cmarciel.bsky.social
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I often hear that we need realism, not idealism. But realism never brought anyone peace and never liberated any oppressed nations. Only the dogged determination to defend our values ever achieved the victories we cherish. Only dreams and hard work can make us great again.🧵17/17
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One of my fav scenes in a Reacher book is in Dry Trying when Reacher humiliates Borken, the white supremacist militia leader, in a shooting contest. Childs writes Borken as a mouth breather with a slack gut hanging over his belt and a pathetic shot despite his bullying, pedantic gun fetishism.
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I also have three rolls of 8mm home movies from 1960 that I've never really seen, from when my mom was a rodeo queen. One of my goals this year is to have those transferred. Mom has told me the camera operator wasn't good and cut her head off a lot, but I'd still love to see them someday.
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the 80s, like the negs are on a wheel. I haven't figured out how to scan those yet. What I'm most excited about is I have a handful of 120 negatives from my parent's wedding and mom's bridal shower. The prints are so vivid, but my plustek can't do 120 b/c the negative is so big. For the future!
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and it's easy to make decent adjustments (although I use photoshop to fine tune if I want to make a print). On the downside, it's slow and the negative holder can be cumbersome, esp. for 110 film which is so small. Most of the negatives I have are 126 and then there are some odd formats from
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Thank you, Maya! I worry about the fuzziness, too! I have some original prints of some images, and they're fuzzy, too, so I think the camera wasn't the sharpest. But I do wonder sometimes if I could get a sharper image using a flat bed scanner. I like the Plustek b/c it does a good job with color
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I'm enjoying this project so much. I've been scanning a box of my family negatives. It's amazing to scan an image and think, "On this day in 1971, my Mom or Dad saw something that was beautiful to them and decided to preserve it." I'm using a Plustek 8200i with Silverfast. My brothers, ca 1970:
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When I was in school, I took a directing class with the director of CAT BALLOU. He had a few Lee Marvin stories. They were both strong willed guys and butted heads.
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That's why they have to keep him high on Scooby Snacks, it's the only way he can cope!
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With alt text!
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It's certainly salacious! It's a good B western, though. Robert Ryan and Burl Ives are top notch. The whole third act takes place outside in snowy mountain passes, too.
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www.imdb.com/title/tt0052...
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It is something I try to make invisible on rewrites. Lots of ways to imply a look. 1st draft: "Mary stands and looks at the valley ahead. It is dark and full of trees." Rewrite: "Mary stands. The valley ahead is dark and full of trees." But no one right answer 🙂
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I have a day job, work at home, so I go to coffeeshop M-W-F-SAT mornings and spend 60-90 mins writing. Starting is the hard part, so I usually begin by reading a few pages of a produced script. Lets me sneak up on the task. Then I work in short bursts, 5 - 10 mins at a time. Goofing off is builtin
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Been meaning to explore the wonders of train travel.
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I vote sunset 🌇
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What I think everytime I see Chuck Schumer
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But Landis included two camera moves in his description and didn't capitalize ATTRACTIVE COUPLE so this script will never be sold, made or even deserve to exist! 🙃
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The absolute best.
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That one was only in theaters for a blink and a miss it. I'm interested to see it. I love movies with odd limitations. Speaking of, I saw PRESENCE last week. Not bad!
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Good luck!
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Making a decision to point a camera at something (thereby not pointing it at something else) is inherently a political act. It's saying, "I care about this, not this," just like in politics. Stories are the same, music the same. All art is inherently political. Whether the creator knows it or not.
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I think Chip Roy should send us his internet search history.
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It's terrifying. I phoned my Representative and emailed my Senators (their phone lines were overwhelmed, from which I draw hope). It's a small thing, but at least I'm making my voice heard. I feel better channeling my fear into an action. But I'm good and properly freaked out.
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I phoned my Representative and emailed my Senators (their phone lines were overwhelmed). It's a small thing, but at least it's something.
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It's a little like if, right after the War of the Last Alliance, you traded Gondor (young, vibrant, ascending) for Arnor (slightly older, accomplished, but about to begin its decline).
Or imagine swapping Minas Tirith for Isengard. Sure, you got something good, but you gave up something better.
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Is this at The Egyptian? I saw WILD AT HEART there today. First time seeing it!
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STALAG 17 and THE GREAT ESCAPE are honorable mentions.
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Who could be strong in the face of such strength???