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geekynerfherder · 7 months

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'A Cat's Life' by Gérard DuBois.

12" x 16" giclée prints on 285gsm Platinum Etching paper, in numbered limited editions of 500 for £15 each, and £100 for the 8 print set.

On sale Thursday September 21 at 5pm UK through Black Dragon Press.

#Art #Gerard Dubois #Black Dragon Press #A Cat's Life #Cats #poster #print #giclee

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shinseifer · 1 year

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"average cat owner spends 3 years in prison" factoid actualy just statistical error. average owner spends 0 years in prison. Miette's mother, who kicked her body like the football and went to jail for One Thousand Years is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#miette #spiders georg #tumblrstuff #meme #1k #One Thousand Notes #oh! oh!#I swear I can math in real life #10k #tumblr is insane #is this post making the miette tag trend #20k #I know there are more than 333 cat owners #It was a small sample size #40k #50k #75k #100k

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cassipedia · 24 days

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Review of A Cat’s Life

Hey, Cassipedia, what're you watching?

Tucked in the middle of these big, blockbuster movies was a little French film called A Cat’s Life, directed by Guillaume Maidatchevsky. It’s a simple story about a little girl who adopts a kitten she found in her attic and it follows her life up into the cat’s adulthood, during which the girl has to make a tough decision about her cat’s future.

Do you recommend watching it?

This was a cozy movie to watch, but I think it might not be to everyone’s taste. Being originally a French movie dubbed in English, it may take some getting used to situations where a character’s mouth doesn’t match what they’re saying. But once you get past that, it is a film that I think may be best enjoyed by younger audiences, cat lovers and, considering I saw mostly elderly couples in the theater with me, older audiences may enjoy this too.

What's the story like?

This is a movie about growing up in which the cat is a symbol of growing up too fast. Clémence, played by Capucine Sainson-Fabresse, is the little girl that adopts her kitten Lou after realizing that Lou’s mother had gone out for food but hadn’t returned for days. She manages to convince her parents to let her keep Lou, and it becomes apparent throughout the film that her parents love Clémence but have a hard time loving each other. There is no villain here, and, in a funny sort of way, the movie is more about the girl than the cat, whom simply partakes in the standard cat fare of getting up to no good, wandering off where he shouldn’t and searching for food and a cat companion. There are ways where the movie could have tightened up its focus and the first half may be hard to get through, especially as the girl starts out as not being the most responsible cat owner. However, that actually feeds into the rest of the movie, as the cat ends up reflecting her carelessness with her own childhood, desiring to grow up too fast, only to then see how quickly her kitten has turned into a full-grown cat whom may not need her anymore. The heart of this movie is the cottage out in the woods that her family vacations in, and my favorite character of the film is the neighbor to the cottage Madeleine, played by Corinne Masiero, an older woman living on her own as she talks with her humongous dog and has a wry sense of humor. She is brutally honest but has a soft spoke she won’t admit to, and she expresses trusting animals more than people, but she lives off the land and dignifies the animals she hunts by not wasting their meat. Clémence starts out mistrusting Madeleine, but the best part of the film was when Clémence ends up staying for a few days as Madeleine’s house as they tend to a deathly-sick Lou, bonding over loving animals and making art out of the junk that was illegally dumped in the woods, with Madeleine’s art pieces being incredibly similar to the elaborate toy wars back in Clémence’s own home. Though the writing and storytelling may feel simplistic, it’s all akin to a children’s storybook and with a surprisingly powerful message about appreciating youth and accepting when it’s time to let someone go.

What does the movie look like?

Have you ever marveled at the colorful clutter in I Spy books? I loved those books even more when I learned that the artist behind them individually and carefully arranged each piece for his photos. In this movie A Cat’s Life, there is always something visually interesting to look at. The dusty, crowded attic with items that are full of history yet abandoned is the perfect place for newly-orphaned kittens as they sit atop an armchair that is more torn-upholstery than it is a chair. Most of everything is down to the ground, at the cat’s eye level, giving a new perspective what would otherwise be a standard-looking living room. The majority of the movie takes place in the woods, which turns from a bustling green to winter white. My favorite point in the movie was when it settled in Madeleine’s house, for she turns junk that people carelessly dump in the woods into art, and her house is appropriately full of weird and wonderful sculptures of metal pieces and plastic cups formed into a junkyard zoo. Her hilarious sense of humor shows most through the Fox Graveyard being a living space of vicious chickens, whom have an array of knifes tied to the ceiling of their hen house for decoration. What impressed me was that all the moments with the animals were done with practical effects, either using live animals in a scene or using fairly convincing puppets for quick shots that would be difficult for a live anima. Whether or not any of it looks professional is I think irrelevant to how charming it is.

Where can I watch it?

It is currently available in Marcus Theaters, though it may not be around for too long, being a small film amidst so many bigger movies. I’ve heard Fandango is useful for finding local showings as well and the movie is likely to be available for Vudu, Apple, YouTube and Amazon. Being an international release, it may or may not be available in physical copies. It is unlikely to be available for streaming.

