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Messiah of Evil is a seminal film in the formation of the genre of folk horror.

Messiah of Evil is a seminal film in the formation of the genre of folk horror.

Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman. The text in the Tweet says: SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

Finally… a good way for billionaires to spend all their money!

Not only was he handsome, but he was a champion! If you love this guy, you’ll love this series, but you may already know about it… it’s a British series that lasted for one season, but he’s great in it. The whole series is on YouTube. #TheChampions

No! Mashed potato sculpting is for only guilty dads who are about to leave their family and need a really, REALLY good excuse.
#BMovieManiacs

“And right pretty, too”

#FiresignTheater

@thogstacker.bsky.social ❗️

I am the kind of scientist I want be… a medical doctor.
That allows me to have a “generalist” curiosity about the world about me, especially people.

Camera ad from 1936 pressbook for “The Gay Desperado” with photo of 18-year-old Ida Lupino holding the camera up to her eye. Text: STAR SHOOTS WITH MOVIEMATIC CAMERA An innovation in cameras—a most remarkable combination of three different cameras—has just been introduced on the national market, and the first motion picture star to allow her photograph to be used in connection with the advertising of this product is the beauteous Ida Lupino, featured in "THE GAY DESPERADO.” The Moviematic Camera Corporation, manufacturers of this marvelous item, are ready, willing and anxious to co operate with you in any manner you may desire. This cooperation will take the form of advertising, local displays. prizes of cameras for contests and anything else you may desire, within reason! Still Nos. T. U. 29 and T. U. 30 are available on this tie-up at 10c apicce from The Exploitation Department. United Artists Corporation, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y. To set the tie-up for your situation and for any further information you may desire. contact: MR. M. B. DAVID, ADV MGR., MOVIEMATIC CAMERA CORP. 1123 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. N. Y.

Here is the source of a 1936 Ida Lupino photo that is often incorrectly used to illustrate her later career as a director.

“The first motion picture star to allow her photograph to be used in connection with the advertising of this product is the beauteous Ida Lupino, featured in THE GAY DESPERADO”

P.S. What AI is good at is scraping data, which means it’s good at scraping and compiling secondary sources. Normally, this means propagating mistakes and errors already on the Internet and not going back and researching & comparing primary sources, such as pulling manuscripts and books off shelves!

-if AI could be used essentially as a proofreader and fact-checker & NOT to synthesize & create content, this could be a useful tool. In practice, I never see this happen. Instead, AI is usually used to generate more narrative with no interest in a skeptical gaze, making situation far worse. 2/2

To shift this conversation a bit, one of the biggest problems I see with primary & mostly secondary sources, is that they can introduce error into the narrative. When one source introduces a mistake that gets passed down and often multiplied by future researchers, false narratives are created 1/2

For Ophuls, the real tragedy of a story is the tragedy of the unexamined heart. Her closed-up world is finally penetrated by James Mason’s character when he’s willing to give up everything to help her, finally her heart is touched by his selfless acts to help even after her series of selfish acts.

It took me two or three viewings to understand that this film is not about a mom protecting her daughter, it’s about a woman protecting her social status & her growing realization that she’s trapped inside the very world & life that she’s worked so hard to achieve. #TheRecklessMoment #FilmNoirClub

“Dear, I think the fire’s gone out.” she says as the fire literally moves from the fireplace out the door.

“It is a combination of kitsch and craziness and trashiness,” he said…But craziness is very important, and it saves trashy stuff like Magnificent Obsession.” #MagnificentObsession #TCMParty
Here’s a fantastic article on Sirk, and this film in particular www.criterion.com/current/post...

“I’d have to have a hole in my head to ever want to see him again!”

Fate moving its huge hand.
“We can arrange that.”
#TCMParty #MagnificentObsession

Go for it! Just remember that Douglas Sirk got there first and he’s winking at you thru the whole film. He saw the original ‘35 version & decided that its problem was that they played the story too straight—it was a preposterous story that needed to BE preposterous.
#TCMParty #MagnificentObsession

“I’d have to have a hole in my head to ever want to see him again!”
#TCMParty #MagnificentObsession

“I’d have to have a hole in my head to ever want to see him again!”

#TCMParty #MagnificentObsession

Ida Lupino in a still from Yours for the Asking (1936).

Lupino poses in Indian blanket and giant sombrero in front of a mirror in dramatic lighting.

Ida Lupino in a scene from “The Gay Desperado” (1936)

Louise by George Hommel, 1927.

Reporter: A video appears to show a tomahawk missile likely destroyed that Iranian girls school. Will the US accept any responsibility?

Trump:The tomahawk is sold and used by other countries. And whether it's Iran who also has some tomahawks

Cardinal Radiance. Like someone knocked a hole in the Universe to let the red out. Northern Cardinal #Kennebunk #Maine 3/26 #Sony a6700 #Sigma 16-300 @ 300 cropped to ~1000mm eq.fov Progam #birds & wildlife mods. #Photomator #nature #birdphotography #Point’nShootNature

For anyone under 50, the odds of them not knowing who Cary Grant is…. is unfortunately very high

Just walked by a colleague's classroom after my class finished and he was talking about Elvis, getting blank stares and so he had to ask "Does anyone know who Elvis Presley is?"

It's rough out here on these teaching streets.

Thank you! After watching so many films, almost by necessity I start paying attention to: 1) what kind of hats do people wear & where do they put them when they go inside?
2) On what finger do people put their rings? Pinky rings are the most fun— they code for “player” but are often worn by posers.

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
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