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i work in music but i think the grammys will never feel like the oscarsānow that i finally learned to appreciate films and all the craft that comes with it.
music can touch people, but for our generation it is largely private. films feel different. you go to the cinema and sit among the presence of strangers and youāll witness the same story. you can interpret it differentlyājust like how you can experience a concert differently, but chances are you and the people you love will love the same moments the most; music, not so much.
iām not doing the best job at explaining it. i just know that the very act of sitting down to watch the grammys feel like overtime working and i somehow cried quite a few times watching the oscars alone. maybe itās the very fact that i still donāt understand the pictures very much.
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Who would've thought that some of them are pretty good?
Award shows are my favorite form of celebrity performance, and it's way more fun when you've seen a bunch of the nominees. The applause, the random camera shots on A-Listers, the snubs... you can read it all on their faces.
Jan 25, 2024
i think about this a lot specifically where film is concerned because that's the medium that most resonates with me but i think it could apply to any type of art. consider those "top four favorites" letterboxd videos - every time someone lists a bunch of old or foreign movies, tons of the comments accuse that person of being sooo pretentious, and then whoever picks legally blonde or something gets lauded for being "so real" and "actually honest with their answer". like hello?? you're following letterboxd on social media, watching a video of accomplished filmmakers and artists passionate about their field list their favorite movies, and turn on them when they pick the night of the hunter instead of star wars?? i used to regularly listen to students in film classes with me complain about all the old and "weird" movies we had to watch. i have met tons of people who want nothing more than to make movies or otherwise pursue art yet regularly write things off as too weird, too long, too old, too hard to understand.
what is the point of engaging with art then if you refuse to try and understand it when it's hard, don't look back to the older influences of modern art you enjoy, don't want to step outside of what you know and find comfort in? even if someone's watching all these movies with the goal of having big letterboxd numbers or falsely looking knowledgable about film, at least they're thoroughly engaging with the medium instead of watching nothing but american classics and writing off the rest.
Nov 26, 2024
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I know I sound mental but I'm crazy about the Oscars. Listenā¦ go back to the 1999 Oscars telecast when Whoopi Goldberg was the hostāthe one where she came out dressed as Queen Elizabeth the 1stāand tell me that wasn't the most fabulous situation to ever happen in the known universe. I don't care if the movies up for nominations are abysmal. I don't care if you don't like awards-bait dramas shot in black-and-white. I don't care if you're so bored that you drop dead in the middle of your living room! Turn the dial to ABC and suck it up, the future of cinema depends on it because the Oscars are the engine that drives promotion and gets movies greenlit. I think I'd be a great producer on the team for the broadcast itselfā¦ I care deeply about preserving the glamour and spectacle of the event. I know exactly who should host (I'm not telling), I know precisely which rules should change to make it more entertaining, and I have great ideas for stunts to pull before and during the broadcast. I also think the Academy should start owning how wrong they are when they vote by creating a new honorary Oscar called a Legacy Award, which can go to any person, film, or talent associated with a movie that has grown to become a classic in the eyes of the world since its eligible year. They could present an Oscar to Drew Barrymore for her performance in Screamāshe'd have a breakdown! It would be incredibleāor give Oscars to the entire cast and crew of movies like Rocky Horror Picture Show, Election, The Shining, or Showgirls. People would argue about it nonstop and it would be great for ratings. I'm running away with myself nowā¦ this is how I get. Point being: watch the stupid fucking Oscars. It's the least you could do. Someone will figure out how to make it fun eventually.
Mar 3, 2022
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sure yes i can check your story and know what youāve been up to today but who the fuck cares. iām live texting you as i descend into drunkenness, sending you screenshots of weird emails, incorrectly correcting typos because weāre like š¤š¼ this
traditional social media are boring, all you need is a few close friends on letterboxd, pi.fyi, last.fm, plus i got your #, iām gonna text u
Mar 7, 2024
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it basically means āiām here already, i might as well be at peace with itā
started truly believing in it a few years ago when i first moved to nashville. there are a lot of things i donāt like about my life, down to daily tasks like having to wait for a bus despite being an impatient person, up to not being proud of my own family dynamic, but i'm learning to make peace with itāthis is the one life iām gonna have, and some things i just canāt change, whether thatās for now or for a long while
Aug 29, 2024
why are there so many texts and emails at 8am in the morning donāt you all know peace
Jul 15, 2024