Brian Dahlvig
@briandahlvig.bsky.social
The history of Film and Pop-Culture in general.
While I'll admit that being caught going to a Coldplay concert would be really embarrassing, should a CEO be fired just for having bad taste in music?
July 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
While I'll admit that being caught going to a Coldplay concert would be really embarrassing, should a CEO be fired just for having bad taste in music?
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Happy Barbara Stanwyck Day!!! BOTD in Brooklyn, NY. 🤩❤️🎞️
July 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy Barbara Stanwyck Day!!! BOTD in Brooklyn, NY. 🤩❤️🎞️
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"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze
July 31, 2024 at 8:37 PM
"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze
I see that Musk suddenly hate Wikipedia. Damn straight I immediately donated.
February 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I see that Musk suddenly hate Wikipedia. Damn straight I immediately donated.
I'd post a .lot more if @letterboxd.social had a direct link from its website.
January 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'd post a .lot more if @letterboxd.social had a direct link from its website.
What are the odds that Patricia Routledge and Margaret Rutherford ever acted together? I'd love to see that!
January 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
What are the odds that Patricia Routledge and Margaret Rutherford ever acted together? I'd love to see that!
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The most willfully kind thing that one might say is it was a Fascist salute.
For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
January 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The most willfully kind thing that one might say is it was a Fascist salute.
I've been keeping track of movies on Letterboxd for around a year, plus I added the 865 I've watched from the Natl Film Registry. Of the top fifty actors I've seen, Harrison Ford is the only one still alive. For directors the only two alive are Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
January 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I've been keeping track of movies on Letterboxd for around a year, plus I added the 865 I've watched from the Natl Film Registry. Of the top fifty actors I've seen, Harrison Ford is the only one still alive. For directors the only two alive are Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
'The Pickwick Papers.' Hmmm, why did I put this on my To Watch list? Oh, Joyce Grenfell, of course!
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
'The Pickwick Papers.' Hmmm, why did I put this on my To Watch list? Oh, Joyce Grenfell, of course!
Well, Happy Fred Ott Day to one and all!
Happy Fred Ott Day to all who observe! Dan has a great article about the film and its various incarnations here: wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2...
January 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Well, Happy Fred Ott Day to one and all!
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BIG NEWS!!! After over a century of waiting, Léontine has *finally* been named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year for 2024!!!! (The previously announced pick was an incorrect rumor.) This is a big day for Léontine & for all of us at Cinema's First Nasty Women. Please join us in celebrating!!! 🎉🎞️🎶♥️
December 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM
BIG NEWS!!! After over a century of waiting, Léontine has *finally* been named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year for 2024!!!! (The previously announced pick was an incorrect rumor.) This is a big day for Léontine & for all of us at Cinema's First Nasty Women. Please join us in celebrating!!! 🎉🎞️🎶♥️
I've been keeping track of movies I watch in @letterboxd.social. It says the actors I've seen the most of are (in order) Oliver Hardy, Sarah Duhamel, Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton, Harry Watson, Sidney Drew, Edward Everett Horton, Little Chrysia, and Eugene Pallette.
November 23, 2024 at 2:55 PM
I've been keeping track of movies I watch in @letterboxd.social. It says the actors I've seen the most of are (in order) Oliver Hardy, Sarah Duhamel, Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton, Harry Watson, Sidney Drew, Edward Everett Horton, Little Chrysia, and Eugene Pallette.
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Well, it lasted me 30 years. Luckily I lived by the adage that they who own a laserdisc player should own a second laserdiscplay. Now I just need to find a replacement for when my replacement needs replacing...
December 17, 2023 at 2:35 AM
Well, it lasted me 30 years. Luckily I lived by the adage that they who own a laserdisc player should own a second laserdiscplay. Now I just need to find a replacement for when my replacement needs replacing...
Today I watched "Kid Millions" (1934) with Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, and Ann Sothern. And the Technicolor ice-cream factory! But it's all stolen by Eva Sully: "He saved my life...and my frankfurters!" She's brilliant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcrM... (but it's not for the easily offended.)
December 11, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Today I watched "Kid Millions" (1934) with Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, and Ann Sothern. And the Technicolor ice-cream factory! But it's all stolen by Eva Sully: "He saved my life...and my frankfurters!" She's brilliant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcrM... (but it's not for the easily offended.)
Today I watched "I am Cuba'' (1964) directed by
Mikhail Kalatozov. I pro-Communist piece of propoganda saved (ironically) by people in the USA. I learned about it on the Nitrateville.com podcast. Some of the tracking shots look like drones before drones were a thing: tinyurl.com/58bf5499
Mikhail Kalatozov. I pro-Communist piece of propoganda saved (ironically) by people in the USA. I learned about it on the Nitrateville.com podcast. Some of the tracking shots look like drones before drones were a thing: tinyurl.com/58bf5499
December 9, 2023 at 3:30 AM
Today I watched "I am Cuba'' (1964) directed by
Mikhail Kalatozov. I pro-Communist piece of propoganda saved (ironically) by people in the USA. I learned about it on the Nitrateville.com podcast. Some of the tracking shots look like drones before drones were a thing: tinyurl.com/58bf5499
Mikhail Kalatozov. I pro-Communist piece of propoganda saved (ironically) by people in the USA. I learned about it on the Nitrateville.com podcast. Some of the tracking shots look like drones before drones were a thing: tinyurl.com/58bf5499
Today I watched "The Letter" (1940) with the incomperable Bette Davis. 1940 and the yellow peril is still strong! Poor Herbert Marshall, he should never become involved with Ms Davis, it never ends well. Gale Sondergaard is from right here in Minnesota!! She's not Asian, she's Danish! Crazy!
