#silent film voices

[squuote]

What happens if I connect Narrators hair cable to a TV B)?

just broadcasts his thoughts in video format :-)

[derekfoxwit]

[lgbtlunaverse]

So I watched A Silent Voice with some but minor knowledge of the story going in. And right at the beginning when Shoko's bullying started I had the nagging worry that while Ishida would be redeemed they'd leave Ueno and Kawai as one-dimensional bullies. Painting the girls as the "real villains" while the male protagonist got to have depth. Anyway I just finished the movie and I would like to formally apologize to Oima Yoshitoki and Yoshida Reiko I should never have doubted you.

[cinematicmasterpiece]

a silent voice (2016)

[hellish-cruelty]

Ghibli rain

Movies in frame - My neighbour Totoro, Kiki's delivery service, Garden of words, Whisper of heart, The wind rises, From up the poppy hill, A silent voice,‌ When Marnie was there, Ponyo, Weathering with you

[friendlessghoul]

An embellishment to the skit that brought the biggest laugh of all. It wasn't Keaton's invention--he always gave his father the credit--but it was an idea that took the pratfall to the level off high art, a signature bit that would remain in the collective memory of an entire generation of viewers. As Wynn used a kettle of boiling water to loosen the grip of the molasses on his shoes, Buster hoisted on leg onto the counter, then the other, and seemingly paused in mid-air before plummeting to the floor--where the sticky stuff proceeded to saturate the seat of his pants. How he did it without breaking his neck was a mystery to many, but to Keaton himself the technique was elementary. "When he did the 'Butcher Boy' fall," Eleanor explained, "his feet were high enough that when he crashed, all his weight fell on the shoulders, which is where it should be. He's got that heavy muscle structure [and it] acted like a pad. The spine, the tailbone--nothing like that ever touched the floor. You could get hurt. But if you held your breath and tensed the muscles, it doesn't even knock the wind out of you." (James Curtis, A Filmmakers Life, pg 536)

[gigisdoll]

I need to do a project, put out a cover of 5 songs and then make a 5,000 word essay by Monday. Gang do yall think I can do this

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 11/11/2023

Your Silent Reality

Season 2 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips Volume A

Ripped by Ahmaykmewsik

Birthday Special!

Yep, its the big day - 11/11th is the day I was brought into the world, and now I'm yet another year older. And I was thinking about this in the context of the blog for a very long time - I really wanted to make this day somewhat special too, by highlighting a particular rip that means a lot to me. Or, well, that was the thought I had back in like, July this year. With close to two hundred posts, I've already been drip-feeding the blog with some of my all-time favorite, most resonant rips from the channel's life. From Battle! The Trainer Inside Your Head!, to Everybody's Special Course, to The 0 Has Returned and A love letter to this wonderful community and my amazing friends - to not even mention everything connected to the Christmas Comeback Crisis such as voiceless and 時の回廊 ＜ver. CCC＞. The amount of times SiIvaGunner has touched my heart and rewarded me for my time invested in such a silly project is frankly incredible, and I've shared many of those feelings with you here already.

Yet one remains. Your Silent Reality.

To say that A Silent Voice was a film that broke me would be an understatement. It to date remains one of my all time favorite films and my first time watching it, I cried more than I believe I ever have in my life. To date I still have yet to rewatch it purely because of how dearly I hold those memories of that initial viewing, how much it meant to be to be able to be so openly emotionally connected to art. Instead of rewatches, its Your Silent Reality that's kept my mind still thinking of the film - a rip that has touched me, and seemingly thousands of other viewers, to their core. Its release in Season 2 just so happened to be at the absolute perfect time for me, and its been my go-to therapy music for every year since.

