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Reading Stoicism, Ancient Rome. Studying Nordic Impressionists. Watched a Chinese Surrealist (?) Film. About to read Kafka? Ano to Pong.

Edward Hopper's influence on Todd Haynes's ‘Carol’ (2015)

If you type Noche Buena on Viber Jomari Chan comes out

TIL Ronnie del Carmen worked as a storyboard artist for the Bruce Timm Batman

Di kaya ng mental health ko ang traffic these days.

TIL this is an adaptation of Wuthering Heights. imdb.com/title/tt010203…

Sylvester Stallone said iconic Rocky steps scene was shot quickly “before the police” arrived. “I wasn't even thinking about steps. We didn't have any money to shoot there” "I just got out of the car, I said, 'Let me just run up steps, get a shot of it.”

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Name the best movie you’ve ever seen about friendship.

what is the sexiest non-sex scene you've ever seen?

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The ruckus surrounding the movie Quezon ultimately highlights the tension between historical fact and dramatic creative license. pep.ph/news/local/189…

Stanley Kubrick on how to extract great performances from an Actor: "Interviewer: Do you direct actors in every detail, or do you expect them to some extent to come up with their own ideas? Kubrick: I come up with the ideas. That is essentially the director’s job. There is a misconception, I think, about what directing actors means: it generally goes along the lines of the director imposing his will over difficult actors, or teaching people who don’t know how to act. I try to hire the best actors in the world. The problem is comparable to one a conductor might face. There’s little joy in trying to get a magnificent performance from a student orchestra. It’s difficult enough to get one with all the subtleties and nuances you might want out of the greatest orchestra in the world. You want to have great virtuoso soloists, and so with actors. Then it’s not necessary to teach them how to act or to discipline them or to impose your will upon them because there is usually no problem along those lines. An actor will almost always do what you want him to do if he is able to do it; and, therefore, since great actors are able to do almost anything, you find you have few problems. You can then concentrate on what you want them to do, what is the psychology of the character, what is the purpose of the scene, what is the story about? These are things that are often muddled up and require simplicity and exactitude. The director’s job is to provide the actor with ideas, not to teach him how to act or to trick him into acting. There’s no way to give an actor what he hasn’t got in the form of talent. You can give him ideas, thoughts, attitudes. The actor’s job is to create emotion. Obviously, the actor may have some ideas too, but this is not what his primary responsibility is. You can make a mediocre actor less mediocre, you can make a terrible actor mediocre, but you cannot go very far without the magic. Great performances come from the magical talent of the actor, plus the ideas of the director. The other part of the director’s job is to exercise taste: he must decide whether what he is seeing is interesting, whether it’s appropriate, whether it is of sufficient weight, whether it’s credible. These are decisions that no one else can make." (Stanley Kubrick's interview with Philip Strick and Penelope Houston, 1972)

It was a happy accident :) 📸

Bat ba feel na feel nila na kabataan ang misled? Samantalang mas madalas naman mga matatanda ang madaling maniwala at magshare ng fake news.

I learned a new word. ‘Hagiography’

Pakiayos naman to @QCGov Q ave cor Examiner

Movie: QUEZON Director: Jerrold Tarog Starring: Jericho Rosales Rating: 5/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Pag nanuod ka, akala mo nakikinig ka sa mga balita ngayon – the Senate President and the House Speaker fighting against each other. But it’s not Chiz Escudero and Martin Romualdez fighting. It’s Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmeña. There’s so much lesson to learn from this movie that can teach us how to view our current political reality – that most politicians especially the ones on top are cunning chameleons playing a political game while performing and acting in a political theater to compete for the people’s support. The movie puts Quezon front and center – a masterful but flawed politician who deeply believes in Philippine independence. But the film technique is also amazing by chopping up the history of Quezon’s life into jigsaw pieces that is so entertaining to watch and easy to digest for anyone – the movie divides Quezon’s life into chapters of VERSUS a certain personality and weaves in and out of such storytelling device. The acting is superb – Jericho Rosales is so charismatic and lovely to watch. He has the gravitas but the entire cast holds their own. It’s an ensemble film with Jericho still shining brightly on his own like the titular character Quezon who is always at the center of attention or controversy. This is a must watch not just for history buffs and film nerds but for all anti-corruption advocates especially in the context of recent events – it will show you how politics works and make you aware if you’re not already. Catch it in cinemas before Wicked or other movies come and wipe it out. I don’t think watching it on Netflix will do it justice. #Quezon #MovieReview

Some thoughts on 'Quezon' boxd.it/bnfLQ9

Quezon ('25 Jerrold Tarog): Spells things out a little too much for me, but it's otherwise a really entertaining dissection of a very flawed man.