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[mantra4ia]

He sees her: Gail and Eugene v. Joel and Ellie 2x2/2x6

Perspective Tilt...

Like changing the angle of a camera to capture the different shots of the same scene, Eugene's life and death - even for it's brief screen glimmer - illuminates so much more about TLOU 2x2. Apart from it's obvious plot anchors of Joel lying to Ellie and circling back to the Salt Lake, firstly it creates a new angle on the dynamic for Ellie/Gail. Gail is so hell bent on Ellie being a smart, manipulative liar, and now we know why. Ellie lashing out at Joel from her personal righteous but selfish and narrow lens of anger shatters a peaceful illusion of Eugene's final message for Gail because from Ellie's perspective she'd want the truth even if it hurt. Gail, despite being a mental health professional, might have at her core been more at peace with a lie (the truth made her spiral), which is why she takes aim at Ellie's dishonest speech to the Jackson Council. In part because she sees Ellie can be honest (brutally) *or* dishonest, the key feature being when it suits her with little regard for collateral (like Gail), a self-centered choice. She projects this trait onto Joel in the exchange "because you're selfish / because I love you" when, at least from Gail's perspective, that's more telling of Ellie's motivation. In all likelihood, Gail probably wishes that Ellie had maintained a lie to spare her pain. It makes the sting of resentment worse when a truth-teller is capable but unwilling to give a palliative lie, like an inverse light upon the untold conflict between Ellie and Joel, which is why I think Gail dials in even more mistrust and ire: she calls Ellie a liar in spite, which is the remnant echo of a plea.

And lastly Joel's scene with Eugene is so aching in the marrow of my bones, particularly because of a perfect line of dialogue (an I don't say perfect ever), pleading to the effect: "I need her last words for me! / If you love someone you can always see their face. / I can see her."

Those 2x6 lines and the visceral silence of the act reframe this 2x2 scene into an endless carnival mirror of love and pain for which I cannot express the depth of which I admire the writers while simultaneously falling past the bottom of despair.

Gif Sources X O X

Her last words for me — Close your eyes, it'll be worth it — I see her.

[inthefallofasparrow]

How Robert Frost Writes A Poem | The Nerdwriter

[fipindustries]

ok, holy fuck, the poem London by William Blake has just been added to my list of favourite poems

[denmark-street]

Book haul/unhaul, [month] tbr........ Where are the video essays

[jamespoeartistry]

Westworld: What Makes Anthony Hopkins Great

[opisaleo]

me after remembering video essays about movies exist

[allurared]

tbh idk why i watched the quirky wannabe tim burton illustrator video on poor things that's on me

[marmottion]

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Hunters in the Snow, 1565

Source : https://www.bruegel2018.at/en/the-hunters-in-the-snow/

[wheredidhiseyebrowsgo]

which was the best fanfic under 1k that you read?

I know that this has taken me forever. But I wanted to make sure I gave you my actual favs. Enjoy!

Tell Me Everything by wulfnerd (nerdwrites)

(1/1 I 100 I General I Sterek)

Scott notices Stiles talks about Derek a lot.

Take It Off by wulfnerd (nerdwrites)

(1/1 I 100 I Teen I Sterek)

Stiles enjoys the view and amuses Derek.

Stilinski Exclusive (remember remember) by Jerakeen 

(1/1 I 437 I Teen I Sterek)

"Oh my god,” Stiles says. “You did. You married me. I married you. I married a fireman superhero pornstar!”

Dark by isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella)

(1/1 I 763 I General I Sterek)

“Who are you?”

“They didn’t hit you that hard.”

He only knew one person who could sound that annoyed at Stiles for even just breathing.

“Fancy meeting you here, Derek. Why are we cuddling?”

fierce impatient ends by 1001cranes

(1/1 I 874 I Teen I Steter)

"I’m going to offer for the Stilinski boy," Peter announces at breakfast one morning.

Greenberg drops the entire pot of hot chocolate.

Sweet Boy by DiscontentedWinter

(1/1 I 932 I Mature I Steter)

Peter gets his sweet boy a present.

Not Exactly Comfortable by entanglednow

(1/1 I 1,227 I Teen I Sterek)

"Ok, so this could be worse." Which, on the whole, is probably not the most reassuring thing for Stiles to say right now.

Lay It All On Me by seolleming

(1/1 I 1,000 I General I Sterek)

All your fear, all your shame, you can lay it all on me.

Or, when Stiles realizes he has a gift, he knows just who to use it on.

[maybe-boys-do-love]

The On1y One and the Queer History of *Poetic Cinema*

Still thinking about the ending of The On1y One, because that last shot of the pitcher is a clear reference to one of the most discussed shots in cinema history. Just look up "Ozu vase" and you'll see a plethora of written and video essays speculating on the meaning of it. The Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu cut to it in the midst of a climactic conversation in the film Late Spring between a father and daughter about her arranged marriage. Nerdwriter, in one of their better video essays, does a solid run-down of the discourse.

The shot is used as one of the prime examples for Paul Schrader's absurdly significant theory of Transcendental Style in Film. This style is what non-cinephiles will refer to as what's boring, confusing, and pretentious about Art House movies, and they are boring, confusing, and pretentious--intentionally so! When you see the "Poetic Cinema" meme, it comes from the director Andrei Tarkovsky as he's talking about his idea of sculpting time in cinema which is akin to this.

