#htttgap

[introvert-in-hiding]

Nice list you have there, @a-funeral-pyre ! Thank you for tagging me !

Um... Comfort movies... I'm not much of a movie watcher (I'm more into series tbh) and I don't necessary watch stuff for comfort but I like the list I came up to. I hesitated to change HTTTGAP with Mirrormask but I'm keeping the former here

1. The Princess Bride

2. Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre

3. The Addams Family

4. Northanger Abbey

5. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

6. How to Talk to Girls at Parties

7. Beetlejuice

Look I'm not going to tag anyone personally but if you want to do this, consider yourself tagged

Seven Comfort Films

Thank you for the tag @alderaanakin! I am comforted mostly by repetition and routine so these are all movies I know backwards and forwards, haha

The Empire Strikes Back (all Star Wars, but this is my fav)

Solo (this just makes me ridiculously happy)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (again, all of them, but mostly this one)

Jaws

2001 Ocean's 11

2006 Casino Royale

1991 Beauty & the Beast

1977 Pete's Dragon (please don't judge me too harshly)

And seven people to tag, no pressure as per usual: @underacalicosky @piecesofeden11 @palfriendpatine66 @theelfmaiden @somethingsteff @yourfavoritefridge @willameena

[burnhamandtilly]

movies i watched in 2018 » How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), Dir. John Cameron Mitchell

“I just think once we’re free, we’ll stop doing what we’re told, which is just consume. If we don’t stop, we’ll eat the fucking world.”

[itwasanangryinch]

Here’s what Mitchell had to say about working on the soundtrack with Stewart:

This film began as a short story gleam in the eye of Neil Gaiman which was then refracted through Philippa Goslett’s adaptation. She saw our hero Enn as a young Neil-like punk comic book artist from much-mocked suburban Croydon. Naturally the film includes 70’s classics: the first UK punk single “New Rose” by The Damned (Captain Sensible & Rat Scabies did time in Croydon); Lou Reed’s “I Found a Reason” (thank you Hal Willner and Laurie Anderson!), “Nursery Chymes” by the great Bruno Wizard of The Homosexuals (who cameos as our club MC). But DIY being both our medium and our message, this album favors the new stuff and we had didn’t have room for period gems like Bruno’s “Soft South Africans” or Dub Specialist’s “Starring Dub”. The punk side of things is anchored by our fictional band Dyschords, created by Bryan Weller and singer Martin Tomlinson (bless you Danny Fields for those YouTubes videos of Martin’s band Selfish Cunt). Kudos to Dyschords producer/mixer Rory Attwell. AC Newman contributed the instant classics “Fuck All” and “Angry Universe” (inspired by a line from the short story) while Ezra Furman delivered the creamy “Rainy Life”. Along with Justin Craig and Tits of Clay (the Broadway Hedwig band), I formed The Dyslexic Cnuts (which lasted for a day… so punk) to record the song “Extraction” with cabaret legend Amber Martin who offers the melt-in-your-mouth “Bermuda” (and who also voices the soul singer in Mum’s kitchen scene). The vast and deep alien soundscape was conjured by sonic sorcerers Matmos (who also give us the faux krautrock “Flecken”, or “Cum Stain” in German). Maestro Nico Muhly provided alien choral textures and a glorious Exit Requiem for our departing aliens (or was it a Brexit Requiem?). Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart and I spawned the trans-species alien-punk “Eat Me Alive”, performed live by Alex Sharp and Elle Fanning, as well as our space-dance credit song “Between the Breaths” voiced by indie goddess Mitski. Bless you Michael Hill for shepherding our musical flock. I urge the reader to make things with her/his/their mates. As with us, a wonderful time will be had by all.

[10paezinhos]

I made a poster with the nice people at Mondo for A24's latest film, HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES. Adapted from a short story by Neil Gaiman and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, the story is set in 1970s London and follows Enn and his friends, John and Vic, as they find themselves at a "party" that is actually a gathering of visiting aliens. The film is a ton of fun and features stellar performances, particularly from Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman as a basement-punk "low" priestess. I’m crazy excited to partner up with Mondo for duties on this poster. My brother and I worked on the Graphic Novel adaptation of the short story and I wanted to connect the book and the movie as soon as I knew there was going to be a movie. Be sure to check out the film in theaters this weekend!

