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La bataille autour de Citizen Kane et Le guide pervers du Cinéma

La bataille autour de Citizen Kane et Le guide pervers du Cinéma Au coeur des ténèbre, La bataille autour de Citizen Kane et Le guide pervers du Cinéma - Trois documentaires qui parlent du cinéma sans filtres Comment la caméra parle-t-elle d’elle-même? Comment les réalisateurs évoquent les coulisses du cinéma, les tréfonds du septième art. Depuis sa création, le cinéma fascine, passionne, provoque des émotions fortes et parfois contradictoires. Voici sept des meilleurs documentaires qui se sont plongés dans l’art du cinéma. “Le documentaire est une description maladroite, mais qui en soit ainsi”, disait John Grierson, réalisateur, critique de cinéma, monteur britannique et l'un des pionniers du cinéma documentaire proprement dit en Grande-Bretagne. Ce genre est parfois difficile à cerner. Depuis sa création, il ne cesse de se développer en parallèle avec les longs métrages. Il n'a cessé de se transformer, de changer et d'ouvrir de nouvelles facettes de la cinématographie. L'histoire du cinéma a commencé avec les films documentaires (après tout, la plupart des premiers films des frères Lumière étaient des documentaires). Il est donc d'autant plus intéressant d'étudier les films dont les auteurs ont documenté le processus de création de longs métrages, l'ont recherché et étudié. Aux cœurs des ténèbres : L'Apocalypse d'un metteur en scène - Fax Bar et George Hickenlooper, 1991 “Mon film ne parle pas du Vietnam; mon film c'est le Vietnam,” a déclaré Francis Ford Coppola lors de la première de "Apocalypse Now", qui a eu lieu au Festival de Cannes en 1979. Le film de Bar et Hickenlooper est probablement l'un des meilleurs films sur le film. Peu de réalisateurs de documentaires ont réussi à créer une toile dans laquelle l'histoire du film serait si étroitement liée au contexte de l’époque et à l'essence du film lui-même. Apocalypse Now est un film où tout ce qui pouvait mal tourner a mal tourné. C'est l'histoire de la façon dont le réalisateur le plus titré de son temps s'attaque à une tâche qui s'avère tout simplement impossible. Et il entraîne les acteurs, l'équipe de tournage et les producteurs dans cet abîme. Dans "Au cœur des ténèbres", vous apprendrez tout sur la façon dont le cinéma peut parfois faire preuve de folie. Lorsque l'argent est épuisé et que vous devez investir le vôtre. Comment parfois vous n’avez pas d’autre choix que de négocier avec un dictateur pour utiliser son équipement militaire pour l’accomplissement de votre film. Comment les acteurs peuvent réserver les surprises les plus inattendues : par exemple, Marlon Brando a accepté de jouer le rôle du colonel Kurtz pour un cachet de trois millions de dollars, mais Coppola lui a imposé une condition pour se maintenir en excellente forme physique. Brando est venu sur le lieu de tournage tellement engraissé qu’il a fallu filmer dans une demi pénombre. En bref, "Au cœur des ténèbres" est un film sur la douleur, la tension et la souffrance que le grand cinéma peut engendrer. Parfois, il faut beaucoup de larmes et de sueur pour réaliser des succès. La vie, en somme. The Battle Over Citizen Kane - Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon, 1996 “Citizen Kane n'est pas un documentaire. Orson Welles l'a conçu comme une esquisse de la vie de Hearst, dépeinte avec un talent artistique considérable", a déclaré le millionnaire et magnat des médias William Randolph Hearst à propos du film, qui figure régulièrement dans diverses listes des meilleurs films de l'histoire de l'humanité. La vérité est que Hearst, un des hommes les plus riches et les plus puissants de son temps, a fait tout son possible pour garder le film de Wells hors de l'écran. Ce dernier était un grand fan de Casino, grâce auquel il se divertissait en jouant aux jeux de table, de roulette et de machine à sous.Le documentaire d'Epstein et Lennon en dit long sur cette lutte dans les coulisses autour du premier film du réalisateur de 25 ans (et, comme nous l'apprendrons plus tard, brillant). Beaucoup a été écrit et dit sur cette bataille. Ainsi, la critique de cinéma américaine Pauline Cale, dans son article Raising Kane, a déclaré que Hearst faisait pression sur tout le monde de toutes les manières possibles. Sur le producteur de films Mayer, sur les cinémas, sur la société RKO Pictures qui a produit le film. Il a rompu le contrat pour la production de la série et a cessé de le mentionner sur les pages de ses publications. Il a même essayé d'acheter le négatif du film (évidemment pour le détruire) avant la sortie du film, mais sans succès. Et pourtant, il a atteint son objectif. Le film, bien qu'il soit sorti, n'a pas levé autant d'argent qu'Hollywood espérait. "Citizen Kane" a empoisonné à jamais toute la carrière ultérieure d'Orson Welles, dont chaque film était constamment comparé au premier. Il est devenu un monument de ce qu'une personne peut accomplir, vraiment passionnée par l'art et qui n'abandonne pas, malgré les obstacles. Le guide pervers du cinéma, Sophie Fiennes, Slavoj Žižek , 2006 « Le cinéma est l'art pervers par excellence. Il ne vous donne pas ce que vous voulez, il vous dit ce que vous devriez vouloir », déclare Slavoj Zizek au tout début du film, dans lequel il essaie de faire passer toute l'histoire du cinéma en quelques heures. Il y explique que le monde que nous connaissons est plus compliqué que nous ne le pensons. Slavoj Žižek est décrit comme un « punk philosophique ». Possédant un accent improbable en anglais, provocateur, auteur de nombreux articles et livres, marxiste et farceur à l’humour noir, il s'est étonnamment révélé être aussi l'un de ceux qui ont appris à utiliser les images du cinéma pour expliquer le fonctionnement de la société humaine. Il jongle avec aisance entre citations issues de la culture de masse et du cinéma d'art. Il montre comment l'analyse freudienne et lacanienne peut s'appliquer à l'étude à la fois du cinéma et de nos représentations sur nous-mêmes. Les oiseaux du thriller Hitchcock du même nom se révèlent être un symbole de la collision de deux personnages féminins dans le film. Les frères Marx illustrent le schéma de la structure de la conscience (Id-I - Super-I) et "Fight Club" et "Docteur Folamour" sont unis par le postulat "pour vaincre ton principal ennemi, tu dois vaincre ton toi intérieur". Žižek, un maître des paradoxes et des comparaisons inattendues, a ensuite publié une suite de The Pervert's Film Guide, dans laquelle il a tenté d'articuler la façon dont le cinéma devient une autorité qui façonne et définit l'idéologie. La confiance en soi et l'arrogance intellectuelle inhérentes à Žižek fascinent et vous font suivre chacune de ses paroles, même si vous n'êtes pas d'accord avec elles. Apprenez-en plus sur les films et séries en Streaming : https://palam.ca/marvel-selon-quelle-chronologie-faudrait-il-visionner-tous-les-films-2/ https://palam.ca/top-10-des-meilleurs-sites-de-musique-gratuits/ https://palam.ca/top-10-meilleurs-sites-de-streaming-francais-gratuit/ https://palam.ca/cpasbien-telecharger-vos-films-serie-et-musique-gratuitement/ Au coeur des ténèbre, La bataille autour de Citizen Kane et Le guide pervers du Cinéma - Trois documentaires qui parlent du cinéma sans filtres Vous avez aimé cet article ? Partagez et commentez ! Read the full article

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daily-coloring · 1 year

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Best of 2022 - Albums

What a boring year it was. No big surprises, nothing out of the blue, only a few perfect records.

