"When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead . . . ."
This book was not in the original novel, and its title is plagiarized.
Blame screenwriter Scott Frank, not Gambit author Walter Tevis.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Megalopolis Revisited:
Steven Strogatz as “Harmonius”
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Steven Strogatz as “Harmonius”
Steven Strogatz as “Harmonius”
Film Quotes . . . Adapted.
"Sometimes 'nothing' can be . . . ."
"Failure to communicate?"
Related cinematic art:
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Saturday, October 12, 2024
On the Bright Side . . .
The Road Has Two Directions
The above image was suggested in part by
the thumb-up icon this morning in a Facebook
comment reply . . .
The lyrics in question were those of "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
My favorite line in those lyrics is "Turn around, Bright Eyes."
A recent film illustration of that line —
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The Road Has Two Directions
The Road Has Two Directions
Friday, October 11, 2024
Icelandic Saga
From the Feast of St. Nicholas last year —
Related cutural artifacts: Maniac the series, and Maniac the book.
"When things go bonkers, you have to adapt." — From "Furiosa" (2024)
See as well this journal on the day of Helgason's death.
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Friday, September 20, 2024
Adapter Becomes Transformer
"When things go bonkers, you have to adapt."
— Chris Hemsworth as Dementus in "Furiosa" (2024)
"Before time began, there was the Cube."
— Optimus Prime in "Transformers" (2007)
Today, an animated Transformers opens, with
Chris Hemsworth as the voice of Optimus Prime.
Also today: The new tag "Cubehenge" in this journal.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
The Adapter
"When things go bonkers, you have to adapt." — From "Furiosa" (2024)
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Friday, September 6, 2024
The Cinematic Imagination: Burning Rider Revisited
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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Amaya
Scene from a TV series that reportedly reached Anya Taylor-Joy's
childhood home, Argentina, on August 29, 2021 . . .
Clip of Taylor-Joy in a film that opened on Augustine's Day, 2020.
Taylor-Joy is currently streaming in "Furiosa."
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Thursday, May 20, 2021
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Women in Mathematics
This book was not in the original novel, and its title is plagiarized.
Blame screenwriter Scott Frank, not Gambit author Walter Tevis.
Related material:
The previous post, and Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy
in The Witch: A New England Folktale (2015).
See as well, from the late-October Strogatz date above —
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