"There's something about the connection of the main characters (who are a couple) that's very intimate, very quiet, and at the same time transmits the explosive effect of falling in love. I wanted to put that sense of intimacy in the poster as well as capture the energetic punk aesthetics of the film." - Fábio Moon

get the poster here.

[cinematic-literature]

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) by John Cameron Mitchell 

Book title: The Way to Become the Sensuous Woman (1969) by J

[adamicradio]

Author Neil Gaiman (American Gods, The Sandman, Stardust) and director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) speak about their alien punk filled film "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" starring Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, and Nicole Kidman.

[eckarius]

please someone tell me that pt waldo actually existed i can't find any proof tom brooke was in how to talk to girls at parties. if i wasn't garbage i'd make gifs or something, but i loved him and i want to see this massive banana man.

[madam-wakefield]

The adorable man that is John Cameron Mitchell - being totally adorable over my Hedwig tattoo 💜 taken at the How To Talk To Girls At Parties premier during London Film Festival

[hedwigsmuses]

“Hello, I’m Enn, short for ‘Henry’?” his voice tipped up at the end of his sentence, looking for his audience’s acknowledgement before continuing.

“I have a few copies of my fanzine I was hoping you could distribute for me. Well, for me and my mates.” He gave a small smile and extended the short stack of five or six magazines, the cover photocopied almost to the point of unrecognition.

[neil-gaiman]

Hey Mr. Gaiman!

I’m in a CW class and we read ur short story “How To Talk To Girls At Parties” (it slapped and I will never think about poetry (or dialogue) the same) and I have some questions if you have the time :)

In most of my CW classes we’ve been taught not to start a story with dialogue, so when I saw HTTTGAP started with dialogue I was shook! But then as I read I realized it’s a story with such a heavy emphasis on dialogue that maybe choosing to start w/ dialogue was a way to show the reader how to read the story. Further, the entire story takes all preset roles and notions about how dialogue should function and throws them out the window. I brought this up to my professor after class and he told me that starting with dialogue is actually a totally okay thing to do.

Is this how you feel? What made you decide to open with dialogue? What was the thought process behind creating a piece that subverts all rules and expectations (IE- timing/tense, perspective on the story, dialogue)? How do you subvert rules/expectations successfully? Are there other arbitrary “rules of writing” you disagree with?

Thank you so much for your time. Hope ur having a good day!

It was a story that felt like it needed to start with dialogue so I started it with dialogue. I wish I had more for you than that, but I don’t.

Most of the rules you are taught about writing aren’t rules. They are useful suggestions or guidelines or sentences that would best start “Usually people do this:” Most of the time they are describing Fashion, anyway.

You can start a story with dialogue. You can start it with description, you can start it with a brilliant narrative hook, you can start it with a sentence as dull and unhookable as “It was a nice day.” You can start it any way you want as long as you make it a beginning that keeps people reading.

Break any and all rules that mean the story would be harder to tell, as long as you break those rules in ways that make it possible for you to tell your story.

The same is true of most fields of human endeavour, I suspect, not just writing.

[turnonthe8-track]

[   I just saw an article claiming that there's no overarching themes to John's work as a director. -.- The main theme between his works is love. And loss.   ]

[itwasanangryinch]

Extraction by The Dyslexic Cnuts from the How to Talk to Girls at Parties soundtrack. Also known as one of the only ones you can hear JCM’s voice on.

And one of the songs he sings in his new show, The Origin of Love.

[10paezinhos]

Got my AP copies of the “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” poster that I did with Mondo , and it turned out beautifully. It’s bigger than the original drawing, the the colors are so vibrant. Thanks to all involved in making this happen. #htttgap #howtotalktogirlsatparties

[cinematic-literature]

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) by John Cameron Mitchell 

Book title: Virys Boy and the Colony by Enn

[adamicradio]

Neil Gaiman touched on Stardust, The Sandman and several of his other projects while talking about John Cameron Mitchell’s film adaptation of How to Talk To Girls at Parties. Full interview is here: https://youtu.be/rVjLodVyYpY