, passt ebenfalls in diesen Kontext.

Eine weitere Besonderheit der Sprache sind die gendergerechten Formulierungen. So wird beispielsweise die Anführerin einer Motorradband zu „die Boss“. Am Anfang der Geschichte stolpert man noch ein wenig darüber, allerdings gewöhnt man sich bereits nach ein paar Seiten daran. Ebenso wie die Verwendung von Worten, Namen oder auch Sätzen aus verschiedenen Sprachen. So bekommt ein Baby einen kiswahelischen Namen und Laylay wechselt mit ihrem Vater ab und an Sätze auf Türkisch. Die Multilingualität trägt zusätzlich zu dem Eindruck bei, dass die Menschen aufgrund des Virus zusammengerückt sind. Und dann wiederum auch nicht. Hinten im Buch befindet sich eine Inhaltswarnung, die darauf hinweist, dass in der Geschichte auch sensible Themen bzw. Themen, die als Auslösereize funktionieren können, behandelt werden. Eine raue Welt, die ihrem Kontext in Inhalt und Sprache absolut treu bleibt, dem Leser aber auch was abverlangt.

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pietertredoux: I am so proud of being part of the #cast of @anastasiadasmusical , winner of @officialbroadwayworld ‘s #regionalawards2019 #bestmusicaloftheyearcommercial, and @judith.caspari , our #leadinglady , who won #bestactressinamusical . #anastasia #anastasiadasmusical Congratulations!

[contemporaryartdaily]

"Rattle Road" at Overduin & Co.

[earith]

from milan van waardenburg’s instagram stories (november 22, 2018)

[abmgw]

ABMGW 181 Berlin Rostiges Herz vs Ace in Space

ABMGW 181 Berlin Rostiges Herz vs Ace in Space

Thema der Woche: Romane von Kleinverlagen! Weil auch keine Verlage haben feine Bücher. …und das erste ist: “Berlin Rostiges Herz” von Sarah Stoffers. Ein YA-Steampunk Roman mit einer unschlagbar tollen Kulisse: ein Berlin, das wegen Klimaerwärmeung am Meer liegt, das bewohnt wird von Zauberern und Erfindern, mit Nixen in den Kanälen und Zuckerschmugglern. Eine ganz feine Sache. Bei “Ace in…

[oldwinenewbottles]

Robert Laughlin, Preserver of a Mayan Language, Dies at 85

His monumental dictionary, after years of field work, documented Tzotzil in southern Mexico. But that was just the start of his efforts to preserve the culture.

By Neil Genzlinger

Published June 24, 2020

Robert M. Laughlin, an anthropologist and linguist whose extensive work in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico documented and helped revitalize Mayan languages and culture, died on May 28 in Alexandria, Va. He was 85.

His son, Reese, said the cause was the new coronavirus.

Dr. Laughlin spent much of his professional life doing field work in Chiapas, beginning in the late 1950s. He learned the Tzotzil (also spelled Tsotsil) language as a graduate student with the Harvard Chiapas Project, a long-term ethnographic field study that had just been started by Professor Evon Vogt and was focusing on the town of Zinacantán. After years of painstaking work, in 1975 Dr. Laughlin published The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán, with 30,000 entries.

Indigenous languages in the region — there are many — had been under siege since the Spanish conquest, and Dr. Laughlin’s dictionary helped spur a revival of interest in them. The dictionary, published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where Dr. Laughlin was curator of Mesoamerican ethnology, was not simply a compilation of which Tzotzil word equals which English word. It was a deep dive into word origins, how the language had mutated and more.

“The term ‘dictionary’ hardly does the work justice,” Judith Aissen, professor emerita of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said in an email. “It is a rigorous work of linguistic scholarship, but through its entries, also the repository of a great deal of cultural knowledge.”

The dictionary, created with two local collaborators, Romin Teratol and Anselmo Peres, set an example for the field. “It has been the cornerstone of so many efforts in language and knowledge revitalization ever since,” Igor Krupnik, chair of the anthropology department at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, said by email.

But it was only the beginning for Dr. Laughlin. He wrote or collaborated on various collections of folk tales and dreams, an 18th-century Tzotzil dictionary (with John B. Haviland, an anthropology professor at the University of California, San Diego), and more. And in 1982, when some Indigenous friends asked him for help in creating a cultural association, he became one of the founders of Sna Jtz’ibajom — or, in English, the House of the Writer, a collective that promoted local writings and publications.

An offshoot of that, a few years later, was Monkey Business Theater, a troupe that performed folk tales and other works. He brought in the American puppeteer Amy Trompetter to help local participants use puppets in their storytelling.

“To her distress, the first skit they chose to perform was a folk tale that tells of a newlywed whose wife’s head mysteriously disappears at night to eat corpses,” he wrote in “Monkey Business Theater,” a 2008 book about the troupe. But the group caught on and was soon in high demand, performing throughout the region and beyond.

