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petrodragonicapocalypse · 1 year

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i love it when a film has its guts out. when the practical effects are visceral and slimy and slightly janky and clearly made by human hands, when green screen is used as a canvas for art rather than a substitute for reality, when the sets look like theatre pieces, when the lighting is unashamedly unrealistic because fuck it - it comes from the same place as the music, when the acting is messy and unfettered by irony, when you can feel the presence of the crew just offscreen pouring in months of hard work and late nights and sweat and love. when a film stops trying to be realistic and lets itself be raw and weird and INTERESTING

edit: glad people are enjoying this post! I originally wrote it about Bunny and the Bull (2009), which is my favourite film ever and you can watch it for free on youtube and in this google drive. enjoy! :)

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comfortscreen · 8 months

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Past Lives (2023) dir. Celine Song

#past lives #a24 #Celine song #movie quotes #movies #indie movies

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angelltheninth · 18 days

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You know how people say "We have insert company brand here at home." and then it's a shittier version of it? The thing is it doesn't have to be shitty, the thing sell is already shit, it's just shit that we accepted as normal.

I think we should also shame them by showing them we CAN in fact have it better at home. And often cheaper.

Like come on, animation, comics, music, books, movies, video games, tabletop games, you all know we can make better then big companies give us. The local artists, indie authors, small movie studios, musicians, actors, they can make it so much better these days. There are so many resources online, ways to connect, ways to fund indie projects, studios and business.

Why can't indie stuff be the new normal? Maybe not now, but I really hope it can be in the future. We all know that it takes longer, it's a bigger risk but I would rather take that risk then consume the copy-pasted content that companies are forcing their workers to make. Entertainment companies used to take risks with new ideas, now it's so hard to find and even when they do so they either meddle in it so much that it becomes a watered down version of itself or they cancel it one-two seasons in, or before it's even released because it doesn't meet some made up sky-high standard that exists only in their heads.

Indie animation alone has come such a long way. There are so many talented artists, animators, writers, directors, VA's that work on those and there should be more. I've been in the indie author scene for just a few months and it's been some of the most welcoming jobs I've ever had. Those YouTube singers that make awesome covers? They all deserve more praise, big or small channels. All these artists on here, on twitter, on instagram that have shops? That's some good, quality merch. Indie VTubers? If you've been in the VTubing scene in the last few months I don't have to tell you why indie is better.

It's higher risk these days sure, but you have to admit that it's so much better, full of life, full of passion and care for what's being made. That's what we need more of.

#indie animation #indie studio #indie author #indie publishing #indie music #indie games #indie vtuber #indie movies #kind of a rant

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bebx · 1 year

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he’s such a mischievous silly little troublemaker. I love him

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ignisaurumprobat9 · 5 months

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you don't understand, we've entered a new space-time pocket where matthew daddario plays a teacher (who grades assignments with a plaid shirt on and a cute focused frown) and we're not gonna come back.

ever again.

#matt daddario #matthew daddario #people walk dogs late at night in the suburbs #indie movies

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iconsfinder · 6 months

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#ramona flowers #ramona flowers icons #icons ramona flowers #ramona icons #icons #girls #girls icons #female icons #twitter stuff #twitter icons #mary elizabeth winstead #mary winstead #movies #movies icons #scott pilgram vs the world #indie movies #films #twitter films

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alpaca-clouds · 9 months

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Democratizing Media

Alright, one thing first: When politicians speak about "democratizing media" they usually mean something else then what scientist say, when they use those words. Politicians mostly mean something along the lines of "media should say what I want instead being controlled by some coorporation, because like I am elected, right?" Meanwhile scientist mean something else.

You see, before the internet became easily accessible for most people, the only way to access media was through certain outlets. TV stations, the cinema, some publishers and some record lables.

Yes, sure. Technically self-publishing was a thing even back then, but without the ease of the internet... How were you to market your own book or comic? And self-made music usually just circulated on copied and copied again casette tapes.

Usually, if you wanted to create media that actually people would see, you had to go through a big company. And those companies could very much decide who got to make movies and tv, who got to publish music or books or comics. Not only where those decisions controlled by capitalist interest, but also by nepotism and cultural biases, given that a lot of the people making those decisions where (and still are to these days) white, cis, abled men.

But when the internet came around things changed. Because suddenly everyone had a way easier time in getting their stuff out there. Pretty early on there were websites where people could just publish their stories and comics online. Either free and hosted by some other website or paid on their own site. Which was pretty revolutionary, especially as suddenly ideas that had been ignored could reach a new audience.

Voices, that by news media and such had been ignored so far - voices of women and marginalized folks - could suddenly broadcast over all sorts of channels.

And yes, you could also just publish your music and what not online, could also do your own research and offer it to the world and could actually get heard.

Now, we all know that this came with ups and downs. Because while finally marginalized people were heard like this, it also gave a bigger platform to some fringe conspiracy groups and the like. But at least there was a chance to get your stuff out there.

Social media websites and the like played a big role in this. Especially Youtube, of course, but other sites, too........ which of course brings me to the problem. Or rather to the question: "Is media democratized right now?"

Because it isn't, of course.

Right now we have these chokepoints, where you kinda are forced to push whatever you create through a channel. Sure, you can upload your videos on your own server, but probably nobody will see them. They need to be on youtube. Just like your music now needs to be on spotify and itunes. And if you self-publish a book, it kinda needs to be available on amazon or you won't sell shit. And if you have your own little blog and do not promote it on social media (or have it not integrated on a blogging platform such as tumblr) it will not be seen.

And this brings two issues with it (well, actually three). For one, as private companies those sides are able to censor you in any way they want to. They decide you cannot say the word "queer" anymore? Welp, no more talking about queer issues for you. And because they are a private company nobody can do much against it. Like with the tumblr purge. No more "female presenting nipples" for you.

