Lady Horatia
@mediumacolyte.bsky.social
Film critic living in Italy. I write about whatever I feel like at any moment on my medium profile: https://medium.com/@lady-horatia
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like it's not just vibes, HDR digital cameras + cheap LED panels + digital color correction + maximum content output streaming incentives have had a quantifiable effect on the visual landscape of modern cinema. this is always true when there's a tectonic shift in technological standards!
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
like it's not just vibes, HDR digital cameras + cheap LED panels + digital color correction + maximum content output streaming incentives have had a quantifiable effect on the visual landscape of modern cinema. this is always true when there's a tectonic shift in technological standards!
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i think there is definitely an overreliance on this argument in film analysis circles, it's a more complicated thing than "old stuff looks better, new stuff looks worse," but there ARE trends at play here related to specific identifiable changes in the material process of film production
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
i think there is definitely an overreliance on this argument in film analysis circles, it's a more complicated thing than "old stuff looks better, new stuff looks worse," but there ARE trends at play here related to specific identifiable changes in the material process of film production
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if the last few years in tech have taught us anything it's that science fiction didn't just fail to prepare us for this moment, it actively sowed the seeds to make this moment as bad as possible. the genai bubble doesn't exist without tech ceos god complexing about roko's basilisk and skynet
September 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
if the last few years in tech have taught us anything it's that science fiction didn't just fail to prepare us for this moment, it actively sowed the seeds to make this moment as bad as possible. the genai bubble doesn't exist without tech ceos god complexing about roko's basilisk and skynet
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but also, who cares? there is art for everyone, by every kind of person, and it's *good* that not all of it is for me. i don't judge artists who work in a different register, or have a different philosophy.
again: artists only ever tell you how THEY make art. i don't want you to agree with me 100%!
again: artists only ever tell you how THEY make art. i don't want you to agree with me 100%!
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
but also, who cares? there is art for everyone, by every kind of person, and it's *good* that not all of it is for me. i don't judge artists who work in a different register, or have a different philosophy.
again: artists only ever tell you how THEY make art. i don't want you to agree with me 100%!
again: artists only ever tell you how THEY make art. i don't want you to agree with me 100%!
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artists should want their audiences to suffer in the sense that artists should not shrink away at the possibility of someone having a negative experience. trying to appeal to a broad general audience will rarely result in more than unremarkable, milquetoast art. suffering is the filter.
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
artists should want their audiences to suffer in the sense that artists should not shrink away at the possibility of someone having a negative experience. trying to appeal to a broad general audience will rarely result in more than unremarkable, milquetoast art. suffering is the filter.
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artists should want their audiences to suffer as in they should not be afraid to leave a mark. good art compels a strong reaction, inhabits you, latches on like a barnacle.
some will see this as abusive or wasteful. artists should be willing to tell such audiences to go fuck themselves. suffer.
some will see this as abusive or wasteful. artists should be willing to tell such audiences to go fuck themselves. suffer.
August 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
artists should want their audiences to suffer as in they should not be afraid to leave a mark. good art compels a strong reaction, inhabits you, latches on like a barnacle.
some will see this as abusive or wasteful. artists should be willing to tell such audiences to go fuck themselves. suffer.
some will see this as abusive or wasteful. artists should be willing to tell such audiences to go fuck themselves. suffer.
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addendum 2: there are no rules, HOWEVER. you should learn the conventional wisdom. all of the great abstract painters were classically trained. not all broken rules are made equal. you have to understand them in order to know their weaknesses. kill with a single cut, not a thousand clumsy clubbings
August 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
addendum 2: there are no rules, HOWEVER. you should learn the conventional wisdom. all of the great abstract painters were classically trained. not all broken rules are made equal. you have to understand them in order to know their weaknesses. kill with a single cut, not a thousand clumsy clubbings