One of Dr. Laughlin’s most recent collaborations was “Mayan Tales From Chiapas, Mexico” (2014), in which he and two translators recorded 42 folk tales as told by the same woman, Francisca Hernández Hernández, the only Tzotzil speaker remaining in her village. The book presented the stories in English, Spanish and Tzotzil.

In the foreword, Gary H. Gossen, professor emeritus of anthropology and Latin American studies at the University at Albany, the State University of New York, wrote of Dr. Laughlin’s career: “He has earnestly and successfully returned to the native Maya communities of highland Chiapas a sense of ownership of their own literary legacy.”

Robert Moody Laughlin was born on May 29, 1934, in Princeton, N.J., to Ledlie and Roberta Howe Laughlin. His father was assistant dean of admissions at Princeton University, and his mother was a homemaker.

He grew up in Princeton, graduated from South Kent School in Connecticut in 1952 and earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature at Princeton in 1956. The next year he enrolled in a summer graduate program in anthropology at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico City, which included field work among the Mazatec, an Indigenous people in the state of Oaxaca.

His interest piqued, he enrolled at Harvard, where he received a master’s degree in anthropology in 1961 and a Ph.D. in it in 1963. In 1960 he married Miriam Elizabeth Wolfe, and after he joined the Smithsonian in 1965, they had alternated between living in Chiapas and Alexandria, Va., for decades.

Almost as challenging as compiling his monumental 1975 dictionary was physically producing it, given the complexity of the material, the multiplicity of symbols and unusual letter combinations, and the limitations of the relatively primitive computers used to produce it.

“When I went to pick it up,” Dr. Laughlin wrote in the introduction, describing the first attempt to print a proof copy, “I discovered that the Tzotzil-English section was very much as I had desired. But the English to Tzotzil section of The Great Tzotzil Dictionary had been reduced to the lowest common denominator; page after page of one letter per line arranged in a single column. This was followed by all the Latin names neatly decapitated and arranged alphabetically according to the second letter.”

“My dictionary,” he added, “became known around the museum as The Great Tzotzil Disaster.”

Modest efforts to resurrect Indigenous languages had been going on for several decades when the dictionary appeared, but the Tzotzil language and its cousins were primarily oral traditions; speakers of such languages were illiterate in them. The dictionary helped change that.

“A potential audience had slowly been building for material in Tzotzil, Tzeltal and about 30 other Mayan languages,” a 1992 article in Smithsonian magazine noted. “Laughlin’s dictionary contributed a standardized template for writing down the Mayan sounds.”

Dr. Laughlin died in a hospital in Alexandria. In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife; a daughter, Liana Laughlin; and three grandchildren.

When Dr. Laughlin’s dictionary was published, Senator William Proxmire, the prominent Wisconsin Democrat, gave it one of his Golden Fleece Awards, which he used to call attention to projects he considered frivolous. Colleagues said Dr. Laughlin had considered the award a badge of honor — “perhaps out of general contrariness,” Thor R. Anderson, his friend and sometimes collaborator, wrote in an appreciation, “but also because, at the height of that particular contretemps, fellow scholars rushed to his defense.”

In 1988, when Dr. Laughlin and Dr. Haviland published their colonial-era dictionary, “The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, With Grammatical Analysis and Historical Commentary,” careful readers may have noted the dedication on Page 7:

To William E. Proxmire

For the fun of it!

[the-space-between-all-things]

The Nosy One

Tagged by @callioope - thank you!!

Rules: tag nine people you want to get to know better!

Top 3 ships: hmm not so easy to say. When I look at my fanfic reading it is this: Rebelcaptain (Star Wars - this one was obvious, of course) / Spuffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer - always and forever, I would die for them anytime, just like I would for Jyn and Cassian) / Delena (The Vampire Diaries - I know, I was waaaaaaay late to that party. But that always happens with me, so I stopped caring ;) I'm not sure if it will stick around forever, but I still like them.) (Also Bethyl (The Walking Dead) even if that is bending the rules here, but this one episode really intrigued me back in the day.)

Last Song: "Out of the Dark" by Nada Surf. If you have seen the last meme I completed you already know that band :D

Last Movie: "On the Basis of Sex" with Felicity Jones!!! It was not quite what I expected somehow but still really, really good. It is the biopic on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and I thought it was very interesting. I love seeing a woman with children have a career (although the movie didn't really dwell on that aspect too much). It's something I barely have any role models for in real life so I crave to see it anywhere I can find it.

