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Master and Apprentice: The Failed Mentors of George Lucas’ STAR WARS Saga - @patfio.bsky.social

Master & Apprentice: The Failed Mentors of George Lucas’ Star Wars Saga

In Lucas' Star Wars saga, it’s not the teacher’s wisdom, but his failure, that drives the protagonist to his destiny.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 7h

FIGHT CLUB turns 26 today. I wrote for @bwdr.bsky.social about the rules of watching one of the last great films of 1999, of the 20th century, of the end times:

"The 8th and final rule of watching FIGHT CLUB?

"This is a fucking love story."

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Fight Club (1999): With Your Feet in the Air and Your Head on the Ground

I am Travis’ Essay on Love, Sex, Masculinity, and Fight Club.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 8h

“Jonathan Glazer's BIRTH is a meticulously composed film about falling apart.”

Tunnel Vision: Birth (2004) - Bright Wall/Dark Room

Jonathan Glazer's 2004 film, Birth, is a meticulously composed film about falling apart.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 8h

@criterion.bsky.social releasing BIRTH is big news. Been teaching it from a shitty DVD for years. Finally. A masterpiece gets its physical media due.

a woman in a striped suit is looking up at the sun

ALT: a woman in a striped suit is looking up at the sun

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Dec 10

"What the THE DEAD sacrifices in character subjectivity, it makes up for in a kind of living, overhanging sense of the passage of time. Its inevitability. Our inability to control it. In conveying that, John Huston gets at the very heart of Joyce’s story. He gets at the inevitability of death."

You Have Promised Me A Thing Not Possible | The Dead (1987) - BW/DR

What John Huston's 'The Dead' sacrifices in character subjectivity, it makes up for in a kind of living, overhanging sense of the passage of time.

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Conor Holt @conorholt.bsky.social · 8h

THE DEAD is coming to @criterion.bsky.social! John Huston’s stunning final film is a masterful adaptation of James Joyce, and now it’s finally coming to BluRay/4K! AND it includes the out-of-print documentary John Huston & The Dubliners! #Criterion

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 18h

"This is precisely the sublime unity of composition & content that most recommends Demme’s film, and—for this unrepentant repeat offender—insures its viewing against diminishing returns: SILENCE is a movie about forensic psychology that demands and rewards forensic (as in precise) observation."

Where to Look: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Consider how The Silence of the Lambs revolves around vision. Not only perception, but empathy and hindsight, and the non-empirical prick of intuition.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 18h

Jafar Panahi & Martin Scorsese on It Was Just an Accident and Rebellious Filmmaking (NYFF via @filmlinc.bsky.social)

Jafar Panahi and Martin Scorsese on It Was Just an Accident and Rebellious Filmmaking

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

One thing AI is good for is reminding people how even the very worst movie they’ve ever seen is better than AI “movies”

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 20h

BUT WHO IS ASKING FOR THAT

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan
A master.

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Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social · 1d

Beyond excited to contribute to Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social, and about Star Wars no less! A series whose heroic figures and iconic proverbs belie a simmering melodrama of teachers failing their students and students failing their teachers.

Master & Apprentice: The Failed Mentors of George Lucas’ Star Wars Saga

In Lucas' Star Wars saga, it’s not the teacher’s wisdom, but his failure, that drives the protagonist to his destiny.

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 1d

New on the site!

Master and Apprentice: The Failed Mentors of George Lucas’ STAR WARS Saga - @patfio.bsky.social

Master & Apprentice: The Failed Mentors of George Lucas’ Star Wars Saga

In Lucas' Star Wars saga, it’s not the teacher’s wisdom, but his failure, that drives the protagonist to his destiny.

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

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Rafa Sales Ross @rafiews.com · 2d

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Carrie Courogen @carriecourogen.bsky.social · Dec 20

Wrote about something I've never talked about before (Warren Beatty's REDS) for @bwdr.bsky.social

It's Always Winter in 'Reds' (1981)

It’s always winter in Reds, and someone is always fighting, someone is always hoping, someone is always gritting their teeth and doing the work.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

If you didn’t watch REDS today, why didn’t you watch REDS today?

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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 3d

One of the signature actresses of her or any era, and a woman who paved a path most Hollywood actresses -haven't- followed: dressing to express joy and a sense of self. On Diane Keaton: time.com/7325208/dian...

The Astonishing Versatility of Diane Keaton

Keaton, who died at 79, is often remembered for her comedic performance in Annie Hall, but she did so much more throughout her career.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

so good

"Alone with your work" -- Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Reds

YouTube video by David Gibson

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is saying yup .

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · Dec 23

Art can be our refuge from politics but it can also help us reflect on our politics (and our art). A piece of very fine writing that did both for me. 👇

Carrie Courogen @carriecourogen.bsky.social · Dec 20

Wrote about something I've never talked about before (Warren Beatty's REDS) for @bwdr.bsky.social

It's Always Winter in 'Reds' (1981)

It’s always winter in Reds, and someone is always fighting, someone is always hoping, someone is always gritting their teeth and doing the work.

bit.ly

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 3d

I would watch Jaws: the Revenge every day for the rest of my life rather than watch two hours of an AI movie

Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

One thing AI is good for is reminding people how even the very worst movie they’ve ever seen is better than AI “movies”

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

cinema > cinemai

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 3d

an AI will generate some garbage spaceship, a bad movie will have people spray paint a bunch of household objects silver and stick them to a dumpster and call it a spaceship that kinda works from some angles with some clever camera work, which is just objectively better in every way

Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

One thing AI is good for is reminding people how even the very worst movie they’ve ever seen is better than AI “movies”

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somuchformedia @somuchformedia.bsky.social · 3d

There are so many bad horror movies I’ve enjoyed watching just because you can tell everyone involved is doing it for the love of the art, AI is not capable of that

Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

One thing AI is good for is reminding people how even the very worst movie they’ve ever seen is better than AI “movies”

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