Ben Wagner
@benwagner.bsky.social
My takes are half the reason you used to log on to Twitter dot com. Professional Photographer based in Seattle. Cinephile. Shakespearean. Eclecticist.
Lately I got re-hooked, all these years after it launched on Gran Turismo 7.
Like contemplating buying a sim rig level of hooked.
Like contemplating buying a sim rig level of hooked.
July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Lately I got re-hooked, all these years after it launched on Gran Turismo 7.
Like contemplating buying a sim rig level of hooked.
Like contemplating buying a sim rig level of hooked.
Her: “you want to out some music on for the baby?”
Me: “sure”
Me: “sure”
May 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Her: “you want to out some music on for the baby?”
Me: “sure”
Me: “sure”
The average American has three friends
May 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The average American has three friends
This in today's @blankcheck.bsky.social newsletter backs up my grand unifying theory I've been working on as I rewatch every Spielberg in order. I think Steve's entire career is a psuh pull tension between on location and sound stage. This goes back to Jaws, obviously.
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This in today's @blankcheck.bsky.social newsletter backs up my grand unifying theory I've been working on as I rewatch every Spielberg in order. I think Steve's entire career is a psuh pull tension between on location and sound stage. This goes back to Jaws, obviously.
I’ve been working a lot on reclaiming my attention (part of which is coming on this app a lot less) and this quote from @craigmod.com struck me today.
I can’t stress how much better my days go when I don’t look at my phone first thing, and read books before bed instead of scrolling Reddit
I can’t stress how much better my days go when I don’t look at my phone first thing, and read books before bed instead of scrolling Reddit
February 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I’ve been working a lot on reclaiming my attention (part of which is coming on this app a lot less) and this quote from @craigmod.com struck me today.
I can’t stress how much better my days go when I don’t look at my phone first thing, and read books before bed instead of scrolling Reddit
I can’t stress how much better my days go when I don’t look at my phone first thing, and read books before bed instead of scrolling Reddit
When you didn’t use AI in your movie
February 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
When you didn’t use AI in your movie
If you weren't already alarmed, it looks like you can't fill out a passport form right now...
February 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you weren't already alarmed, it looks like you can't fill out a passport form right now...
1941 kinda blew my mind when we get the Nancy Allen character and ensuing sex comedy that is weirdly similar to the dynamics in the Fabelmans.
I've been told the Fabelmans girlfriend is a fabrication, but it's weird he did this dynamic twice (and that he clearly was like get me a Nancy Allen type)
I've been told the Fabelmans girlfriend is a fabrication, but it's weird he did this dynamic twice (and that he clearly was like get me a Nancy Allen type)
January 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
1941 kinda blew my mind when we get the Nancy Allen character and ensuing sex comedy that is weirdly similar to the dynamics in the Fabelmans.
I've been told the Fabelmans girlfriend is a fabrication, but it's weird he did this dynamic twice (and that he clearly was like get me a Nancy Allen type)
I've been told the Fabelmans girlfriend is a fabrication, but it's weird he did this dynamic twice (and that he clearly was like get me a Nancy Allen type)
In Duel, after his initial confrontation with the truck, Weaver stops to make a call home, where we learn his wife is mad at him for not standing up to his work friend who made a pass at her. I mean look at how she's styled...
Also, Spielberg added this for the international theatrical run #filmsky
Also, Spielberg added this for the international theatrical run #filmsky
January 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In Duel, after his initial confrontation with the truck, Weaver stops to make a call home, where we learn his wife is mad at him for not standing up to his work friend who made a pass at her. I mean look at how she's styled...
Also, Spielberg added this for the international theatrical run #filmsky
Also, Spielberg added this for the international theatrical run #filmsky
I rewatched Close Encounters last night, and I was struck by how the police, military, and government power work in Spielberg’s early films. In Sugarland, Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, and Raiders, these power structures constantly battle our more underdog heroes.
January 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I rewatched Close Encounters last night, and I was struck by how the police, military, and government power work in Spielberg’s early films. In Sugarland, Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, and Raiders, these power structures constantly battle our more underdog heroes.
This one’s gonna hurt.
January 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This one’s gonna hurt.
I watched The Sugarland Express today for the first time. One of the only Spielbergs I’d not seen.
Pretty wild that movie is a little lost to time, it has no business being as good as it is. The direction is flat out stunning.
Pretty wild that movie is a little lost to time, it has no business being as good as it is. The direction is flat out stunning.
January 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I watched The Sugarland Express today for the first time. One of the only Spielbergs I’d not seen.
Pretty wild that movie is a little lost to time, it has no business being as good as it is. The direction is flat out stunning.
Pretty wild that movie is a little lost to time, it has no business being as good as it is. The direction is flat out stunning.
Seemed only fitting to close out 2024 the way it began
January 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Seemed only fitting to close out 2024 the way it began
Sharing a handful of my favorite street and travel photographs of 2024 on my Instagram www.instagram.com #photography
December 31, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Sharing a handful of my favorite street and travel photographs of 2024 on my Instagram www.instagram.com #photography
Hit my goal of 200 films watched in 2024 with one day to go. Gonna squeeze 1 or 2 more in tonight and tomorrow before the count resets. #filmsky
December 31, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Hit my goal of 200 films watched in 2024 with one day to go. Gonna squeeze 1 or 2 more in tonight and tomorrow before the count resets. #filmsky
we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you
December 25, 2024 at 5:59 AM
we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you