Currently Reading: I'm always reading more than one book at a time which is a very bad habit for me ... Until last year I could blame it on my job, and if I’m lucky I will again be able to do that soon, but at the moment I have no such excuse. Usually I read lots of English stuff but right now it's two original German books. One nonfiction book: "Untenrum frei" by Margarete Stokowski (the title means something like "free down below" ;D A great book about feminism and growing up in Germany as a girl in the 90s) and one fantasy book by friends of mine: "Die Verkehrte Stadt" (which means "The Inverted City") by Judith & Christian Vogt. I almost constantly read some rebelcaptain fanfic too, except when I’m writing a lot myself, because that makes me feel self-conscious about my own stuff. ;)

What food are you craving right now: I just had dinner so ... nothing? :D In general, always: peppermint+chocolate ice cream. Hard to find in supermarkets where I live, which is a shame.

Tagging: @imsfire2 @incognitajones @oh-nostalgiaa @skitzofreak @moprocrastinates @rapidashpatronus @captainandors @thatsitfortoday @castiellover77

[coronaking]

If you love Tabletop role-playing games and always dreamt of being a space-fighter pilot like Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, Poe Dameron or any other "Top Gun" space version with interstellar jet battles, this game might just be for you!

In "Aces in Space" you play a Chopper Jockey, a dashing space pilot belonging to a gang. You'll fight bandits and bogeys in daring dogfights, pull off heists against overpowering mega-corps, and talk about it all live on your social media feed. Experience the thrill of stories right in the middle between toxic egoticity and teamwork.

The kickstarter just launched, but it's already completely funded after two days, so the game will definitely get published! Join the crew of wingqueens, chopper aces and road captains for a great gaming experience dealing with behavior typically identified as toxic masculinity such as dominance posturing and self-injury, but in a setting that is past racism and heteronormativity. Based on Fate Core.

Created by Judith and Christian Vogt and Harald Eckmüller, character artwork by Ben Maier.

[anastasiamusicalfan]

Anastasia besetzung:

Anya: Judith Caspari

Dmitry: Milan van Waardenburg

Gleb: Mathias Edenborn

Vlad: Thorsten Tinney

Zaarenmutter: Daniela Ziegler

Lily: Jacqueline Braun

Ensemble:

Teen Anastasia/Paulina: Mariana Hidemi

Maria/Duina: Annakathrin Naderer

Tatiana/Marfa: Anastasia Stojko

Olga/Odette: Christina Rebecca Gibbs

Tsarina: Carmen Danen

Tsar: Kirill Zolygin

Leopold: Jon Geoffrey Goldsworthy

Countess: Susanna Panzner

Siegfried: Luca Giaccio

Rothbart: Duncan William Saul

Other Ensemble:

Katja Hentschel

Fabian Kaiser

Bradley Parson

Mark Luykx

Swing:

Alexandra Alexandrova

Laura Robinson

Celine Vogt

Vanessa Wilcek

Pieter Tredoux

Allessandro Ripamonti

Giovanni Galeandro

[tuebingertolkientage]

Autorenlesungen 2022 – Erster Einblick

2022 – Wir freuen uns auf alle, die mit uns 130 Jahre Tolkien, 85 Jahre The Hobbit, 40 Jahre Myra, 30 Jahre Tübinger Tolkien-Tage feiern wollen. Es wird uns ein Fest, was sage ich, eine Festwoche.

Und weil in diesen Zeiten nicht alles so planbar ist wie es das früher war, planen wir die Lesungen online, also so dass alles davon online stattfinden kann. So dass die Autor*innen für die Lesungen und die alle Vortragenden für die Vorträge online zum Publikum in Tübingen und weltweit sprechen können. Und so dass möglichst viele auch Online an unseren Veranstaltungen teilnehmen können, die sie selbst nicht nach Tübingen kommen können oder nicht live zusehen aber auf Twitch nachsehen können.

Einige der bereits erfolgten Zusagen:

Friedhelm Schneidewind (zB „Das neue grosse Tolkien-Lexikon“, Teilnahme 2007, 2012, 2017)

Dr. Frank Weinreich (Teilnahme 2017)

Swantje Niemann (zB Drúdir, Teilnahme 2017

Veronika Servotka/Carver (zB „Wyvern“, Teilnahme 2017)

Susanne Wolff (Teilnahme 2012) und Isabella Benz (Teilnahme 2017)

Ju Honisch

Ann-Kathrin Karschnick

Nora Bendzko („Die Göptter müssen sterben“)

Juri Pavlovic

Fanny Bechert

Janika Hoffmann

Christiona Löw

Judith C. Vogt, Christian Vogt und James A Sullivan

Jasmine Nadine Engel

Carmilla DeWinter

Jasmin N. Weidner (Teilnahme und Gewinnerin Story-Slam 2017)

Sabrina Fackler (Teilnahme 2017, Autoren-Workshop 2022)

Christoph Hardebusch

Hendrik Lambertus (Teilnahme 2012)