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60+ Learning to be old 🤯
@over60m.bsky.social
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I'm not here for politics but for movies, art & humor. If those are the focus of your acct I'll probably follow. I'll likely also post about the mindf*ck of getting older.
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This is the mood I come to social media to find. Not politics and what's wrong with the world. So if I don't follow back, it's bc I see a lot of politics on your acct.
It seems Schneider's height in inches (63) matches his IQ.
That 1912-opened hospital is actually in Oakland (and it later became affiliated with UCSF). But I was born at UCSF about 4 years before Schneider was born in SF and I remember there were specific children's services there if not called a children's hospital until later. But still, Schneider is...
Luv this.
Keep this in mind, anyone who feels repressed:
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”

— Albert Camus
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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

— Kahlil Gibran
#Photography offers the chance to shoot and view complexity in both color or #b&w: in b&w, complexity of geometry; in color, contrast of complementary hues and boldness of intensity. (But also notice geometric complexity in color scenes!) Images taken in #California (2), #Boston and #Switzerland.
FYI: both these images are in Boston, 1998. The b&w image is somewhere around the old "Combat Zone" neighborhood, the color image is Beacon Hill. The neighborhoods themselves being contrasts. B&W taken with a vintage Kodak Brownie camera (127mm film), the color is #35mm transparency (Kodachrome?).
A #photography teacher (1980s) said: in #b&w the eye goes first to the most complex geometry or brightest highlight; in color, to the boldest or most contrasting color. #Boston #filmphoto
A photography teacher: "don't try to capture everything. Move closer."
A photography teacher (1980s) said, in b&w the eye goes first to the most complex geometry or brightest highlight; in color, to the most contrasting color.
Hm, both. When I lived in my hometown San Francisco (I moved out years ago) I always liked to shoot portraits outdoors (with maybe sometimes a soft fill flash) because the SF light is most times diffused with a light fog or thin clouds. But studio lights were fun to control and sculpt with. So...
I can't help think the main reason the "Ocean's" (Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen and apparently Fourteen) movies exist is because probably Clooney said to his friends, "Let's hang out and party and laugh and make a few million each and be pampered on the set. What the heck, let's take advantage!"
Yeah, life is bitter and unfair, but at least life is short.
After watching this movie, I raved in a tweet at how nearly perfect a film it is, and that even the dog gave a brilliant performance. I'm so glad Cannes awarded him! (I didn't know there even is a Palm Dog award until your post.)
I woke up like this the other day. I dunno what happened during the night.
At some point I had "Husbands" on my list of personal Top 10 fave movies. Maybe still.

("Your hand is on my hand" 🤣👍)

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Scene from John Cassavetes film "Husbands"
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I fear that they'll make him look like a kook like in Ed Wood. He was a serious actor for about 30 years before Dracula, appearing in Shakespeare, Broadway (in productions other than Dracula), started acting companies, many films, etc. And not unattractive.
1897 film by Edison of the Lurline Baths (1894-1936) near downtown San Francisco that was filled with seawater piped from the ocean about 4 miles away. Initially pumped part way, then gravity sent it the rest of the way.

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In googling for a pic of the card, I learned that they have that. How great of Criterion: they understand the entire experience of a film and honor it.
Both had advantages: with b&w I could maybe be more experimental & free; with color I had to train my eye to see exactly what I wanted.
I'm ok with both. Different moods. But I often shot b&w in the film days because I would develop it myself so I could take a lot more exposures, maybe even of the same thing to try slightly different angles & etc. With color film, which I had to pay to have processed, I'd have to be more exacting.
His autobiography is a wild read. One page "I did this movie," the next page "I f'd this person."
I saw Polyester with the Scratch & Sniff card. (Castro Theatre, San Francisco) I kept it for awhile but lost it eventually.
The episodes of Wild Wild West with Michael Dunn were hands-down the best episodes. 👍