I feel like Ahmaykmewsik may be a contender for the most underrated ripper on the entire channel? The guy has been around for a very long time, and I've covered his rips here on the blog before with Everything Circus and Picture This Ranch - he's a ripper with an excellent attention to detail, and in general knows how to make stuff emotionally resonant. There's a number of his rips coming up in the pipeline, but Your Silent Reality is obviously no exception to the rule. In describing it as a mashup between Your Reality from DDLC and music from A Silent Voice, and a six-year old rip at this point, you may initially get the impression that it'd be a rather simple effort. But in listening, I get the sense that Ahmaykmewsik himself knew how important the music he was arranging here was, likely even due to personal experience - and went above and beyond in delivering that premise. Small little edits and tweaks are done to the rip's instrumentals, changing in and out of melody changes to other, well-loved songs by the SiIvaGunner fanbase, be it music from Undertale or a cue of Snow Halation - yet it never interrupts the ongoing vocal performance, the heartfelt ending to Doki Doki Literature Club.

Though I've fallen out of interest with the game at this point, back in 2017 the game was yet another game I found it hard to divorce my feelings from - its music and characters do genuinely mean a lot to me. DDLC - most notably Monika - had a rather large presence on SiIva during Season 2 and Season 3, though I believe the plans for her importance to the lore...eventually fell through. Yet that's not something I mourn - in fact, in a way I think it adds to the spirit and feel of the rip as a whole. That knowledge, and the knowledge of everything that would happen to the SiIvaGunner channel over the six years that passed since Your Silent Reality was uploaded, serves to remind me of one very simple fact:

The SiIvaGunner team are, just like us - human.

A non-profit, passionate group of hobbyists, with a silly plan for a storyline, organized within a bunch of different minds, a bunch of different creatives with differing goals for the channel. And amidst it all, sits Ahmaykmewsik - another human, another individual, who just so happens to love A Silent Voice. And though the lore and foreshadowing and all such greater plans for Monika and DDLC seemingly amounted to nothing...Your Silent Reality didn't. In fact, NONE of the rips paying tribute to DDLC did - Your Silent Reality may be my favorite, yet I'm certain you reading this have your own favorite rip of the game, or favorite rip of another game - rips all made from the burning passion of individuals the world over making music. And in all honesty, as borderline fanboy-ish as it sounds, I find it hard to be truly upset with whatever direction the SiIvaGunner channel takes when I know its all for the benefit and strength of its team of immensely talented, fellow human beings.

There's a YouTube comment, left on Your Silent Reality in particular, that I vividly remember reading back when the video was first uploaded six-odd years ago. Part of the kayfabe with the SiIvaGunner channel is that its an entity that rarely if ever directly interacts with us as fans - our gratitude is reciprocated through indirect action, or through dialogue with individual rippers, yet SiIvaGunner himself is an entity so large and all-encompassing to where it would feel...wrong, to have it interact with us as people. The only interaction it usually has with the comments is with a track's original composers discovering and approving of rips - yet this time, a Heart was awarded to just another comment, by just another human. Yet NexusPlayerNA's comment resonated with an entire community, saying the silent, heartfelt feelings we'd all had bubbling internally out loud: Its 267 words of pure, unfiltered love and gratitude toward everything SiIvaGunner does. Because behind all the memes, behind all the shitposts and behind all the demands, requests and disappointments we may express toward the SiIvaGunner team - I think many of us are simply grateful for all that they've done. What was once a mere gimmick playing off of Vinesauce memes has evolved into a magical network of human expression, a place for artists to grow and connect with one another - and a place for humanity to be expressed within the confines of remixed video game music.

"Godspeed, you magnificent bastards. I hope you never stop finding fulfillment in everything you do, because I always will."

[filminah]

movies (for when you want to cry)

