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J Blakeson
@jblakeson.bsky.social
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Director and Screenwriter: I Care A Lot // The Disappearance of Alice Creed // The 5th Wave // Gunpowder // Culprits
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London
A heron sits in the branches of a tree, silhouetted against a pale blue sky.
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Today’s writing music…
A photo of the cover for the vinyl LP “Philip Glass - Piano Works” by Vikingur Olafsson
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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There’s a copy on eBay with multiple photos. No contents page on the listing, but the back page has a list of the poets if that helps…
March 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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London
A silhouetted statue of a man riding a horse in London’s Hyde Park.
February 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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UK people! CULPRITS is now streaming on ITVX. I had a lot of fun making this show. Here’s a trailer..
December 19, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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A good book.
A copy of the book Film As Film by Victor Perkins.
December 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Self promotion alert! CULPRITS is now streaming on ITVX in the UK. If you missed it on Disney+, now’s your chance. Go watch!
A poster for the TV show Culrpits. The poster features Gemma Arterton, Kirby, Niamh Algar and Ned Dennehy (who is wearing a mask and looking scary).
December 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Next up…
A new copy of Robert Caro’s book The Years Of Lyndon Johnson Volume 1: The Path To Power
November 29, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Finally finished Robert Caro’s THE POWER BROKER last night. The hype is true. It’s an amazing book. Vital reading. Had wanted to read it for years but never did. So thanks to @romanmars.bsky.social and Elliott Kalan and their breakdown show on @99pi.org for giving me the motivation to finally do it.
A well thumbed copy of Robert Caro’s book The Power Broker.
November 29, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Monday writing music…
A hand holds a vinyl copy of Cliff Martinez’s original score for the very under-rated TV show “The Knick”
November 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Yet another good book…
A photo of the book “The Making of Kubrick’s 2001” edited by Jerome Agel
November 13, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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Another good book
A photo of the book “Masters of Light” by Dennis Schaefer and Larry Salvato
November 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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A good book
A photo of Sidney Lumet’s brilliant book “Making Movies”
November 13, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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Sign post.
A street sign showing a picture of a walking man and the word CINEMA. The sigh is on a lamp post, pointing right.
November 7, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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Speak here
A photo of a weird long, thin, orange coloured machine. Probably some sort of intercom. It has switches and a speaker and sign that says “speak here” with and arrow that points to three horizontal lines below. The machine is mounted onto a brick wall that is painted magnolia. A part of the wall to the left of the image is pointed black.
November 6, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Copenhagen
A photo of an art installation which is made of the words “You’ll be taken care of” written backwards, like a reflection, in neon lights.
November 6, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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As we approach the 5th of November, just a quick seasonal reminder that GUNPOWDER (a 3 part drama I directed for the BBC & HBO about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot starring Kit Harrington, Liv Tyler and Mark Gatiss) is available to watch on Netflix UK right now. Not for the faint hearted!
A publicity photo for the TV miniseries Gunpowder showing the actor Shaun Dooley in character as Sir William Wade. He is dressed in 17th century garb, including a cloak and a hat. He is standing in a jail and is dramatically back lit.
November 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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Wednesday’s (re)writing music…
A photo of the cover of the vinyl LP “Atomos” by A Winged Victory for The Sullen.
October 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Staircase
A photo looking up at a flight of stairs from below. They are concrete. The ceiling is concrete. The banister and railing are made from metal. Everything is old and abandoned and has a nice texture to it.
October 29, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Fire Alarm
A photo of a classless window set into a breeze block wall that is painted lilac. Through the window we see a glimpse of a stairwell - the bannister rail is in silhouette. On a white painted brick wall beyond that is a small sign that says “fire alarm”.
October 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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No 9
A picture of a red panel with two hooks on a concrete wall (possible it was for holding a fire extinguisher, but it holds nothing now). Above the panel is written No 9. It is all aged with a pleasing texture.
October 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Yellow
A close up of two yellow shipping containers, one stacked on top of the other.
October 29, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Bob, Cléo and Maurice
A still from Agnes Varda’s film Cléo de 5 à 7 with Michel Legrand as Bob singing and playing the piano, Corinne Marchand as Cléo dancing in the background and Serge Korber as Maurice standing by the piano looking at Bob.
October 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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Jack and Billy
A photo of Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder staring at each other whilst making funny faces. They are both wearing flat caps. Their faces are close together so that the peaks of their caps are touching.
October 20, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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Seymour and Audrey.
A still from the amazing Frank Oz film Little Shop of Horrors with Rick Moranis playing Seymour looking into the eyes of Ellen Greene playing Audrey. There a bunch of white lillies between them.
October 20, 2024 at 12:53 PM