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Tim Pelan

@johnneyred.bsky.social

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Previously on Twitter also as @johnneyred (I can't believe someone still beat me to the correct spelling!). Have written a few film essays. Hendrix fan, husband and father, live in N.I My red scarf matches my eyes. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/tag/tim-pela

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello film migration people! I have followed 60-odd of my favourite accounts from Twitter. Some have already followed me back. If you have liked my nonsense on the other place, please follow me back and maybe put the word about I'm a good chap. James Bond, movies, books, sci-fi, Star Wars, etc.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 34m

It sure is!

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

The first edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff was originally broadcast on this day in 1988.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 4h

If you believe Trump came up with whatever that peace deal is, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.

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Foster @felmendorf.bsky.social · 15h

Jared Leto, more than any other actor, makes me think of what Robert Pattinson said about method actors in a 2019 Variety interview:

Pictured: Screenshot of excerpted text from a larger Variety interview (Nov 13, 2019):

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Though Pattinson respects the practice of method acting – a technique in which a performer strives for complete emotional identification with a role, both on and off screen – it’s not a style which he practices himself. “I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an a–holes,” Pattinson admitted. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 1d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 18h

Great jacket!

Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 19h

The Jack Kirby Jacket!?! We've now worshiped it in person, no longer needing to settle for worship from afar. Kris is King.

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 18h

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know, I saw a Qanon sticker on a car at the beach in N.I. conspiracy nuts are everywhere.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 19h

"I 'ad that Monday, tap tap tapping at my window."

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

‼️To destroy the hundreds of Russian drones that attack Ukraine almost every night, Ukraine’s air defense uses every possible method. For example, Soviet, propeller-driven aircraft such as the Yak-52 are used - they are cheaper than the drones themselves.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 20h

I used to audio record stuff off the telly too. I remember taping the Blake's 7 episode City Of Death.

Nigel Wallis @mole9.bsky.social · 21h

Great thread. Somewhere I have a cassette recording of Silent Running which I recorded off the TV; if I'd had a camera at the time, I'd have taken photos of the screen I'm sure.

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Architecture @architecture.bsky.social · 21h

The Bridge of Aspiration, is a twisting bridge above Floral Street in London that connects the Royal Ballet School with the Grade I listed Royal Opera House.

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Tollytb🇮🇪🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧 @tollytb.bsky.social · 1d

"Do you still get paid in Roubles Ted?"
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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 23h

A very good piece on Reds:

Roderick Heath @roderickheath.bsky.social · 1d

...and Warren Beatty's Reds:
filmfreedonia.com/2013/07/28/r...

Reds (1981)

. . Director/Coscreenwriter: Warren Beatty By Roderick Heath “No, I haven’t seen Commie Dearest,” filmmaker Paul Morrissey quipped when asked if he had seen Warren Beatty’s Reds. “The cult of the p…

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

I must be in the minority, I feel Firefox is a very effective espionage film as well as an aviation combat chase with groundbreaking effects. A case of Tinker Tailor Flyer Spy.

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 1d

Clint Eastwood went out of his comfort zone to make #Firefox in 1982 - a film still noteworthy for its groundbreaking visual effects.
filmstories.co.uk/news/firefox...

Firefox | In 1982, Clint Eastwood made a risky foray into special effects movies

Clint Eastwood went out of his comfort zone to make Firefox in 1982 - a film still noteworthy for its groundbreaking visual effects.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 1d

I say it all the time but how is there no regular weekly TV programme about cinema or art or music (apart from Later, sometimes) or media, or books - and yet there seem to be about 45 programmes a week on the Royal Family or true crime.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 1d

Francis Ford Coppola remembers Diane Keaton.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

#NowWatching Reds

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

The ramp is ridiculously steep on this shuttle. Especially if you're wearing a cape or robes!

Mark Anthony Austin @bobafettanhse.bsky.social · 1d

Art by Darren Tan 😍😍😍

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Take a look back at Diane Keaton's screen work over almost five decades, including a ranking of her top five performances

Critic’s Appreciation: A Closer Look at Diane Keaton’s Career

As the 'Annie Hall' Oscar winner accepts the American Film Institute's 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award at Thursday's gala, The Hollywood Reporter reflects on her screen work over almost five decades, ranking her top five performances.

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Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

Mind you, it's only really starting to kick off now.

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

I'm watching The Witch and it's just not doing it for me, sorry. And I love The Lighthouse!

Tim Pelan @johnneyred.bsky.social · 1d

I'm watching The Witch and it's just not doing it for me, sorry. And I love The Lighthouse!

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 1d

When I interviewed her for my book Gillian Armstrong told me that the studio was interfering when they were maybe a day behind schedule filming MRS. SOFFEL and Diane Keaton called the studio and said “Leave Gil alone. She’s doing a great job.” And the studio left her alone the rest of the shoot.

Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 1d

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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