• mastodon
    By / August 9, 2025

    I’ve seen two productions of Carmen – Zeffirelli’s one in around 2017 in Verona and another at the Royal Albert Hall performed in English and neither Zeffirelli’s input at or it being in a language I understand improved things.

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  • mastodon
    By / August 9, 2025

    The telly luring me in with a 1954 film named Carmen Jones about “a factory worker who falls in love with a soldier” only for the opening credits to roll with BIZET’S MUSIC and it is my NEMESIS Carmen, my be-hated.

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  • bluesky
    By / August 9, 2025
    I dreamt that Oscar Piastri and I were trying to get from one mysterious unknown Norfolk airport to one in Thetford because we were going to New Jersey for a Gaslight Anthem concert. On the way, we met Timothee Chalamet who was hanging out with Lambert Wilson and working on his scrapbook.
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  • bluesky
    By / August 6, 2025
    In other news my ISP has been blocking Patreon’s media servers for about a month or so now, so if you’re on TalkTalk and are wondering why it only works when you use data on your phone, that’s why.

    They say Patreon’s got a virus in it.

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  • bluesky
    By / August 6, 2025
    I add new films to my films of 2025 list on letterboxd as I see them and try to put them in the order of how much I liked them as I go and today’s question is: did I like Superman more than The Accountant 2?

    So far the answer is yes.
    I think for my mum, it’s the other way round.

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  • bluesky
    By / July 19, 2025
    Last LFF, Dan from Bastille held the door open for me at the Royal Festival Hall.

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  • bluesky
    By / July 12, 2025
    Had to disconnect basically every entertainment related electronic in the house before the new carpet was installed and tbh past-me could have taken a better photo of this one.
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  • mastodon
    By / July 6, 2025

    Definitely confused whoever called me claiming to be from some phone network offering me 30% off my monthly bill by telling them I don’t have a monthly bill.

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  • bluesky
    By / July 5, 2025
    Somewhat weirdly, it tends to fall to me to organise the team away day at work when we have one so I just pick a place I want to visit that isn’t too expensive.

    One time we went to see Cocteau’s murals at Notre Dame de France https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/jean-cocteau-mural.htm

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