#west side story

[friend-crow]

Y'ALL

#GNU Terry Pratchett #west side story #sorry I'm not sure what this tweet is quoting #it came to me already in screen cap form

[richiesnotaloserguyscmon]

just saw this on pinterest and it hit me like a truck

#wheredallthetimegoblog #dead poets society #dps #anderperry #dps fandom #like it’s so true #why aren’t there any movies for girls like this 😭 #maze runner #west side story

[beardedmrbean]

#terry pratchett #discworld #west side story

[artist-issues]

I Hate How She Talks About Snow White

"People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it's like, yeah, it is − because it needed that. It's an 85-year-old cartoon, and our version is a refreshing story about a young woman who has a function beyond 'Someday My Prince Will Come. "

Let me tell you a little something's about that "85-year-old cartoon," miss Zegler.

It was the first-ever cel-animated feature-length full-color film. Ever. Ever. EVER. I'm worried that you're not hearing me. This movie was Disney inventing the modern animated film. Spirited Away, Into the Spider-Verse, Tangled, you don't get to have any of these without Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937.)

Speaking of what you wouldn't get without this movie, it includes anime as a genre. Not just in technique (because again, nobody animated more than shorts before this movie) but in style and story. Anime, as it is now, wouldn't exist without Osamu Tezuka, "The God of Manga," who wouldn't have pioneered anime storytelling in the 1940s without having watched and learned from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the 1930s. No "weeb" culture, no Princess Mononoke, no DragonBall Z, no My Hero Academia, no Demonslayer, and no Naruto without this "85-year-old cartoon."

It was praised, not just for its technical marvels, not just for its synchronized craft of sound and action, but primarily and enduringly because people felt like the characters were real. They felt more like they were watching something true to life than they did watching silent, live-action films with real actors and actresses. They couldn't believe that an animated character could make kids wet their pants as she flees, frightened, through the forest, or grown adults cry with grieving Dwarves. Consistently.

Walt Disney Studios was built on this movie. No no; you're not understanding me. Literally, the studio in Burbank, out of which has come legends of this craft of animated filmmaking, was literally built on the incredible, odds-defying, record-breaking profits of just Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, specifically.

Speaking of record-breaking profits, this movie is the highest-grossing animated film in history. Still. TO THIS DAY. And it was made during the Great Depression.

In fact, it made four times as much money than any other film, in any other genre, released during that time period. It was actually THE highest-grossing film of all time, in any genre, until nothing less than Gone With the Wind, herself, came along to take the throne.

It was the first-ever animated movie to be selected for the National Film Registry. Actually, it was one of the first movies, period, to ever go into the registry at all. You know what else is in the NFR? The original West Side Story, the remake of which is responsible for Rachel Ziegler's widespread fame.

Walt Disney sacrificed for this movie to be invented. Literally, he took out a mortgage on his house and screened the movie to banks for loans to finish paying for it, because everyone from the media to his own wife and brother told him he was crazy to make this movie. And you want to tell me it's just an 85-year-old cartoon that needs the most meaningless of updates, with your tender 8 years in the business?

Speaking of sacrifice, this movie employed over 750 people, and they worked immeasurable hours of overtime, and invented--literally invented--so many new techniques that are still used in filmmaking today, that Walt Disney, in a move that NO OTHER STUDIO IN HOLLYWOOD was doing in the 30's, put this in the opening credits: "My sincere appreciation to the members of my staff whose loyalty and creative endeavor made possible this production." Not the end credits, like movies love to do today as a virtue-signal. The opening credits.

It's legacy endures. Your little "85-year-old cartoon" sold more than 1 million DVD copies upon re-release. Just on its first day. The Beatles quoted Snow White in one of their songs. Legacy directors call it "the greatest film ever made." Everything from Rolling Stones to the American Film Institute call this move one of the most influential masterpieces of our culture. This movie doesn't need anything from anybody. This movie is a cultural juggernaut for America. It's a staple in the art of filmmaking--and art, in general. It is the foundation of the Walt Disney Company, of modern children's media in the West, and of modern adaptations of classical fairy tales in the West. When you think only in the base, low, mean terms of "race" and "progressivism" you start taking things that are actually worlds-away from being in your league to judge, and you relegate them to silly ignorant phrases like "85-year-old cartoon" to explain why what you're doing is somehow better.

Sit down and be humble. Who the heck are you?

#Snow White #Snow White and the seven dwarfs #snow #snow white 1937 #snow white and the seven dwarfs 1937 #Snow White 2024 #Rachel zegler #west side story #poc #Disney #live action Disney hate #animation history #Do not go see this movie. Do not stream this movie. #Anime #anime history

[velvet4510]

Note: this list references the 1961 version of West Side Story and the 1954 version of A Star Is Born.