In the video below, Schrader describes, "If you consistently withhold and now the viewer is leaning toward you, now you have to, in a certain moment, free them--do something unexpected."

Freedom, in these instances, is not achieved through the happy ending. It's a spiritual release achieved by breaking the rules and patterns of the established reality.

Not enough is written about the queerness of Ozu and his films (including the possible Boston marriage situation of his muse, Setsuko Hara). Luckily, the some solid pieces exist, and Ozu would be an awesome place for anyone interested in asexual queer practices in film to look at. He's often held up as a symbol of conservative Japan, but his stories about the familial pressures and anxieties of heterosexual marriage and his formal strategies that allow people, if not physical escape, at least spiritual release from the bounds of societal expectations are quite radical.

The On1y One evoked Ozu's spiritual resistance to condemning limits throughout its series and in its final image. The conservative culture of families, marriages, economics, and schooling had locked all these queer men into psychological cages that isolated them and caused them to neglect their own feelings and others. Without fast-forwarding time or writing a fantasy, how can the series free them? The poetry and human-less pillow shots throughout have clued us into an experience of the world bigger than oneself. That final image is the culmination, transcending tragedy, abandonment, and death for a much queerer dream of eternity.

[inthefallofasparrow]

France: Another Way To Make Movies | The Nerdwriter

[fipindustries]

if you saw the latest loony tunes movie please watch this video by nerdwriter and that might explain why i didnt click with it

i think what is mainly going on is that the movie was harkening back to an earlier period of loony tunes, before chck jones, back in the times of bob clampett. and i think i vibe more with the chuck jones style of comedy.

the movie had good gags but they were very scattered and for the most part it just resorted to being loud, being realy over the top in the acting and in just being loud and breaking things in ways that were not really that creative or interesting.

i think one great example of this is near the climax when petunia porky and daffy are trying to escape the asteroid, we keep cutting back to the alien looking at them anxiously on the ship.

at one point when we cut to him he is using an inhaler an that is like a great start for a gag, what i would have done here is that every time we kept cutting back to the alien he would be doing something even more absurd like taking his blood pressure, and then using a defibrilator on himself and then finally him on an iron lung. you know, something ridiculous like that. instead of doing things like that this movie just had them overreact and over gesticulate more and more, without doing anything that is actually like clever or funny. it looks over the top and it looks silly, yes, but is not like a "joke". right?

i dunno, i feel this movie confused wackyness for comedy and they are not quite the same

[porquevi]

"Núpcias de Escândalo" (The Philadelphia Story) - belas artes à la carte.

Estreando 2025 e num novo streaming! Esse filme deu vontade depois de ver um vídeo no canal Nerdwriter no YouTube. Lá ele destacava uma cena como sendo o auge do "Studio System", quando os filmes passaram a ser mais industriais e cada um fazia o melhor em casa take, fotografia, direção, atores, direção de arte, figurino. Além de explicar bem o que passava Katharine Hepburn na época. Buquei saber onde estava disponível e preferi assinar um novo serviço do que recorrer à pirataria.

depois de ver: é nítida a origem teatral do filme. os atores valem cada minuto. a gente acha que eles eram caretas nos ano 1940, hoje somos muito mais!

[andhaveapleasanttomorrow]

I think I might hate film theory but I might just be stupid. I'm not talking about like nerdwriter reddit level film theory I mean the shit that's like "Can we capture truth in an image?" I kinda don't care. I think this is academia jacking off again

[tenearthquakes]

Giving you video essays but I don't know your prefs so there's a bit of everything:

Vid essays by Mina Le: commentary 30min

the tumblr girl is coming back

explaining the old money aesthetic

clothes are so much worse now

Vid essays by Hbomberguy: deep dives

Plagiarism and YouTube (2hr)

Roblox_oof.mp3 (4hr)

Vid essays by Wendigoon: true crime and internet horror

Scariest Disappearance I've ever covered - The Yuba County 5 (1.5hr)

The internet's Favorite Hijacker - The Tragic Tale of Sky King (45min)

The cult, standoff, and conspiracy of Waco (1.5hr)

The Monsters Beneath Us: Monument Mythos (3hr)

Vid essays by Nexpo: internet horror

Petscop: The Darkest Game You Cannot Play (3hr)

What is Local58? (30min)

Vid essays by Nerdwriter: movies and culture

How Not to Adapt a Movie (7min)

Harry Potter: What Magic Sounds Like (8min)

Vid essays by CuriousArchive: fiction and speculative bio (20min range)

Earth has terrible world building

The Dragon Paradox

Games that Break All the Rules

The Beautiful Horror of Deep Space

Vid essyas by exurb1a: fiction (absurdist but soulful) (just under 20min)

Then Next Comes

Misery Was

and then we'll be okay

Vid essays by Lessons From the Screenplay: film

Whiplash vs Black Swan: the Anatomy of the Obsessed Artist (16min)

Annihilation: the Art of Self-Destruction (10min)

Vid essays by The Cursed Judge: games

Games You Should Only Play Once (40min)

Games You can Never Play Again (17min)

And more

MyHouse.Wad by PowerPak (1hr40)

Avatar is good and I will die on that hill by LocalScriptMan (44min. Reuploaded by another acc, but I can share the og vid)

you are the absolute sweetest person in the world thank you so so so much 😭