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I mean, like, c'mon, Cahiers bros picked some of the most famous directors of the time & claimed them as authors. Hawks, Hitch & Ford already had their names above the titles as possessives, Hitchcock had a TV show by name, this was obvious stuff noted for career gains not theory. Sarris f'ed it up
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I mean, like, c'mon, Cahiers bros picked some of the most famous directors of the time & claimed them as authors. Hawks, Hitch & Ford already had their names above the titles as possessives, Hitchcock had a TV show by name, this was obvious stuff noted for career gains not theory. Sarris f'ed it up
My 2025 list so far.
I might be falling behind just a wee bit...
I might be falling behind just a wee bit...
October 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My 2025 list so far.
I might be falling behind just a wee bit...
I might be falling behind just a wee bit...
To me, it kinda goes with this one from yesterday, where the question isn't a bad one, but looking at it from a pre-vcr, & streaming era, it's almost impossible to convey how much things have changed by the terms offered, because it isn't in the who or what, but the how of it all that's significant.
October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
To me, it kinda goes with this one from yesterday, where the question isn't a bad one, but looking at it from a pre-vcr, & streaming era, it's almost impossible to convey how much things have changed by the terms offered, because it isn't in the who or what, but the how of it all that's significant.
Some mad skills in engagement bait. Creates a weak dichotomy between 'good' taste & writing, which doesn't really make sense on its face, how can writing that's "crowdsourced" & incurious be good? Then flips the construction to say incurious isn't good, denying the viability of the initial claim.
October 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Some mad skills in engagement bait. Creates a weak dichotomy between 'good' taste & writing, which doesn't really make sense on its face, how can writing that's "crowdsourced" & incurious be good? Then flips the construction to say incurious isn't good, denying the viability of the initial claim.
This is the kind of counterintuitive reporting that keeps The Economist one big step ahead of their competitors in the marketplace of non-ideas.
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is the kind of counterintuitive reporting that keeps The Economist one big step ahead of their competitors in the marketplace of non-ideas.
Would have had count? Not up right now. (Adding an associated window card to boot, just to show I was an OG Tourneur guy.)
September 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Would have had count? Not up right now. (Adding an associated window card to boot, just to show I was an OG Tourneur guy.)
And, for good measure since I've gone this far, here's a portrait of Lucas himself, once attributed to him as a selfie, but now attributed to his son, Lucas Cranach the Younger.
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
And, for good measure since I've gone this far, here's a portrait of Lucas himself, once attributed to him as a selfie, but now attributed to his son, Lucas Cranach the Younger.
in his religious/mythological works. Multiple versions of Judith & Salome with the fruits of their beheadings presented almost serenely. The feeling of sexual allurement in the images is continually, well, cut short by both the subject matter & the manner of knowingness that forestalls that desire.
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
in his religious/mythological works. Multiple versions of Judith & Salome with the fruits of their beheadings presented almost serenely. The feeling of sexual allurement in the images is continually, well, cut short by both the subject matter & the manner of knowingness that forestalls that desire.
but I think I prefer his portraits of women. With the men, there is a sort of bulky immobility to them that gives weight of importance, while with the women there seems to be a sort of slightly aloof awareness with them that the portraits of the men don't share, which comes out even more...
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
but I think I prefer his portraits of women. With the men, there is a sort of bulky immobility to them that gives weight of importance, while with the women there seems to be a sort of slightly aloof awareness with them that the portraits of the men don't share, which comes out even more...
Judging by nothing other than likes & reposts of the artbots, it seems as if Cranach isn't all that well regarded now? That would be a melancholy thing, He's a favorite of mine. Thinking he might make my top ten of artists I'd choose for a portrait...
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Judging by nothing other than likes & reposts of the artbots, it seems as if Cranach isn't all that well regarded now? That would be a melancholy thing, He's a favorite of mine. Thinking he might make my top ten of artists I'd choose for a portrait...