December 8, 2023 at 2:34 AM
Today I watched "The Letter" (1940) with the incomperable Bette Davis. 1940 and the yellow peril is still strong! Poor Herbert Marshall, he should never become involved with Ms Davis, it never ends well. Gale Sondergaard is from right here in Minnesota!! She's not Asian, she's Danish! Crazy!
Today I watched "Orpheus" (1950) directed by Jean Cocteau. I haven't seen many Cocteau films, but I really like his style; I love the in-camera special effects. This is the sort of movie where I'm glad I can read about it online after seeing it cuz lord knows I'm not deep enough to get it on my own.
December 7, 2023 at 2:47 AM
Today I watched "Orpheus" (1950) directed by Jean Cocteau. I haven't seen many Cocteau films, but I really like his style; I love the in-camera special effects. This is the sort of movie where I'm glad I can read about it online after seeing it cuz lord knows I'm not deep enough to get it on my own.
Today I watched "Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On" (2019). So the hubs tripped over this while scrolling thru Tubi. I certainly knew who she was but had no idea she was such a force. Her imitation of Judy Garland is SO spot on. And she was in a musical about Gertrude Berg's "The Goldbergs"!
December 6, 2023 at 3:16 AM
Today I watched "Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On" (2019). So the hubs tripped over this while scrolling thru Tubi. I certainly knew who she was but had no idea she was such a force. Her imitation of Judy Garland is SO spot on. And she was in a musical about Gertrude Berg's "The Goldbergs"!
Today I watched "The Cameraman" (1928) with Buster Keaton. No surprise, some great stuff in here. Poor Buster, tho, getting sucked into MGM and chewed up thoroughly. It's weird seeing him in a non-pork pie hat. (Evidently there was a voice over guy on BBC1 that called him "Kuster Beaton.")
December 5, 2023 at 2:14 AM
Today I watched "The Cameraman" (1928) with Buster Keaton. No surprise, some great stuff in here. Poor Buster, tho, getting sucked into MGM and chewed up thoroughly. It's weird seeing him in a non-pork pie hat. (Evidently there was a voice over guy on BBC1 that called him "Kuster Beaton.")
Today I watched "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989). So pretentious. The best part was the Michael Nyman score. I love that they cut out a half hour to get an R rating for the video store chains. Oh well, I saw it.
December 4, 2023 at 1:09 AM
Today I watched "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" (1989). So pretentious. The best part was the Michael Nyman score. I love that they cut out a half hour to get an R rating for the video store chains. Oh well, I saw it.
Today I watched "Rashomon" (1950). Yes, I'm 62 and seeing this for the first time. But hey, no one's ever confused me with a cinephile. I enjoyed it, though, the whole question of 'what is truth.' As I say, I hate ambiguity. Except for when I don't.
December 3, 2023 at 3:04 AM
Today I watched "Rashomon" (1950). Yes, I'm 62 and seeing this for the first time. But hey, no one's ever confused me with a cinephile. I enjoyed it, though, the whole question of 'what is truth.' As I say, I hate ambiguity. Except for when I don't.
Today I watched "Dizzy Daisy" (1924) with Louise Fazenda. Hey, if @moviessilently.bsky.social says I need to watch a Louise Fazenda, I'll watch a Louise Fazenda. I'm more than happy to comply! (I'm hoping tomorrow she'll say to watch Trixie Fraganza.)
December 2, 2023 at 2:09 AM
Today I watched "Dizzy Daisy" (1924) with Louise Fazenda. Hey, if @moviessilently.bsky.social says I need to watch a Louise Fazenda, I'll watch a Louise Fazenda. I'm more than happy to comply! (I'm hoping tomorrow she'll say to watch Trixie Fraganza.)
Today I watched 'By Might Of His Right' (1915) with Mr & Mrs Sidney Drew. Fun little flicker. Sidney Drew is no John Bunny, but I have a soft spot because Mr. Bunny was such a pioneer. But it fun to see a situational comedy interspersed with the madcap slapstick of the time.
December 1, 2023 at 3:55 AM
Today I watched 'By Might Of His Right' (1915) with Mr & Mrs Sidney Drew. Fun little flicker. Sidney Drew is no John Bunny, but I have a soft spot because Mr. Bunny was such a pioneer. But it fun to see a situational comedy interspersed with the madcap slapstick of the time.
Today I watched "Fred Ott's Sneeze" (1894). To join a group on FB one of the questions was 'what was the first silent movie you saw?' And I realized it was Fred Ott's sneeze on Captain Kangeroo in the middle/late 60s! It's one of the very few things I remember from the show, but I was entranced.
November 30, 2023 at 2:00 AM
Today I watched "Fred Ott's Sneeze" (1894). To join a group on FB one of the questions was 'what was the first silent movie you saw?' And I realized it was Fred Ott's sneeze on Captain Kangeroo in the middle/late 60s! It's one of the very few things I remember from the show, but I was entranced.