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“Constantly bound by craving and fear to a future full of uncertainties, we strip each present moment of its calm, its intrinsic import, which we are unable to enjoy. And so the future destroys the present.”—Hannah Arendt #quotes

The Lonely Genius: Terry A. Davis 👨‍💻🙏 Terry A. Davis was a brilliant but troubled programmer from the United States. He studied computer engineering and once worked with top technology companies. But in his 20s, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental illness that made him hear voices and have strong religious visions. 🌩️ Instead of giving up, Terry poured his life into creating something extraordinary — TempleOS, a full operating system he built alone. He wrote every part of it: the kernel, compiler, and even its graphics. He believed God was guiding him, and TempleOS was meant to be the "third temple" described in the Bible. 📖💻 The system was unusual — it ran at 640x480 resolution with 16 colors and had a programming language Terry invented called “HolyC.” While many saw it as strange, others admired the sheer genius and dedication it took to build such a project single-handedly. Sadly, Terry struggled with homelessness, isolation, and his illness until his passing in 2018. 🌙 His life is remembered as both heartbreaking and inspiring — a reminder of the thin line between brilliance and pain, and how even in struggle, creativity can shine. ✨

“If you’re not enough before the gold medal, you won’t be enough with it.”— Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird) #quotes

Use Elan Lee's approach to make your next brainstorming session fun. cc: @elanlee

@TheCineprism Nolan has more diverse filmography

Who has better filmography?

@cvsarathi All the best

#Avihitham(A)rriving soon!!!

@TheCineprism Happy endings

What movie propaganda you're not falling for?

There’s undoubtedly immense difficulty in curating a list of 100 best anything, but if your project omits major film industries, artistic movements, and entire continents, it’s probably time to go back to the drawing board.

@BenJohnson2018 Were these the shooting scripts? Or available drafts?

Here's a list of 10 acclaimed films, their approximate screenplay lengths, and film runtimes. Draw your own conclusions: Citizen Kane (1941) Screenplay: Citizen Kane by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 156 pages Film Length: 119 minutes The Godfather (1972) Screenplay: The Godfather by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 163 pages Film Length: 175 minutes Casablanca (1942) Screenplay: Casablanca by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 120 pages Film Length: 102 minutes Rear Window (1954) Screenplay: Rear Window by John Michael Hayes (based on a story by Cornell Woolrich) Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 125 pages Film Length: 112 minutes Seven Samurai (1954) Screenplay: Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 207 pages Film Length: 207 minutes 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Screenplay: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 112 pages Film Length: 164 minutes Vertigo (1958) Screenplay: Vertigo by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor (based on the novel "D'entre les morts" by Boileau-Narcejac) Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 127 pages Film Length: 128 minutes Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Screenplay: Lawrence of Arabia by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 216 pages Film Length: 216 minutes Schindler's List (1993) Screenplay: Schindler's List by Steven Zaillian (based on the novel "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally) Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 130 pages Film Length: 195 minutes Singin' in the Rain (1952) Screenplay: Singin' in the Rain by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Screenplay Page Length (approx.): 121 pages Film Length: 103 minutes

@spyderdobro If execution is poor, it may be rewritten by someone else. Also the risk of counting too much on ideas is parallel development. If something remotely similar appears in the horizon, no one may touch it.

I think idea trumps execution when it comes to screenplays. Not sure about novels. But a script that presents an incredible movie idea can be purchased, even when it’s a mess. With tons of grammar errors. With weak characters. With corny dialogue. A big idea can be rewritten.

Yes. Bring back fun.

“If I could use words Like scattering flowers and falling leaves, What a bonfire my poems would make.” #shogun

#Andor s2 is Battle of Algiers is space. It’s not only about the human cost of standing up to power, but also how most on the both sides are cogs on a wheel. Great to see someone doing a morally complex, non-fluffy take on authoritarianism and resistance using blockbuster ip.

Book scanning robot preparing food for his LLM brethren

The twist that no one saw coming: 'Another Round' was a reference to a Danish, Oscar-winning (best international film, 2020) film!

“This was the blissful break when the world seemed a safer place, between the end of the Cold War and about ten minutes later.” ― Mick Herron, Slow Horses

“...perhaps the sweetest moment in writing is the arrival of that idea for a book which never has to be written, which is never sullied with a definite shape, which never needs to be exposed to a less loving gaze than that of its author.” —J Barnes (Flaubert’s Parrot)   #quotes

“Do you know what Nabokov said about adultery in his lecture on Madame Bovary? He said it was 'a most conventional way to rise above the conventional'.” #quotes

#quotes “The work of art is a pyramid which stands in the desert, uselessly: jackals piss at the base of it, and bourgeois clamber to the top of it. ”