01. Rosalia - Motomami - “The Spanish singer’s third album delivers gem after gem, as flamenco rhythms rub shoulders with sassy party flexes.” The Observer

02. Tove Lo - Dirt Femme

03. The Smile - A Light of Attracting Attention

04. Walt Disco - Unlearning - Definitely not for everyone. “Flamboyant goth-glam that doesn’t care what the boomers think.” NME

05. Tamino - Sahar

06. Marian Hill - Why Can’t Be Just Pretend?

07. Marlon Williams - My Boy

08. The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not The World

09. Joywave - Cleanse

10. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Topical Dancer

11. Nilüfer Yanya - Painless

12. The Fear Ratio - Slinky

13. Wojciech Rusin - Syphon

14. Lyndsey Lawlor - Dearest Philistine

15. Honey Dijon - Black Girl Magic

16. Moin - Paste - “Moin’s approach on Paste is barebones, but discerning – taking a craft knife to 80s and 90s indie music and using it to fashion their most fleshed-out release yet. “ The Guardian

17. Belle and Sebastian - A Bit of Previous

18. Florence + The Machines - Dance Fever

19. Moderat - More D4ta

20. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia

21. Jockstrap - I Love You, Jennifer B

22. MO - Motordrome

23. Virgil Enzinger + Submerge - At The End

24. Ange Halliwell - Lullaby For The Dead

25. Everything Everything - Raw Data Feel

26. Röyksopp - Profound Mysteries - All versions are the same. Mostly great songs + few you can easily skip. Would be a great record if they could release the strongest songs on one record.

27. Caterina Barbieri - Spirit Exit - “For music that evokes empty clubs and shuttered churches, built on patterns dictated by a “mechanical fortune teller,” its humanity is its most haunting quality.” Pitchfork

28. Badawi - The Book of Jinn + The War of Art

29. Mykki Blanco - Stay Close to Music

30. Rival Consoles - El Caso Figo

31. Archive - Call to Arms and Angels - “What is so impressive about these songs – all of them, not just the lengthy ones – is the daring and almost fearless way with which they progress. Archive aren’t afraid to have hugely infectious would-be mainstream hits such as ‘Freedom’ collapse inward on themselves. They’re also not shy about dangling the carrot in front of their crescendo-expectant audience only to have things fade out to the gorgeous trickle of a classical piano. In the same token, there are moments when you think you’ve floated into a quiet pasture for respite when Archive will suddenly whip out the electric guitars and flood that space with noise. The transitions can be jarring but tend not to be, as Call To Arms & Angels feels less like a puzzle held together by separate pieces and more like a painting in which the different colors bleed together to form a beautiful image. It all feels interrelated, the product of a bold, creative, and eclectic vision that’s been executed to perfection.” Sputnik Music

32. Bodi Bill - I Love You, I Do

33. Get Well Soon - Amen

34. Methyl Ethel - Are You Haunted?

35. Working Men’s Club - Fear Fear - “The album tells its own superbly structured story, bathing in synthesis and heavily grounded in the contexts of lockdown, while allowing these very contexts to steer the process beyond angst and towards a utopian catharsis.” Clash

36. Stabbing Westward - Chasing Ghosts - “Stabbing Westward fans will get everything they love about the band and fair weathered fans might just be won over with this album. An absolute must buy for your industrial rock collection.” Spill Magazine

37. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release

38. Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth

39. Spoon - Lucifer on the Sofa

40. Benjamin Clementine - And I Have Been

41. Purity Ring - Graves

42. Ben Shemie - Desiderata - “Shemie has described Desiderata as "a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist." While this statement rings true (opener "The Departure" could have fit nicely on the score to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), it's also a bit of a disservice to the album.” Exclaim!

43. Local Suicide - Eros Anikate

44. Deliluh - Fault Lines

45. u-Ziq - Magic Pony Ride

46. Ovend - Rush

47. Maggie Koerner - The Bartholomew Songs

48. FKA twigs - Caprisongs - “In a discography filled with experimental pop played at an overwhelming intensity, Caprisongs offers both a feeling of playfulness and self-assurance.” The Young Folks

49. Beyonce - Renaissance

50. Subjective - The Start of No Regret - “Goldie takes a breezy trip through various avenues of electronic music with this real goodie bag of an album that’s focused, well-produced, and great fun.” Music OHM

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baddiedaddy7 · 3 years

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𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀✨💭

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲🗣

might come off as smart. might be tall. might look like a doll. charming. almond eyes. observant. talkative and can probably hold a convo so easily. might have that “crackhead energy”(it’s how they transfer their jittery energy). might be fresh-faced. curious. might come off as distracted, and maybe even rude.

celebrities:Selena Gomez,Kourtney Kardashian,Paul Walker,John Mayer

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲💸

might like literature. might be a tutor or good at it. clever. practical and rational. might be impulsive with money. type to buy a snack eat it then regret not getting the other snack lol. might be stubborn. might be a slow learner, or the type to only try to learn abt things they really like. might like art. might like to talk abt their possessions or show them off. might like gifts that make them think, like crosswords or puzzles

celebrities:Taylor Swift,Cameron Diaz,Brad Pitt,George Clooney

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲💬

likes to tell stories and random facts. talkative. might talk really quick. might even stutter. the thrilling and silly sibling. siblings might have gemini/mercury placements. loves to express themselves. passionate. witty. can be forgetful. probably loses interest in things fast due to liking a lot of things.

celebrities:Britney Spears,Sandra Bullock,Jim Carrey,Robert De Niro

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲💭

parents most likely are very educated. probably learnt a lot abt how life works from a young age. parents might’ve been erratic. probably moved around a lot as a child or just changed the aesthetic of the home often. helpful. not afraid to talk abt their feelings. follow your intuition. might be pessimistic. try not to be manipulative.

