#their brilliant careers

[maggiecheungs]

high budget miniseries adaptation of their brilliant careers WHEN

[trainstationgoodbye]

My Brilliant Career (1979) dir. Gillian Armstrong

[denastudio]

My Brilliant Career (1979) dir. Gillian Armstrong

[mariocki]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

"You have one choice, boy: sex or the saw. Sex is... well, nobody knows. But the saw, the saw is family."

[a-girl-and-her-quotes]

My Brilliant Career

[feenixdown]

[hooked-on-elvis]

(1) May 27, 1956: Performing at the University of Dayton Fieldhouse in Dayton, Ohio; (2) May 27, 1976: Performing at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana.

[tohakumaru]

10 it could have been a brilliant career

from then on the journey falls into pace, easy as habits, grave as rains. the nomad, led by its own beak and an unwavering understanding that all things passes, resolutely strides on while the landcapes around it gradually plateaus: mountain ranges slowly diminish, sand turns into glass into blurred edges where the sky and the ground knows not themselves from each other.

and then, the nomad steps off the face of the earth, and onto the sky.

it holds itself a bit more carefully, watching its step as if walking on a thin line. here is an invisible maze of stair cases, only one is homeward and all others nowhere-bound. yet the bird-thing is assured, beak twitching, it knows the smell of home when the scent catches, and it won't let go, never have, never will. impossible nomad climbing impossible stairs.

imperceptibly, one of them resounds with a hollow thud; and a few further steps are met with the creak of a door opened without knocking. the nomad pushes it wide to reveal a pocket of space that vaguely resembles a low-ceiling living-room. two windows with yellowed lace curtains hang open. on the tiled floor squares of honey-coloured lights dance in secret harmony. a much larger third window towards the back of the room is tightly shut, behind cream-coloured iron bars, plastered over with a large world map fraying at the edges.

the nomad gingerly steps into the room and looks around. it takes a few deep breaths and stretches its limbs, before pulling out a small knife. with as much gentleness as precision it cuts off a piece of its woollen undercoat, drops the soft fabric onto the floor and fluffs it into the shape of a pillow. then, it gently lays out the corpse-and-moth bundle on top, arranges the pieces neatly, and covers them halfway with what's left of the burning blanket. it sits down and stays very, very still, for a short while.

here lies the dead poet, murdered in earnest, loved in all honesty.

when the impossible nomad leaves, the door silently clicks. the sky is still dark but under the heavens, something feels like day is breaking.

[bookwormchocaholic]

Okay, I sort of did this poll yesterday and I goofed - I set it for one day instead of one week. I am reposting it and have added a few other couples.

[evandorkin]

New on the Patreon: More old magazine work, this time Milk & Cheese: The Losing Edge from Wizard Edge (2002). Also: kid's letters and fan art sent to Wizard, both pro and anti-Milk & Cheese.

[augustheir]

My Brilliant Career (1979) dir. Gillian Armstrong, DP Donald McAlpine

[helloliriels]

For Outstanding Fic Career ...

Read the author critics are calling: "An expert in their craft", "Profound", "The kind you sit and re-read ... constantly!", "Starlit", "A gift to storytelling", "Marvelous characterizations, pacing and language!", "You'll want to find their entire catalogue of works to bookmark once you begin!"

And the award goes to ... @calaisreno 📚

Nominated by @khorazir (and we couldn't agree more!!!)

[mariocki]

The Long Good Friday (1980)

"Alan found him dying. He'd been nailed to the floor."

"When was this, then?"

"Well, it must've been just after you saw him and just before Alan saw him. Otherwise, you'd have noticed, wouldn't you? I mean, a geezer nailed to the floor. A man of your education would definitely have spotted that, wouldn't he?"

[blamemma]

i know we talked about it many times already but i can't wrap my mind about the way daniel talks about max, like he'd have all the rights in the world to feel bitter about the guy whose existence basically ruined your career and yet... and the worst/best part is that he MEANS it, he's not saying it just for saying it, truly unbelievable, i wonder if max sees these kind of statements from daniel or if daniel says it to his face

but i think that's the thing....being bitter has never resonated in his mind...maybe AT TIMES during 2018, he felt a little bit bitter towards the team, and their choices, and as a result, max. but he has constantly always had support for max, always spoken highly of him. and like you said he MEANS it. he's not sort of dancing around an awkward question about his ex-teammate, he almost welcomes those questions with open arms, and talks about the driver he KNEW, he knewww max's data, and then the driver he sees now, and he talks about max with admiration, and kindness, and awe.

if it can't be me, i'm glad its him

[feenixdown]

[dancefloors]

Comparing Harry and Taylor feels dumb, but he is the only other artist where I know the music inside out, so I will. Harry may have simple lyrics, but there is never a second where the listener is left bored. Harry paints with notes, melodies, and vocal layers, and it's because he isn't afraid to sacrifice his credit for something that is great, whereas Taylor feels like she needs to be the only person writing the song even when it's not good. It feels like Taylor would rather have a bad song with solo writing credit than a great song with 4-5 songwriters.

I don't think Harry is close to the kind of generational songwriting talent that T is at her peak but as the leading male pop artist at the moment I can at least appreciate his ability to carve out an album with artistic intent. Each song is its own story. And work with people he knows are better than him.