#american film institute #afi #musical film #movie musical #old hollywood #old films #old movies #vintage movies #technicolor #classic film #classic cinema #singin in the rain #west side story #west side story 1961 #the wizard of oz #the sound of music #cabaret #mary poppins #cabaret 1972 #my fair lady #an american in paris #meet me in st. louis #1930s movies #1940s movies #1950s movies #1960s movies #1970s movies #movie polls #a star is born #a star is born 1954

[bemorekleinman]

me listening to a musical about the most terrible heartwrenching tragic fucked up shit to ever exist

#masterfully drawn by yours truly <3 #what are some examples of this #hmm #falsettos #dear evan hansen #hadestown #what else made me cry…… #oh #hamilton #death note the musical #west side story #I’m sure I’ll think of more #feel free to add on in the tags!! #musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #theater kid #theatre kid #broadway memes

[silentagecinema]

movies + letterboxd reviews

#i did this on my horror blog so thought why not make one for old cinema #old cinema #letterboxd #it happened one night #the godfather #rebel without a cause #west side story #breakfast at tiffany's #gone with the wind #casablanca #the wizard of oz #citizen kane #metropolis #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema

[hauntedorpheum]

Old Hollywood having a gay old time!

#film #filmedit #classicfilmsource #uservintage #classicfilmblr #mine #west side story #bringing up baby #vertigo 1958 #north by northwest #sabrina 1954 #shall we dance 1937 #why does the north by northwest one feels like a hate crime......

[like-this-post-if-you]

Like this post if you enjoy musicals.

#musicals #Broadway #wicked #marry poppins #ordinary days #next to normal #be more chill #hamilton #newsies #fiddler on the roof #west side story #les mierables #les mis #chess the musical #annie #rent musical #chicago musical #mamaia #the phantom of the opera #likes

[browsethestacks]

#Poll #Muppets #The Muppets #Musicals #Broadway #Film #Sweeney Todd #Company #West Side Story #Singing In The Rain #Les Miserables #Rent #Sound Of Music #Falsettos #Funny Girl #Jim Henson

[madrewrites]

les mis: takes place over 15+ years

phantom of the opera: at least 3 months

hamilton: 28-ish years

wicked: between 2 and 5 years

west side story: just a really stressful 48 hours for everyone involved

#west side story #west side #musicals #musical meme #les mis #wss #les miserables #phantom of the opera #phantom #poto #hamilton #wicked #broadway #broadway musicals #west end #west side story 2021 #seriously #tony and maria #y'all #y'all couldn't have just like #taken things a bit slower #for anita's sake mainly #i honestly have no idea how that woman doesn't drop kick either of them into the next century #she almost did though #let her do it in the next adaptation #just put an end to the whole affair by yeeting tony #what even is my blog anymore #we're adding musicals to the dumpster fire kiddos

[nation-wide-is-bi-your-side]

bitches be like “this is my comfort show” and it’s literally the most depressing shit ever. it’s me i’m bitches

#this post is about hadestown specifically #hadestown #falsettos #les miserables #rent #west side story #dear even hanson #spring awakening #next to normal #broadway #musical theater

[buddyaldridge]

MIKE FAIST WEST SIDE STORY, 2021

#west side story #west side story 2021 #wss 2021 #riff wss #mike faist #mikefaistedit #mfaistedit #filmgifs #fyeahmovies #filmedit #dailyflicks #filmtv #filmtvdaily #musicalsedit #musicalgifs #musicaledit #adaptationsdaily #**bg

[resident-dumb-fuck]

every stephen sondheim musical ranked by number of ao3 hits it has

#saturday night #anyone can whistle #the frogs #road show #do i hear a waltz? #pacific overtures #a funny thing happened on the way to the forum #passion #sunday in the park with george #a little night music #follies #gypsy #merrily we roll along #assassins #company #west side story #into the woods #sweeney todd #stephen sondheim

[zeglyth]

RACHEL ZEGLER FILMOGRAPHY 2021-Present

#rachel zegler #tbosas #madebyjen #shazam #nessa007 #usersar #usermorgan #userrobin #rogerhealey #lucy gray baird #west side story #scullyblr #underbetelgeuse #userzaynab #usergui #alielook #rachelzegleredit

[rosepompadour]

NATALIE WOOD in WEST SIDE STORY (1961) I never like anybody disparaging anything Natalie did because | think she’s so wonderful in the role and the fact that it ended up not being her [singing] voice, to me made absolutely no difference. - GEORGE CHAKIRIS

#so i guess this is a bone of contention between george and rita hmm [sips tea] #rita is a queen but the fact that she shows ZERO grace towards natalie and her role in the film's legacy is so tacky and rude #i truly think she is convinced she carried that film by herself and that just drives me crackers because it's such a beautiful ensemble #and honestly if you think natalie wasn't good enough as maria go watch her final scene #then go watch rachel zegler in the same scene #there is truly nothing i can say that will speak more eloquently than that #natalie wood #west side story #filmedit #*