celebrities:Jennifer Aniston,Megan Fox,Harry Styles,Charlie Sheen

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲🌹

can say a positive thing about anyone. observant. might have twins. first child will most likely have gemini/virgo/mercury placements. might have a new crush every week lol. hobbies might be watching yt videos and tiktoks, reading, writing, and organizing. dynamic. creative & versatile. can be controlling. try not to be negative. restless

celebrities:Jennifer Love Hewitt,Dolly Parton,RuPaul,Marlon Brando

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲🌼

might be a perfectionist. active. illnesses stem from stressing too much or working too hard. clever, and thinks quick. knows reality can be harsh. practical. most likely gossips at work/school. can be nit picky and critical. might have sleep issues, like insomnia. probably fidgets a lot.

celebrities:Miley Cyrus,Serena Williams,Michael Jackson,Will Smith

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲🌺

attracts gemini/virgo/mercury placements, but might also have enemies of these placements. attracts intelligent, witty, and chatty partners that may be younger. partners may be practical, but critical. might attract partners that look like they could be your sibling. partners might be too light hearted and not serious. partners probably like to play mind games. you’re probably wordy. always thinks of others, maybe even before themselves. can be indecisive. can stress over relationships too much.

celebrities:Ariana Grande,Kendall Jenner,Snoop Dogg,Hugh Hefner

𝗠��𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲😈

either fascinated or frightened by things like,psychology,astrology,conspiracy theories,sex,death,etc. might be a fan of mysteries. likely to have sex at a young age. likely to live for awhile. will most likely have a rapid death. observant. can read body language and feel vibes from other people easier. intelligent. great listeners. might get turned on from dirty talk, and sweet nothings. humor is definitely dark and dirty. type to joke abt their own trauma lol. can be intense and intuitive. can be rude without realizing it. not the most expressive. secretive

celebrities:Lana Del Rey,Kylie Jenner,Matt Damon,Adam Levine

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲🌏

highly opinionated. likes socializing. loves to learn & fun facts. independent. sharp & bright. straight forward. might major in things to deal with thinking/writing like journalism. might speak multiple languages. also might major in things that deal with health since mercury rules virgo, so might go to college for medicine and things like that. can lose interest in things fast. bluntness can come off as rude.

celebrities:Rihanna,Mila Kunis,Robert Downey Jr.,Ashton Kutcher

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motivated. does well with ppl of authority. likes to plan things out. thinks abt their future a lot. might want to be/become a publisher, banker, journalist, etc. might intimidate ppl through conversation. may appear intelligent, and clever. might use logic and not really imagination. might be too opinionated and actually have a controversial reputation. speaks their mind. can be degrading. impulsive.

celebrities:Lady Gaga,Marilyn Monroe,Johnny Depp,Albert Einstein

𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲🪐

open-minded and can understand multiple perspectives. bsf, crushes or friends in general might be geminis or virgos or they might have these placements/mercury energy. might have an unusual sense of humor or opinions. thinks outside the box. might hang out with “nerds” or cliques like that. might goof off too often.

celebrities:Anne Hathaway,Cher,Kanye West,Jimi Hendrix

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might be quiet, especially as a kid. shy, and introverted. uses their imagination. good listeners. thinks of others all the time, and should follow their gut feeling. secretive, and doesn’t open up easily. might be psychic. might’ve been a journalist or something that dealt with writing and talking in the past life. gets distracted easily, and might lose focus during conversations. private. can feel ppls vibes

celebrities:Beyoncé,Madonna,Keanu Reeves,Hugh Grant

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“As William Carlos Williams pointed out, our culture tends to confuse a tragic figure with a loser. This means that the admission and rueful acceptance of having been beaten by life form the grand personal tragedy in the American context. With so few examples of how well this sensibility can be articulated, the American actor of sensitive instincts soon realizes that the expression of defeat or of tragedy is one of the hardest things to do and still remain beyond sentimental overstatement. But Brando was capable of making extreme sentimentality part of a character's temperament, and the actor's facility in the dangerous world of emotional pathos granted him some of the supreme moments in American cinema.

[in Reflections in a golden eye] We have Brando in one of the boldest performances ever given by an actor on screen. What validates that last claim is the exemplary courage of Brando's egoless deep sea dive into his character, Maj. Penderton, whose desperate and arrogantly veiled pathos tellingly overflows twice. The character's central problem is his feeling of inadequacy, of being less that he should, and his terrible loneliness because of the difficulty of handling his attraction to men.

Brando reaches a nearly matchless desolation in the first instance of overflowing when his attempt to secretly equal his wife's control of her stallion is thwarted by the horse's power, which he cannot meet with the necessary combination of confident ease and equally confident force. When the stallion smells his fear, it is spooked into running through blueberry bushes that tear the animal's flesh and cut the face of the rider. The humiliation felt by a man facing the terrible pain of his limitations is far more intimate than cutting embarrassment—Brando evokes a moment of horrifying pathos. One thinks of Olivier's well-remembered theater cry after Oedipus has plucked his eyes out, for which the actor used the image of a seal shrieking when its tongue is stuck to the ice until it's clubbed to death by hunters. In the case of Brando's Maj. Penderton, the feeling is banked neither by having a tantrum nor by brutalizing the stallion with a tree branch; the violent action only deepens his sorrow to such a degree that the failed horseman slowly descends into apologetic sobs that cannot be held down. If a more shattering moment is available on film, I would like to know what it is.

Small are the number of actors who have been able to so perfectly express a man on the verge of collapsing under the weight of his anguish the way Brando does when Maj. Penderton tries to explain a formidable leader's qualities—all of which the major feels that he lacks himself—to a military class of young men who sense that something is wrong, but don't know what. Brando also does something else that proves his unavoidable position among the very finest performers. Without benefit of makeup and through some almost magical understanding of his facial muscles, he is able to nearly remove all handsomeness from himself and take on the look of a pretentious martinet, so much so that Pauline Kael described his officer as "ugly" when putting on skin-tightening cream and looking for a self who is not there in the mirror the way he would like it to be.

Jazz bassist Ray Brown once said, "They'll call a dog a genius today for bringing back a stick, but that doesn't mean the real thing doesn't exist." The ability that Marlon Brando had to tell us what a character felt, thought, and sensed through his body language, his facial expressions, his vocal nuances, and his gestures pinned the badge of genius through his skin.”

#marlon brando #reflections in a golden eye #acting

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Val Kilmer Documentary Punctures the Actor’s Bad Boy Myth

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Leo Scott and Ting Poo’s new documentary feature, Val, is not a mortality play. It is a rehearsal for an upcoming act. During a tour of his one-man stage show, Citizen Twain, Val Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer. The actor underwent two tracheostomies, and now can only speak while covering a tube. The narration of the new film is thus done by his son Jack Kilmer, allowing the pair to share a non-verbal connection throughout the journey, and through time and expression itself. While there are flourishes of humor, the documentary is a serious study of an artist who has always struggled to be understood, told through the selective memory of Kilmer’s POV.