The next issue is closely related: The companies in question want to make money. This they do mostly through advertisement and maybe subscriptions. Hence their goal is to keep you interacting with their website for a long while. And thus they have algorithms that decide what content you see - and hence if the content decides that something you do is not worth it or will get the wrong kind of attention... Well, nobody will get it shown. On a lot of social media we see, for example, that the negative content gets shown to more people. So writing about positive stuff does often not get you seen. (Which is why algorithms are bad. Don't fucking build your social media websites around a fucking algorithm.)

And lastly: A lot of media additionally to all of that also uses a system of partly manual currated. This is true for Netflix, who obviously want to make sure that the front page does show the stuff they either paid a lot of money for or that they produced themselves. Like, there is an infinity of great indie movies on Netflix, but if you do not know it is there, you will not see it. Same goes for a lot of Indie Games on Steam, that just go unnoticed, because they do not appear anywhere near the front page and just happen to go overlooked by folks. And in the end the big studios obviously have the money to get their games on the front page. Same with books on amazon, where just the difference in marketing budget makes sure, that certain books will end up front.

So, why am I telling all of that?

Because we still do have the tool. We can make a free, democratic internet like that. Where we do not have censorship (please note: banning people for saying hateful shit is actually not censorship, so yeah, ban them nazis). Where we do not have fucking algorithms. And where just everything has the same chance of getting seen.

Like, does not mean that there cannot be any currated lists. Like, those currator pages on steam? Those are fucking great. Lists where everyone just can make those and you can subscribe to their lists. That is amazing. But... you know. Not for the baseline experience, but for what everyone wants their experience to be like.

Just... a thing that bothers me. Based on the stuff I spoke about yesterday.

#democratizing media #democratizing #anti capitalism #post capitalism #anarchism #free the internet #solarpunk #social media #steam games #netflix #disney #indie games #indie movies #indie books

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cinesoleil · 2 years

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on the beach at night alone (2017)

#on the beach at night alone #hong sangsoo #kim minhee #kim min hee #asian cinema #asian movies #cinematography #movies #cinema #movies to watch #world cinema #independent movies #underrated movies #cinephile #cinephile community #indie movies #2010s movies #letterboxd

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hellish-cruelty · 3 months

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Deleted scene from Past Lives (2013), Celine Song

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croquet-and-pate · 1 year

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Winona Ryder with director Michael Lehmann

(Heathers, 1989)

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babygoose · 2 months

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my words on film stills pt 4

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Suspiria (2018)

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therogerclarkfanclub · 6 months

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A couple more BTS photos from Roger & Kaili's upcoming horror comedy short film, Damn Handy.

There's an article about the film on Bloody Disgusting. The film is expected to be released in January 2024.

#roger clark #kaili vernoff #short film: damn handy #horror films #peter filardi #bloody disgusting #indie movies #independent directors

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nolongersummer · 8 months

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We’re In Love - boygenius x Past Lives (2023) dir. Celine Song

#parallels #past lives #celine song #a24 #indie movies #indie films #boygenius #phoebe bridgers #lucy dacus #julien baker #the record #movie quotes #lyrics

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indie-queer-movie-tournament · 5 months

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Hi I decided to start another tournament blog for some reason, so here we are. Since I'm busy with the other one, I might not get to this for a few weeks, but I'll let you all know when I'll start and for now I'm taking submissions (via asks).

I have a list of movies I'll include automatically (the ones I've seen) and anything else will have to be submitted.

I'll keep an updated list in a post on here so you can see what's missing.

"Indie" will be defined sort of loosely based on whether or not reviewers were calling the thing indie when it came out.

No short films. 1h+.

As for queer, it has to be canon, whether through something obvious like same-gender relationships or through characters being written to be queer.

Questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, etc. count as queer.

Hays-Code-era (or whatever international equivalent, no matter the year) "we're doing everything possible to tell you this character is a flaming homo except having him make out with his buddy" totally counts.

It's got to have a queer main character or be about queer things. So a movie with a gay best friend doesn't count.

If you're unsure, just let me know and I'll either decide or put it to a vote.

Feel free to send in propaganda with your submissions, or send it to movies already included!

I hope this can be a great space to learn about awesome new movies (especially non-English ones!) and encourage people to check out some great new things.

@tournament-announcer @bollywoodtournament @bestanimatedmovie @80s-movie-tournament @moviebracket @queer-ship-tournament @@queer-coded-tourney @tournamentdirectory @best-transgender-character @best-t4t-couple @transhet-tourney @sapphiccharacterstournament @ffshipbracket @mlmshipbracket @foundfamilyarena @canonaspecswag @alloacefolkscompetition @canon-asexual-poll @aromantic-character-showdown @aroswagshowdown @intersex-swag-showdown @bisexual-protagonist-competiton @shalida

#tournament #indie movies

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ignisaurumprobat9 · 3 months

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Mr. Carter.

Hi. ❤️‍🔥

#matthew daddario #matt daddario #people walk dogs late at night in the suburbs #people walk dogs film #indie movies

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my-t4t-romance · 9 months

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my dad watches low-budget pulp horror movies from various time periods when he's working from home, and right now we're watching one from this year called alien planet. I am enamored with the practical effects and copious amounts of obviously-very-fake blood. it's like if a star trek episode was movie-length and had to explain the lore of the entire star trek franchise in the first 30 minutes. cat vomit heals grave wounds and this is an important plot point. there are 16 imdb reviews and they're all 8s, 9s, and 10s

#to be clear I am saying all this with love #mossy’s musings #alien planet #alien planet 2023 #alien planet (2023)#indie movies #independent film #indie horror #indie horror movie

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