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Having a panic attack while your friend is also having a very shitty time and having to help (while trying to not seem like you yourself are having a bad time) is sure an experience. Been trying to get over it with movies.

Zootopia's message is still a little muddy, but "Didney" would never do something like this now (Zootopia 2 not withstanding, no idea how good that one is). Goldeneye made me feel like a kid again. I always forget I enjoy James Bond movies. The difference is I'm an adult now, and can think of them critically.

As for new watches... 8½ is... overrated? I guess? It feels like a dream, it plays with its medium so darn well, but alas, I cared not for our director character. Maybe on a rewatch it's better, but I have no desire to do so. Sleeping Car though? Very very silly. Always nice seeing Madeleine Carroll in a not-drama. I have seen four talkies with Ivor Novello and in half of them he's the most obnoxious rascal (good, he plays them well). Lots of moving camera, not enough trains. I still enjoyed I Lived With You more, but somehow believed Carroll and Novello's romance more than Jeans and Novello.

(And I would believe his romance with me even more *cough*)

I have to thirst somewhere. My friends can't handle it, and it's not even as scandalous as Cairns's for Veidt's tight clothing :P

EDIT: Ah! Almost forgot! bethefirst is having its (optional) signups! tardis_remix is also having (obligatory) signups and prompt claiming!

I have not been a good blogger. Been distracted by small_fandoms's Drabblethon (will collect all drabbles and post them all together soon-ish) and by general sadness.

Please, enjoy my friend's Conrad Veidt biography, plus this little thing they wrote about Liebe macht blind. It is, in my humble opinion, the most complete and properly sourced bio on Herr Veidt on the 'net (the Liebe macht blind link has a YouTube video with the live music when the movie was shown in Cine Recobrado; silent film tunes to jam to). Why yes, we are manifesting the movie's release, dammit!

Movies Silently has a review for The Girl in Tails (1926) and it seems right up my alley. Meanwhile, Classic Film and TV Corner has a review for Shooting Stars (1928), which also seems like my jam.

It's a shame to see the Internet Archive fully embrace artificial intelligence, but I've been following Brewster for a while, so it's not surprising. Techbros, istg...

Still making my way through Tih-Minh, Édouard Mathé showed up! Judex and Roger together again *sparkles* Still haven't found the will to rewatch Stromboli (English version, aka the best version).