“I’ve wanted to tell a story about acting for a very long time,” Kilmer says toward the beginning of the documentary. “And now that it’s difficult to speak, I want to tell my story more than ever.” Kilmer is an artist, one who takes his vocation very seriously and introspectively. An actor’s voice is more than a tool, it is their primary source of communication. Non-verbal exchanges are important, but dialogue is the primary idea delivery system in staged and filmed works. Surgical procedures have split his throat, shredding the scope of his instrument. In the film, Kilmer is forced to project his story on the empty space between the notes.

Among Kilmer’s many defining roles, the one which appears to ring truest is his encapsulation of Jim Morrison, the poet and lead vocalist of the Doors in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic, The Doors. The young Kilmer is shown onstage in a small club, lost in the music, awaiting his cue to become one with the mic. Moments in Kilmer’s personal history, like how the actor was tagged with a “difficult” label, are consigned to rests. The most overt reference to Kilmer’s “bad boy” reputation comes from Robert Downey Jr., who smashes the notoriety to bits in a moment of impromptu dismissal.

There is no gossip here. There is no discussion of A-list-bad behavior. Kilmer sees it all as artistic license. He was searching for honesty, he remembers. Choices like lying on top of a mattress filled with ice in order to feel a real pain during his last scene with Kurt Russell in Tombstone come across as perfectly valid. Kilmer is still bitter over spending four months learning to play guitar for Top Secret!, and his first note informs him the director thinks he looks funnier faking it. There is little evidence of unprofessionalism, only growing pains.

The bulk of Val comes from clips of 8mm home video footage Kilmer has been shooting most of his life. “I’ve kept everything, and it’s been sitting in boxes for years,” Kilmer informs us. The archive was intended to tell a story about “where you end and the acting begins.” We are gifted with moon shots of both Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn, which have nothing to do with the films Apollo 13 or The First.

Early self-directed screen tests provoke a series of what-ifs. A tortuous encapsulation of a Juilliard acting class is a lesson in what-nots. Val’s hand-held approach to The Island of Dr. Moreau is a highlight. The actor respectfully rocks his co-star and idol, Marlon Brando, on a hammock they both wish was strung to John Frankenheimer. Please turn off the camera, the film’s replacement director demands. But Kilmer only hits pause when it’s time to rehearse.

The behind-the-scenes camcorder footage from sets of Top Gun, Tombstone, and The Doors are treasure troves in themselves, and possibly underused. Most of the audience will be very interested in the candid youth and truth recorded over his career. Val uses the archival clips and unearthed b-roll to establish a chronology.

Many videos were made at home in Los Angeles with Kilmer’s younger brother Wesley, who had an epileptic seizure and drowned at age 15. His death casts a mournful pall following the news that Val was the youngest applicant ever accepted as a drama student at Juilliard. Kilmer calls his brother “an artistic genius,” and one of the most revealing things to come out of the documentary is how often Kilmer used this brother’s art to augment the backgrounds of the sets he is living through on film.

Seeing how Stone speaks about Kilmer now makes me wonder if Val would have been able to put in the same performances in his movies if he knew it at the time. In his audition tapes for Full Metal Jacket and Goodfellas, we see an actor who needs to be taken seriously. He flies 6,000 miles to hand deliver his tape to Stanley Kubrick in London.

While he makes no comment, footage reveals Kilmer’s favorite Batman was played by Adam West. “Every boy wants to be Batman,” we hear, and see the Caped Crusader in every era of Kilmer’s life. A short, animated film he and his brother made with what looks like crayon is a Batman spoof. He still glories in the moment he got deposited behind the classic TV series’ iconic wheels as a youngster visiting the lot. It appears Kilmer still can’t pass a grocery store Batmobile without feeding it quarters. He wears the classic blue Halloween ensemble expecting tricks and treats as a kid, and as a daddy with his kids.

Don’t expect to see Kilmer wearing his cinematic puffed rubber suit at home, and it’s not because he left it at the dry cleaners. Footage old and new, homemade or professionally recorded, presents the Batsuit as an albatross. Heavy rests the cowl. He has to be lifted from chairs, deposited on marks, and his only identifying feature on the set of Batman Forever is a chin and bottom lip. Anyone could have been behind the mask, and the human superhero envied the subhuman villains. Kilmer comes across as quite happy Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones are able to create fully formed performance art in their portrayals. But he wanted to play with those toys.

“Batman Forever,” Kilmer laments, “whatever boyish excitement I had going in was crushed by the reality of the Batsuit. I realized it was just my job to show up and stand where they told me.” As the captured past footage is juxtaposed with modern sequences, we get an unfiltered glimpse of how little this has changed. The sequence of Kilmer at the Comic-Con autograph booth is wrenching. He initially didn’t want to take the part of Iceman in Top Gun because he felt it glorified the military. So many fans ask him to sign “You can be my wingman” on their souvenirs. It turns his stomach. He throws up in a garbage can and wheeled through hallways with a blanket over his head. Trouper that he is, he returns to the booth to finish out the signatures.

Kilmer blurred himself into the role of Mark Twain. There is a beautiful sequence where the actor walks through town to the beach, in full stage makeup, dressed in the signature white suit and long mustache of his character. It is extremely telling when Kilmer tells the camera it’s hard enough writing a good screenplay, much less a great one, which itself doesn’t even match what he feels he needs to bring to a script of a film version of Citizen Twain. Kilmer sold his ranch in New Mexico to finance the project. The documentary only captures some of the frustrations.

Most of the anecdotes are guarded, and all the admissions are part of a subjective narrative. Kilmer’s arc has rough edges, these tales are too smooth, and leave little room for impressionistic interpretation. Kilmer met his former wife, Joanne Whalley, when she was starring in a West End play directed by Danny Boyle, but he didn’t approach her.

“She was brilliant, and I was in town making fluff,” Kilmer concedes. It’s all about the art, even appearances. The documentary hints that Kilmer’s dedication to character did the most damage to their relationship. Wearing the same pair of leather pants for nine months could almost be on the books as probable cause for divorce in Hollywood.

Similarly, Kilmer’s Christian Science upbringing is brought up, and dropped. There is a loving but ambiguous undertone to Kilmer’s relationship with his once-rich-and-powerful father, who put his son in debt after trying to become a southern California land tycoon. But a sequence on his Swedish mother which juxtaposes a car ride he took with her when he was a child with one of being driven to her funeral speaks volumes without words.

Val is about the next step. “What’s past is prologue” William Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest. Kilmer pondered the “too, too solid flesh” while rehearsing Hamlet, and the documentary opens after the actor faced his own mortality. Kilmer swears he feels better than he sounds and, while he finds little to regret in his memories, he expects less in the ones he has yet to create.

