extremely difficult to narrow it down to only three, and i do have a full list on letterboxd, so i'm gonna cheat and choose six films instead of three. this is in no particular order:
the nightingale's prayer (1959) dir. henry barakat
sabishinbō (1985) dir. nobuhiko ōbayashi
repast (1951) dir. mikio naruse
isle of the dead (1945) dir. mark robson
alice (1988) dir. jan švankmajer
the house (2022) dir. emma de swaef, marc james roels, niki lindroth von bahr & paloma baeza
top 3 shows:
revolutionary girl utena (1997)
lupin the third: the woman called fujiko mine (2012)
rose of versailles (1979)
top 3 books:
fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg
gota d'água by chico buarque & paulo pontes
the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson
i'm gonna go ahead and add a top 3 4 mangas:
the private report on my lesbian experience with loneliness by kabi nagata
rose of versailles by riyoko ikeda
yokohama kaidashi kikou by hitoshi ashinano
lady snowblood by kazuo koike & kazuo kamimura
favorite song: very hard question but i'm not gonna think about it too much and just say first love/late spring cause this year i started listening to mitski and this is my favorite song of hers. and also when i grow up because i was listening to this song (my favorite song from the show!) nonstop in my anticipation for the matilda film (lmao rip me)
favorite quote:
alright so this one bit from gota d'água:
eles pensam que a maré vai mas nunca volta
até agora eles estavam comandando o meu destino e eu fui, fui, fui, fui recuando, recolhendo fúrias
hoje eu sou onda solta e tão forte quanto eles me imaginam fraca
quando eles virem invertida a correnteza,
quero saber se eles resistem à surpresa,
quero ver como eles reagem à ressaca
and these lyrics from last words of a shooting star:
and i am relieved that i'd left my room tidy
they'll think of me kindly when they come for my things
they'll never know how i'd stared at the dark in that room
with no thoughts, like a blood-sniffing shark
and while my dreams made music in the night
carefully, i was going to live
i'm gonna tag @norashelley @littlebluestars @madamoiselledewinter @kittensmctavish @baldwinpdf @ladyoftheharbour