#Melindas

[terribletoonietuesday]

A Life on the Farm (2022) With only a few short hours of discovery that this documentary was playing in my town I needed to change my schedule and rush in the rain to get to see this. Mainly because it was a Melindas production. A production group of the found footage festival which I have always been a big time fan. However a different element was compelling me subconsciously that the film would make clear. A life on the Farm is a documentary of a man (DIrector Oscar Harding ) sees a homemade movie made by an ageing eccentric farmer called Charles Carlson in very rural England. After a decade of remembering this video tape through the eyes of childhood memory he would finally see it again. Realising the oddity of the farmer while yet being so strange yet so sincere and passionate about his daily life on his farm would drive the viewer ask two necessary questions "Who is this farmer?" and "Why did he make this video?". We then discuss in the history of fairly secluded farmer Charles Carlson , what is art? how do we judge something? mental illness? human interaction in general. We don't get a true answer but a good film or documentary shouldn't give full and complete answers but should make us understand people in general more. Without spoiling anything of what was on the video that director Oscar Harding found or what he discusses with several video archivist and home film making enthusiasts, what we do discover is that art and emotion do not have clear on and offs. We witness moments that on one hand can unarguably be some of the darkest most morbid moments in life while at the exact same time can also not be argued are equally the most honest, heartwarming moments in the spectrum of beautiful at the exact same time.  A main theme of the documentary is discussing life and death but this can be added to any discussion on a personal level. As a fan of zero budget , self made, DIY films, I receive a large part of it is a sense of voyeurism. Wondering why someone made this film and since they are not famous figure heads molded by an image consultant, I start to be more fascinated in the question of "who are these people?" As a child I spent a few years in a very nearby part of England but it wasn't just the accents , the sheep and cows and rubber boots that connected me to this subject matter so much. I get so called "films" sent to me by backyard film makers and outsider artists all the time for my off brand film festival Terriblefest. I watch literally 1000s of them but only a few make it to the festival. This is usually just for above all reasons to entertain my audience. Through all the films I get gems that affect me and stay close to me for maybe unconventional reasons, reasons I know may not be shared by everyone  I do still show these "films" to similar minded people in the industry so these "artists" or simply oddball personalities at least find someone to appreciate their art. This is why A Life on the Farm clicked with me so hard.  It's not a simple statement of don't judge a book by its cover but more of enjoying the discussion of why this affects me and why it does not affect others. We are all different and some of us even more different than others.

Glad I made it just in time , rain or shine to see this in a theatre.

A real love letter to all DIY film makers who may feel they are a little nuts

[thatdustybunny]

spy x family + text posts & random headlines

[atomic-raunch]

Melinda Windsor

[mari-lair]

All the desmonds have been introduced!

This family makes me insane.

[roucaelum-art]

I drew the Desmond family as Tim Burton’s characters

[1alchemistart]

some melindas spawned by the new chapter and a piece from a little while ago :D

[aerequets]

this is very messy but it just sprung on me and now i am gonna go to sleep

[invisiblepie]

Episode 3 in a nutshell

[rorvk]

who up eternalizing their unicorn warriors

[kayakovicyoo]

Childhood movie

[soranatus]

Unicorn Warriors Eternal art by some of the animators! In order of the artwork: Ian Higginbotham, Darius Richardson, Tara Billinger, & Iva Zahova

[naarinn]

That was so uncalled for kdsjfkejf 😭

Endo you can't just trick us, casually drop Demetrius reveal and disappear for 2 weeks WE NEED ANSWERS

He looks like more Melinda here ↓

Bro's already in his emo era and he's 13 💀 What did they do to you, boy

For a second I thought he was an esper as well. It looks like Anya was having a trouble with reading his mind. God knows what is going on in his head. Poor guy tho

And it seems he had a "normal" relationship with Donovan before too. Just what happened that everyone in this family went insane in someway. War? A tragedy? Damian 💀??? We will never know (at least now)

[whimsy--wanderlust]

The Ultimate Melinda's Breakfast Sando! I took a breakfast sausage patty, two eggs, some American cheese and topped it all on top of a toasted egg bagel. A few shakes of @melindasfoods Red Savina elevated this otherwise boring breakfast to magnificence. What else is everyone cooking today? #local #locallysourced #breakfastsandwich #bagel #hotsauce #melindas #foodie #instafood #foodgawker #foodphotography #photooftheday #instapic #instalike #instadaily #reeloftheday #foodblogger #feedfeed #foodporn #igfoodie #instafood #instagood #instamood #culinary #yummy #gourmet #homemade #life #cedarwindsmokers (at Cedar Grove, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxJZ5HOxEA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[atomic-raunch]

Melinda Windsor

[haru-desune]

So the new chapter sure was something, huh

[roucaelum-art]