Val can be seen on Amazon Prime Video.

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National Examiner, October 12

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: 50th Anniversary Tribute to The Partridge Family -- where are they now?

Page 2: How the rich and famous protect themselves -- from beefy bodyguards to bulletproof mansions these celebs go the extra mile -- Pope Francis, Mark Zuckerberg, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Bill Gates

Page 3: Queen Elizabeth, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Page 4: Richard Gere -- his style leaves us breathless -- he’s an officer, a gentleman, a gigolo and gorgeous

Page 6: When John Travolta was starting out as an actor his mom gave him some advice which he’s glad he didn’t take -- in 1975 he was offered the role of Vinnie Barbarino in Welcome Back Kotter but his mom Helen who was an acting teacher thought he’d be typecast

Page 7: Big-hearted country star Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley are hitting the road to feed American families financially hit by the pandemic, Neil Patrick Harris recently revealed some bad news and good news -- he and his family contracted COVID-19 but thankfully they’ve recovered from it, Sam Elliott has grabbed a TV role on the animated show Family Guy, Joan Collins says her late sister Jackie Collins sent her a message from beyond the grave on the fifth anniversary of her death

Page 9: Cher confessed that Elvis Presley was the one that got away and she’s always regretted it -- she’s also kicking herself about Marlon Brando

Page 10: A black and white spotted dog spotted trouble and ended up saving his entire human family from a blaze that swept through their home

Page 11: Your Health -- 6 symptoms that are not a sign of normal aging

Page 12: Crime Countdown: Our Top 12 Fave Screen Detectives -- Columbo, Kojak, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files

Page 13: Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order: SVU, Murder She Wrote (continued on page 16)

Page 14: Dear Tony, America’s Top Psychic Healer -- use gifts you are given -- it’s never too late, Tony predicts Annette Bening will get really involved in the lives of transgender people bringing attention to those on screen and off showing who they really are

Page 15: Some couples have a special song but this Indiana couple has a special aisle at the grocery store where they reconnected last summer and that’s where he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him

Page 16: Remington Steele, Mannix, Magnum, P.I.

Page 17: #1 -- NCIS

Page 19: A former druggie thanked an Alabama cop who had her locked up multiples times by giving him a kidney

Page 20: Cover Story -- The Partridge Family at 50 -- triumphs and tragedies of TV’s bubbly band -- Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce, Suzanne Crough, Jeremy Gelbwaks and Brian Forster

Page 22: A hero delivery driver who took a wrong turn wound up taking a second detour to save a drowning dog

Page 24: A woman in Michigan just received a cute postcard sent 100 years ago

Page 25: How to choose fruit that’s ripe for the picking

Page 26: Tony’s Mystic World -- the ancient power of Halloween

Page 30: The Good Doctor -- Dr. Anthony Fauci recommends two vitamins to keep your immune system strong

Page 33: Look Who’s Talking Meow -- a guide to understanding what your cat is trying to say

Page 36: Sylvester Stallone paints -- Rambo tough guy Sly says his heart is with his art

Page 41: How to carve perfect pumpkins

Page 44: Eyes on the Stars -- Kaley Cuoco strikes a pose in Brooklyn while filming her upcoming show The Flight Attendant (picture), Anne Heche before her Dancing With the Stars rehearsal (picture), Mira Sorvino would jump at a chance for a reunion with Lisa Kudrow in a sequel to 1997′s Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Eddie Murphy is delaying his return to stand-up comedy because of the pandemic, Christina Anstead split from husband No. 2 Ant Anstead

Page 45: Brad Pitt helps raise money for charity (picture), Jason Alexander (picture), Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr. step out in the big apple (picture), Martin Scorsese wears a mask as he strolls around NYC with a bandaged hand (picture), Jodie Turner-Smith says hubby Joshua Jackson has become a new man since they welcomed their daughter Janie and said she is really in love with her husband, fans are fuming after this year’s Country Music Awards ended in a tie between Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for Entertainer of the Year, things are heating up between Kaia Gerber and Jacob Elordi who jetted to Cabo San Lucas with her parents, Lady Gaga admits her popularity left her feeling down in the dumps but swears she’ll keep making music

Page 46: There’s a silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic -- two-thirds of Americans think it has made them better people

Page 47: Like Mother, Like Daughter -- Christie Brinkley and Sailor Brinkley-Cook, Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber, Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Apple Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Ava Phillippe, Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz, Uma Thurman and Maya Thurman Hawke

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ok so im in a big character creation / plotting kinda mood lately so here’s a lil low effort 1x1 post !! fair warning that i don’t really do real threads a lot, i’m more a fan of headcanoning / ask memes / general fuckery on discord that’s all real low stress.

( also quick edit but huge bonus if u reach out 2 me bc im a coward and am bad at messaging first lol )

some fcs i love :

actors, if u prefer those :

aron piper

booboo stewart

dev patel

kedar williams-stirling

lakeith stanfield

laïs salameh

logan shroyer

michael evans behling

reiky de valk

tom holland

models, my preferred fcs tbh but im flexible :

brian whittaker

casey jackson

darin blaine wilkens

gino pasqualini

jan carlos diaz

jaron baker

jeenu mahadevan

laurence coke

marlon pendlebury

teo abihdana

émile woon

i mostly play male characters, but am down to play female characters if im comfortable with u and i kno u will call me out if i do stuff wrong !

plots i like are pretty open ended, but here’s some stuff :

any type of enemies to lovers or hateships

best friends to dating

fwb !!!!

myth-based things

anything supernatural / superheroes

historical stuff ( royals and knights and stuff...... )

maybe with some high fantasy mixed in there too ?

sci-fi ? hm

also, just as a lil bonus, i have some old characters that i rly love that would be fun to play again if there was a plot that suited them........

achilles “ace” ison ( willem de schryver fc ) : former jock, current florist, professional burnout. dark clothes, shaky tattoos, faded colors, basement apartments, waking up at four in the afternoon, old awards in the back of a closet. will you watch me as i fade away ? / stomach it by crywolf. tag / pinterest.

eden st. clair ( younes kahlaoui fc ) : musician, hedonist, aspiring muse. strangers in foreign countries, coffee with milk, silver jewelry, art museums, fleeting affection, notebooks of song lyrics, a roof at midnight while a party rages below. would you like me if i strung you along ? / headspace by thompston. tag / pinterest.

river caro ( manu rios fc ) : demigod son of venus, antihero, bitter cynic. dusty pink, thorns on a rose, neck hickeys, gold-plated weapons, sharp smiles, bloody mouths with clever tongues. hey boy, i like your style, i’ll let you play me for a while / play me like a violin by stephen. tag / pinterest.

tomas “baz” abascal ( diego tinoco fc ) : card shark, con man, near-constant runaway. neon lights, paper cuts, the shape of a gun under a coat, crumpled money, quick hands, cigarette smoke obscuring faces. keep hungry, stay alive and try to lose all of your money / young blood by noah kahan. tag / pinterest.