Final thoughts?

A Cat’s Life is a movie that caught my eye as a cat lover but I wasn’t sure what to expect. I may have found the first half cheesy, but the rest of the movie was well-worth the trip for me, as it had a genuine children’s storybook in the heart of it with an endearing bond between a little girl and her neighbor along with a sincere message. If you’d like to try something that cozy and fun, then I encourage your curiosity for this film.

#a cat's life #Guillaume Maidatchevsky #Capucine Sainson-Fabresse #Corinne Masiero #French film #cassipedia #film review #movie review #cinema #film #movies #cat #cats #cat movie

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black-salt-cage · 6 months

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ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

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marlynnofmany · 1 year

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Small joys on Tumblr:

When your notes make a perfect cat

#meow #life on tumblr #the two ear peaks were that story I just posted #the head was the ever-popular Heckin Wimdy post #a fine combination #pattern recognition #for spotting predators and also friendly cats

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ohnonotthehorrors · 6 months

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Can I... talk about the theory that winners help craft the next game?

Because, and I really can not say this enough, it puts So Much into perspective.

Everything starts out Normal. Three lives, simple, cut and dry, there hasn't been a winner yet. No one to help craft the game. (And there's something to be said about how simple it really was. Not even a real expectation of the world becoming pvp or combative. No idea of the war to come)

Then Grian wins. The green killer, the man who vowed his first life to the one whose life he took. The next game the boogie man is born. A mechanic that allows and, in fact, demands, a green kill. People can trade lives back and forth, currency and debt wrapped up in one. (can we still be friends? Said the red partner. A life time later and reds are hostile, alone. Maybe it's an answer: No. Not anymore)

Scott wins this time. He refuses to play the game. He will not kill his team, he will love and he will do so fiercely and with all of himself. The next game people are attached through to their very souls. Every bit of damage to one soul is done to its twin. There is no boogeyman. (There is no way for a widow to be left without their love)

Pearl wins and she wins a blood bath. Spent the game draped in red, only wolves for company. Sitting in her tower, shivering in ice, maybe she wanted it to end. To see where it would. Limited life rewards you for killing, limited life has a clock tick tick ticking down, you always no how long you have. A curse yes, but a blessing too.

Now It's Martyn's turn.

And what a turn it is.

Keep your secrets, says the disloyal man, keep them well. Everything hurts, everything Matters, says the man fracturing with every loss. (What if we could love each other without hurting? Says The Hand, who never wanted to be coated in blood)

More importantly, Martyn has always seen the watchers below the surface. Now, they're right here in front of him. Something that could almost... be rebelled against, no? Something that someone else could finally point to and say: hey, hey isn't that familiar?

#Also funny that most winners have an immediate problem with the game following #Grian being given only two lives at the start #Scott breaking up with his soulmate #Martyn pulling an absolute Wet Cat and failing miserably at secret life #Pearl did fine #limited life #life series #secret life #trafficblr #grian #scott smajor #martyn inthelittlewood #pearlescentmoon #3rd life #last life #traffic life #ignore the number of parenthesis #and also tags

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telekinesis-mind-control-comics · 7 months

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literarydesire · 2 months

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Vita carissima

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happyheidi · 8 months

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𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠

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wotchernewt · 9 days

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there's something kinda funny to me about certain ways scar tends to be drawn because it's like. okay imagine hypothetically you took a distillation of fanon scar designs and showed it to someone who's never even heard of a minecraft, and asked them what they think this guy might be like. we're ignoring context here, pretend we're showing them a ref sheet. and it's like, alright, here's a rugged looking buff guy. nice abs. lots of scars. he's got a smug grin on his face. very shirtless. he looks like the love interest in a bodice ripper. i bet he's got some dark angsty secret he keeps buried underneath that suave facade. but not buried too deeply, just enough to intrigue.

and then you go watch third life and he is like a cat whose owner keeps desperately trying to make him stop eating plastic.

#wotcher talk #mcyt #life series #trafficblr #goodtimeswithscar #this is of course neutralized by the fact that people draw this buff scarred romance novel LI like a cat trying to eat plastic #as they should

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witchstone · 11 months

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oh to be a little tabby cat snoozing in a sheet that was supposed to be hung up to dry <3

#she lives a charmed life #cats #tiny baby frankie #fieldnotes

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beaft · 2 months

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BG3 is really testing me because my natural inclination in all situations is to be like "well, i think you should do what is best for you :-) <3" and then my companions are inevitably like "i want to kill an angel" "i want to ascend to godhood" "i want to become the most evil vampire in the world" like can we take it down a notch . please

#astarion's like 'i have escaped the torment nexus and now it is time to make a new life... by building a torment nexus of my very own 😁'#and i'm over here swiping the idea away like he's a cat that stole some cheese. NO! BAD! PUT IT DOWN!#trying to rehabilitate him like a mangy shelter cat and my GOD is he making it difficult #bg3 #be shh now

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redkehlchen · 5 months

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