believe it or not, my blog was supposed to be all about movies and film (thus the name filminah, innovative i know) i don't know if i enjoy torturing myself or what but here are some movies that made me cry. when marnie was there (anime 2014) - follows teen anna sasaki through a journey of self exploration that takes place due to a mysterious girl she meets named marnie. now, this is definitely not the best ghibli film ever, a little awkward at times especially in the dub but yonebayashi hiromasa does not know how to make a bad movie. the twist was kinda expected but it's ghibli and it's so damn charming you can't help but get attached to anna and marnie and feel everything the way they do. i want to eat your pancreas (anime 2018) - the title is weird, i know. an introverted boy, haruki finds out the secret of his very popular, bubbly polar-opposite-of-him classmate named sakura. she is affected with a severe pancreatic disease. the way they build the connection between the main two characters is so so good to watch, fulfilling what you know will happen in the most unexpected way and showing the aftermath of the movies major events. a silent voice (anime 2016)- this was the first movie i ever found sad enough to make me cry actual tears. ishida shoyo bullied a nishimiya shouko in middle school. shouko is deaf. now a highschooler, after being unable to commit s**c*d* he finds himself becoming friends with shouko, helping her get better and maybe himself along the way. imo this film is one of the best representations of a lead with struggling mental health and they show that incredibly well in both visuals and dialogue, kyoto animation always impresses with their work and the sound work is impeccably done with the way they establish an atmosphere or put you in a characters shoes, embodying them. link to pt 2 (to be added)

[sweetsweetperil]

Sometimes I close my eyes

To feel my heart beat

The rumble of the cars

Against concrete

Sitting in silence

With only the breath I breathe

How the truth speaks

When you count to three

[m00n-rae]

A Silent Voice, it's just a movie right??

Rip my heart out and shove it back in why don't ya?

@mimi-ya warned me and I didn't listen 😭

[ilragazzodallemanifredde]

Koe no Katachi

"You Probably Didn't Know This, But I Don't Really Fit In At School. It's Cause I Have Trouble Looking People In The Eye, So It's Easier For Me To Just Stare At The Floor All The Time."

[candepie]

Top 10 anime movies that are renowned for their emotional impact, guaranteed to evoke tears https://candepie.com/top-10-anime-movies-that-are-renowned-for-their-emotional-impact-guaranteed-to-evoke-tears/

[ahopefulundertone3]

10 Of My Favorite Films !!

The Lion King (1994)

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2. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

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3. The Breakfast Club (1985)

4. The Fly (1986)

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5. STAR WARS: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

6. The Thing (1982)

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7. Aliens (1986)

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8. A Silent Voice (2016)

9. The Notebook (2004)

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10. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

[chronic-cynic]

Do you have any film/TV show recommendations? I am in need of something to watch but I'm always too indecisive, and I trust & value your opinion.

Ahh, you really don't understand how glad I am to receive this question. And sorry for the wait, I was busy with exams.

Several of these are animes, which may not be your cup of tea but I believe these are worth your while.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. - I have spoken about this one several times before. It is a comedy show about a high schooler with every super power imaginable. He hates attention and just wants to live a quiet life, but constantly ends up surrounded by his eccentric classmates that want to be his friend. He does everything in his power to avoid them. (Where to watch: Netflix or other (very legal/s) websites for anime)

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan - Another comedy. Follows the miserable life of a depressed adult who works on a children's television show. (Where to watch: any anime website)

Little Women (2019) - A quiet, lovely movie following the lives of four sisters. (Where to watch: Netflix)

Qala - A dark Bollywood movie about a talented singer and her deteriorating mental health due to her parental issues. Trigger warning for suicide and sexual abuse. (Where to watch: Netflix)

A Silent Voice - Follows the story of a former bully struggling with social anxiety who attempts to make amends to the person he bullied. Trigger warning for suicide and ableism. (Where to watch: Netflix)

[sixty-silver-wishes]

if you’ve never heard of the youtube caligari musical, now you’ve heard of the youtube caligari musical

I have such mixed feelings on it . it’s surprisingly high quality for what it is. especially the lyric writing and instrumentation. but it also does several things I personally do not like- ie. giving caligari an actual backstory, creating a massive plot hole by having him control cesare with a potion (why does he need a somnambulist then?), and the dreaded “cesare falls in love with jane” interpretation which no adaptation seems to be able to escape (and uh . if you like these things that’s okay but I have my own reasons for disliking them)

but what’s frustrating about it is I can’t stop listening to it. there are like three songs that constantly get stuck in my head

also the guy who made it made these really weird animatics by photomanipulating screenshots of the film and it’s bizarre. truly a sight to behold

but like . it also has whatever this is. so uh. yeah