#well !!!!#i kno im missing stuff so i might edit this but #there we go for now #› ╰ m. text.

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2, 6, 8, 10, 14 for the pretentious music fan asks!

already done 10, see previous ask!

what band/ artist needs more love?

if we’re going really obscure, my life goal is to get more people to listen to gorky’s zygotic mynci, a welsh band who defy categorisation. track recs: if you like gentle folk, listen to “only the sea makes sense” or “dark night.” if you like indie rock, listen to “tidal wave” or “let’s get together (in our minds).” if you listen to music for the lyrics, listen to “spanish dance troupe.” on the subject of weird welsh music, i’m obsessed with meilyr jones (and his former band, race horses). recs are “how to recognise a work of art” and “don juan.” race horses recs are “benidorm” and “pony.” go forth and make your music collection more welsh

when someone asks you for a music recommendation what bands/ artists do you say?

my trusty favourites for stuff that people might have heard of but not necessarily dived into are augie march, belle & sebastian, the national, hot chip, and the decemberists. if we were going a little more niche, i’d say land of talk, DIIV, ezra furman, frog, city calm down, rolling blackouts coastal fever, lucy dacus, king creosote, marlon williams, middle kids, miya folick, basia bulat, oh mercy, oh pep!, pumarosa, sharon van etten, ringo deathstarr, slothrust, chain wallet, TOPS, wye oak, weyes blood. and that’s just artists with at least one album out! ask me for music recs!!!!

what is your biggest musical guilty pleasure?

grimes, unfortunately. i mean, no shame, i love grimes, she’s just made some terrible life choices. also like all the super tacky 80s synth i listen to on the reg like erasure, and whatever the pet shop boys are doing half the time. oh also i still listen to some of morrissey’s solo stuff. vauxhall and i is eternal.

the smiths, mac demarco, tyler, the creator, joy division, brockhampton, the strokes, the cure, frank ocean, neutral milk hotel, radiohead, kendrick lamar, the beatles, weezer, death grips; you can only keep three, which ones will you chose?

well. the smiths for one, because my boundless love for the smiths is my least redeeming feature and no i will never change. second pick is radiohead because i’ve loved them the longest. third pick....... it’s tough, i want to say joy division because otherwise there’d be no new order, and i also want to say weezer because i listen to a lot of weezer, but i think i actually have to say the strokes. just like in terms of who has the most good songs, lol

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Sommario del panel dedicato a Skam al Nordiske Seriedagen. - Jonas, il moderatore del panel, comincia dicendo che non chiederà a Tarjei com'è limonare con un ragazzo. - Loro cinque ancora non hanno realizzato che Skam sia finito e Ulrikke dice che sta ancora aspettando un'altra stagione - Ina ha comunque la sensazione che Skam sia ancora lì, perciò non non sembra che sia finito - Ulrikke pensa che tutti i personaggi meritavano una stagione, dato che sono tutti così importanti - Tarjei si è reso conto che non era solo intrattenimento, ma che hanno davvero fatto la differenza con Skam e che la recitazione è così bella quando questo accade. - Una persona ha raccontato a Carl che ha trovato il coraggio di fare coming out come trans con la propria moglie e che Skam è stato davvero d'aiuto alle persone - Ulrikke dice che durante la quarta stagione, girare è stato più difficile perché le persone continuavano a presentarsi durante le riprese e fa l'esempio della scena della scena tra le ragazze e la balloon squad - Julie disse alle audizioni:"Conquisteremo il mondo con questo progetto" e tutti erano "Sì... certo" - Marianne, la produttrice, è molto colpita da tutti gli attori che sono stati sotto pressione ma che comunque sono riusciti a dare risultati. - Tarjei dice che alcune persone pensavano fosse un reality e gli dicevano "Ciao Isak!" per la strada. - Ulrikke ha sofferto di disturbi dell'alimentazione e mentali e ha visto questo progetto come una grande opportunità per fare la differenza. - Ulrikke ha detto che è stata ispirata molto da Ina, dalle sue piccole espressioni facciali e la sua recitazione è basata su ciò ha visto fare da Ina -Tarjei dice che prende esempio un po' da tutti gli attori di Skam e che tutti sono grandi attori che lo ispirano - Ina dice che l'ultimo giorno delle riprese era un caos. Non riuscivano neanche a guardarsi. La scena tra Chris e Vilde è stata difficile da girare. Perciò all'inizio l'hanno provata schiena contro schiena senza guardarsi. Ina non riusciva a non piangere e Julie ha detto:"Se ti viene da piangere, piangi pure" - Una persona ha detto al moderatore che Noora era più noiosa nelle altre stagioni tranne la sua e Tarjei dice che di solito tutti fanno il tifo per il personaggio principale, perciò nella seconda stagione tutti tifavano per Noora, ma quando nella terza stagione quando ha interrotto il bacio tra Isak ed Even tutti tifavano per Isak. - Il piano sul personaggio di Eskild era cercare di non renderlo uno stereotipo, ma alla fine è ciò che è successo. Carl dice che è stato bello mostrare anche degli stereotipi e diversità. - Carl ha anche detto che in una scena ha definito se stesso (Eskild) un guru e lo hanno usato ed è diventato molto famoso. - Josefine dice che è orgogliosa di aver preso parte a tutto ciò, aiutando le persone a smettere di nascondere ciò che hanno affrontato e che le persone le hanno raccontato le loro storie. - Ulrikke e Tarjei hanno chiesto a Julie se Isak e Vilde potevano avere una relazione (forse scherzando) e Julie ha detto:"Isak è gay". - Tarjei dice che Julie è molto rigorosa come regista - Tarjei dice che c'era stato un problema quando David era stato preso nel cast per ma terza stagione, dato che sono molto amici. Continuavano ad avere attacchi di risate e Julie si era arrabbiata - La scena preferita di Tarjei è quella in cui Vilde e Magnus si sputano il caffè in bocca, dice che ha riso molto per quella scena. - La scena preferita di Ina è la prima volta che sono andate a fare la visita dalla dottoressa Skrulle. - Gli hanno chiesto che cosa ne penserebbero se Julie andasse da loro con l'idea di "Skam - il film". Josefine direbbe di sì. Carl chiede:"È un cartone animato? Sarebbe divertente doppiare". Ina dice:"Non potrei dire altro che sì". Tarjei dice che chiederebbe a Julie perché vorrebbe fare un film, dato che le statistiche sui film tratti da una serie non sono buone, ma direbbe comunque sì perché fa ciò Julie gli dice di fare - Tarjei dice che era in po' nervoso prima che la terza stagione iniziasse perché aveva letto quanto le persone cominciassero a pensare l'importanza che avrebbe avuto. Percepiva le aspettative che avrebbe dovuto soddisfare e si era reso conto quanto fosse importante ciò che avrebbe fatto e non voleva commettere errori. Lo spaventava avere così tanta responsabilità e non tanta esperienza. - All'inizio della terza stagione hanno perso spettatori e Tarjei ha pensato "Cazzo", ma poi quando è cominciata la relazione tra Isak ed Even I numeri sono cresciuti di nuovo. - Viene chiesto loro se hanno mai mischiato realtà e finzione e Ulrikke dice che a volte quando Noora era dura con Vilde pensava:"Ma Josefine, perchè..." -Tarjei dice che per il trailer della quarta stagione era apparso per 2 secondi ed è stato noioso, ma che non dovrebbe lamentarsi di essere in Skam. - Tarjei riceve una domanda dal pubblico che gli chiede come fa a piangere in modo così na naturale di fronte ad una telecamera e lui risponde che è una domanda difficile e che preferisce non rispondere ma che lo dirà dopo alla ragazza che gliel'ha chiesto. - Parlano della "Kardamomme scene" e dicono che era nel copione che avrebbero usato delle spezie, ma Henrik ha continuato. L'esclamazione "Kardamomme" di Isak è stata improvvisata da Tarjei. Ha anche rappato tutta la canzone dopo "E-box give me the beat" ma l'hanno tagliato. Dice che è quel tipo di persona che pensa di essere brava a fare qualcosa ma in realtà non lo è. - Ulrikke ha scoperto dall'inizio dei problemi della mamma di Vilde e ha detto che lo ha provato in prima persona, perciò Vilde è Ulrikke, solo che Vilde fa le domande che Ulrikke non ha mai chiesto. - Gli chiedono di Julian Dahl e Tarjei chiede se può rivelarlo. Così poi racconta che Julian Dahl è un suo amico dalla sua squadra di calcio e che nella prima stagione non molte persone commentavano nei loro social così ha cominciato a commentare come se fosse un personaggio come loro. Julie così ha fatto dire il suo nome in una battuta. Tarjei dice che Julian Dahl è il personaggio che è entrato in Skam grazie allo stalking. - Tarjei parla del fatto che alcune persone gli hanno mostrato delle fan art su un giornale prima con Isak riceve del sesso orale da Even e che è stato abbastanza imbarazzante - Parlano di dove saranno i loro personaggi tra 5-10anni. Ulrikke scherza dicendo che Isak inizia ad andare a letto con Vilde. Scherzano poi sul fatto che Isak lavorerà come bidello alla Nissen. Ina dice che Chris si sarà trasferita a Gran Canaria e lavorerà come barista. Carl dice che sarebbe figo se Eskild sostituisse poi la dottoressa Skrulle. Josefine pensa che Noora sarà ancora con William. - Julie aveva pensato al video "The boy who couldn't hold his breath underwater" fin dall'inizio. - Tarjei voleva interpretare Jonas all'inizio ma a Marlon calzava meglio il ruolo.

#tarjei sandvik moe #isak valtersen #carl martin eggesbø #eskild tryggvason #ina svenningdal #chris berg #ulrikke falch #vilde hellerud #josefine frida pettersen #noora sætre #skam #nordiske seriedager

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Tracks of 2018

I don’t usually do this, but I’ve seen some folks with related playlists who might also enjoy some of the music that carried me through 2018. I’m a little late to this due to traveling (and still being very jet-lagged), but here goes:

1. “Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore” – Marlon Williams (with Aldous Harding)

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I managed to write an essay about Aldous this year, but I didn’t talk about her and Marlon, even though this duet, and Marlon’s speech when it won the Silver Scroll, have often crossed my mind. A break-up, whether romantic or with a friend, can cause a kind of hurt and grief that seems insurmountable, but sometimes there is a way back, not to the way things were, but to something else, maybe even something richer after enough truth comes out that it no longer has to be shouted and can instead be spoken in a gentler voice. Anyway. Maybe it’s the jet lag talking, but even if you just take a look at Marlon and Aldous from about 05:29 of his speech, you’ll see what I’m talking about. I mean, he quotes Leonard Cohen for Pete’s sake!

2. “You Make Me Feel” – Laura Jean

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I found Laura Jean’s 2015 self-titled album through an interview with Aldous Harding, but on a first listen, her latest 80′s-inspired record Devotion seemed to be a departure from her previous minimalist folk songs. Initially I wasn’t sure if I connected with it, but then certain lines and riffs kept catching in my ear, particularly some of the last lines of this song: “You make me feel like my ship’s come in/ sometimes I miss just waiting/ sitting on the end of the pier/ staring out to sea/ licking my lips in the wind/ telling the birds my dreams.” In almost all of her songs, Laura Jean unearths the kind of ambivalence that we try to hide at all costs, fearing that it might submarine a relationship when in fact it characterizes all relationships, and she can do it just as well with synths as with a guitar. Even though I didn’t grow up with the beaches and northerlies of Australia, this album also brought me right back to the vivid loneliness of being a teenager in just the way Laura Jean intended, dancing and crying at the same time.

3. “Killer & The Sound” – Phoebe Bridgers and Noah and Abby Gundersen

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I found Phoebe Bridgers through an interview with Fenne Lily (see below). She has got to be the current queen of happy-sad songs, and I can’t recommend her album Stranger in the Alps (or her Killer EP, or the single “Gold) enough. I’m a fan of long songs – when I like a song, I almost inevitably wish it were longer – and this merging of Phoebe’s “Killer” with Noah Gundersen’s “The Sound” could go on forever if it were up to me.

4. “Preservation” – Nadia Reid

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Nadia Reid has such a deceptively simple, luxurious voice, and she really comes into her own on her second album Preservation. Some fun, related trivia: Nadia is good friends with Aldous Harding (the two used to be roommates in Littleton) and sang in the Silver Scroll Awards live performance of Marlon William’s song above.

5. “On Hold” – Fenne Lily

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Fenne Lily’s debut album is short but sweet, with a haunting blend of lo-fi backing and ethereal vocals. Some more fun, related trivia: Fenne accompanies Aldous Harding on her second album Party for the track “The World Is Looking For You.” I know, I know. You’ve recognized the pattern by now, but in addition to their music, I love how all of these artists support and inspire each other to make art. More than anything, I hope we all do more of that in 2019.

#marlon williams #aldous harding #laura jean englert #phoebe bridgers #nadia reid #fenne lily #best songs 2018 #best tracks 2018 #let's all make more art in 2019

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Batman ’89: What Happened Next in the Burtonverse After Batman Returns

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This Batman article contains spoilers.

Tim Burton’s original vision for Gotham City and the Dark Knight are returning to the forefront of the DC Universe in more ways than one this year. Not only is Michael Keaton back in the cape and cowl for The Flash movie, which is currently filming in the UK for a late 2022 release, but DC is also releasing a sequel comic to Batman ’89 this week. No, this isn’t Batman Returns but a brand new continuation of the Burtonverse from Batman ’89‘s original screenwriter Sam Hamm and artist Joe Quinones that “pulls on a number of threads left dangling” by Burton, all while recreating the singular look and feel of the movies, down to Keaton’s iconic Batsuit and Batmobile as well as all of the cool gadgets and Gothic architecture.

This six-issue miniseries is a big deal — not just for fans of the Burtonverse and Keaton but for the creators themselves. You may already know the story of how “Batman II” eventually became the divisive Batman Returns: after delivering a box office smash, Burton and Hamm were quickly tapped to make a sequel, but the filmmakers disagreed on the direction the next movie should take, leading to the director replacing Hamm with Daniel Waters (Heathers), who churned out something much darker and sans Robin, the Boy Wonder. With the Batman ’89 comic, Hamm gets to finally deliver his own take on what happened next.

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As for Quinones, this comic wouldn’t exist without his designs for the book, which he originally pitched to DC in 2015 with writer Kate Leth. Revealed on his blog in 2016 were designs for Harvey Dent’s transformation into Two-Face, the debut of Batgirl and Marlon Wayans’ Robin (finally!), and even the return of Catwoman — all of which will finally come to pass in the new miniseries, according to DC Comics.

But how are all of these big moments set up in the comic? Batman ’89 #1, out this week, begins to set the stage for an interesting new future for the Burtonverse. Spoilers ahead…

Batman ’89 picks up after both Burton movies, effectively the director’s “Batman III” if such a wonderful thing existed. After the Joker’s death and Penguin’s demise, things in Gotham City are worse than ever, as the Dark Knight’s crusade seems only to lead to more crime. We’re treated to chaos on the streets from the opening panels of the book, which are set on Halloween night, as the remnants of the Joker Gang and Penguin’s Red Triangle Gang loot stores, mug citizens, and attempt to hijack two armored cars full of cash with a cargo helicopter. In fact, it’s after the Caped Crusader thwarts the Joker Gang’s helicopter, sending it crashing into a building, and leaving several citizens dead or critically injured and millions of dollars in damages, that Gotham DA Harvey Dent decides he’s had enough.

Meant to evoke the endless charm and swagger of Billy Dee Williams, who played the character in the first movie but didn’t return for the sequel, Dent is finally given the spotlight he deserved decades ago. In Batman ’89, he’s a man on his own crusade.

After Dent watching the destruction and chaos of the opening panels from the streets after a romantic dinner with GCPD Sergeant Barbara Gordon, whom he’s just proposed to (!), he decides it’s actually the Batman’s reign of terror that needs to be stopped. Dent thinks it’s a vigilante operating outside of the law that has bred even more crime and death in his city. Although Batman swore to protect Gotham in his letter to Dent at the end of the first movie, the violence that’s erupted in his wake has left the city under siege, forcing the National Guard to come in to patrol the streets. A curfew has been put in place, while the soldiers hunt down the Batman.

The first issue raises some big questions about Keaton’s Batman that would have made for captivating big-screen drama. Early on, the comic asks whether the Dark Knight is ultimately doing more harm than good in Gotham, where citizens now dress up as Batman or the Joker and fight each other in the streets. But a grumpy Bruce Wayne (he’s also graying) stubbornly stands by his convictions during a meeting with Dent, who visits Wayne Manor to ask for Bruce’s help in taking down the Batman. Like in the movies, the duality of the character of Bruce Wayne is front and center in the comic, with the billionaire befriending people in power during the day while working against them as Batman at night.

The book also plays up Wayne’s friendship with Dent because it will likely be a key factor in Dent’s transformation into Two-Face. While the beloved district attorney is still one of the good guys by the end of the first issue, the ingredients for Dent’s fall from grace are already in place. There’s the trick coin he uses to make his own luck (given its own origin story that beckons back to Harvey’s childhood in the streets of Burnside), his marriage to Barbara Gordon that will likely never come to pass, his anger at Batman and Bruce (who is hesitant to help Harvey), and the way he threatens two Joker thugs with a gun — although he’s only trying to scare them, we see that the district attorney is willing to get his hands dirty, not unlike Christopher Nolan’s own version of the character.

How does Dent’s war on Batman begin? By deposing the Caped Crusader’s greatest ally in Gotham City, Commissioner Jim Gordon (resembling Pat Hingle). Gordon faces a vote of no confidence after the violence on Halloween, while Dent and Detective Bullock try to lure Batman into a trap with the Bat Signal, which has to be repaired every couple of weeks because beat cops keeps smashing it. No, Batman doesn’t have many friends left without Gordon. We do see their friendship flourish after two movies-worth of crime-fighting, though. The comic even addresses Gordon’s connection to Bruce’s origin story, which feels like a nod to what Keaton hoped would be the subject of Batman III if it had happened.

By the end of the issue, Batman is once again a wanted man in his own city, and when he runs afoul of another major character, he finds himself directly in the National Guard’s crosshairs. Yes, the issue sets the stage for the debut of the Burtonverse’s Robin, who ambushes the Dark Knight while protecting another kid who stole diapers and baby food for his little sister.

Here is the most direct connection to Hamm’s script for Batman II and what would have been Marlon Wayans’ portrayal of Robin, as well as the book’s most intriguing reinvention. In Hamm’s screenplay, Dick Grayson is introduced as a young Black orphan surviving in the streets with the help of his martial arts skills. In the comic, Grayson has donned his own disguise — a hooded black cape and a yellow face mask — to help the poorest of Gotham, and there are some interesting elements at play here that I would have liked to see on screen, especially the depiction of Robin as a hero trying to save those that the Batman seems to forget while fighting flamboyant villains and stopping heists in Gotham’s more affluent neighborhoods.

Some readers have long criticized the character as not only an example of “copaganda,” despite all the crooked police officers working in the GCPD, but also of a very wealthy guy beating up and maiming poor people. Robin’s debut as someone fighting for those Batman’s war on crime neglects seems like a way to talk about (or at least acknowledge) some of the deeper systemic issues in Gotham that the Caped Crusader can’t fight with his fists. This examination, coupled with Dent’s own crusade, even as worries that he needs to “hide his real face” to fit in with the elite and affect change for places like Burnside, would have been revolutionary back then and feels more relevant than ever now.

It remains to be seen whether the six-issue miniseries will really lean into this type of commentary, but issue one is a promising start for a modern reinvention of the Burtonverse, even as it packs in the nostalgia and imagines what could have been had Keaton’s Batman been given a trilogy.

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