Spending the evening on the important business of deciding which of Lucas Cranach's paintings of Melancholia is most true. I lean towards the first one, but wouldn't argue with opting for the third either.
September 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Spending the evening on the important business of deciding which of Lucas Cranach's paintings of Melancholia is most true. I lean towards the first one, but wouldn't argue with opting for the third either.
Okay, I clearly have a problem. Slid down my tab row to open a new one and found this woman lurking there, again, very impressive, but no idea why she's here. I'm starting to get concerned I might be browsing obscurely in my sleep.
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Okay, I clearly have a problem. Slid down my tab row to open a new one and found this woman lurking there, again, very impressive, but no idea why she's here. I'm starting to get concerned I might be browsing obscurely in my sleep.
Dang, I just found this dude was pulled up on one of my many tabs and I have no idea why. As painter? As composer? Did someone mention him? Whatever the case, I can't bring myself to close it or navigate away from a guy with such an impressive name and bio. Just gonna open another new tab instead.
September 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Dang, I just found this dude was pulled up on one of my many tabs and I have no idea why. As painter? As composer? Did someone mention him? Whatever the case, I can't bring myself to close it or navigate away from a guy with such an impressive name and bio. Just gonna open another new tab instead.
Eh, it's not like news organizations need editors. I'm sure this is fine.
September 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Eh, it's not like news organizations need editors. I'm sure this is fine.
Is this high art for having been exhibited in a museum? Low art for the iconographic elements? Middle for a feeling of the sentiment involved? It is hard to tell where to situate oneself around art in this sense anymore. Hollywood is all middle by design, but middlebrow is used a term of resentment.
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Is this high art for having been exhibited in a museum? Low art for the iconographic elements? Middle for a feeling of the sentiment involved? It is hard to tell where to situate oneself around art in this sense anymore. Hollywood is all middle by design, but middlebrow is used a term of resentment.
Ah, damn it, I didn't stop and now I'm even more curious about what the deal is. There's another painter linked through one of the 'support' posting sites that's weird and, of course, is tied to other 'art' sites on the web with odd sites and practices. (the 2 'photos', the same but not for example)
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Ah, damn it, I didn't stop and now I'm even more curious about what the deal is. There's another painter linked through one of the 'support' posting sites that's weird and, of course, is tied to other 'art' sites on the web with odd sites and practices. (the 2 'photos', the same but not for example)
I'm fighting off the urge to try and track down all the connected posts/users/bots to see the extent of the reach, since it seems like that might be a long term task.
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I'm fighting off the urge to try and track down all the connected posts/users/bots to see the extent of the reach, since it seems like that might be a long term task.
Dang, this Marc Cuyper guy has game. He posts images of paintings and has a dedicated group of other accounts/bots respond with critical praise, all in the same fashion, but they all also are accounts that repost & occasionally comment on other, possibly connected posts. Impressive organization!
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Dang, this Marc Cuyper guy has game. He posts images of paintings and has a dedicated group of other accounts/bots respond with critical praise, all in the same fashion, but they all also are accounts that repost & occasionally comment on other, possibly connected posts. Impressive organization!
Virgil Thomson relating a Henry Cowell anecdote about Carl Ruggles:
September 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Virgil Thomson relating a Henry Cowell anecdote about Carl Ruggles:
See? It's catching on!
September 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
See? It's catching on!
Came across this aside from Virgil Thomson on the vagaries of taste just after having posted something similar on that other site and figured I'd repost it hear w/the chatter so as to rob you fine folks of my esoteric inanity. Left off the person I was replying to & the last image is my prior post.
August 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Came across this aside from Virgil Thomson on the vagaries of taste just after having posted something similar on that other site and figured I'd repost it hear w/the chatter so as to rob you fine folks of my esoteric inanity. Left off the person I was replying to & the last image is my prior post.
Just finished this nifty book that collects the writings of around 50 different Hollywood directors on the craft & sometimes art of making movies, & a great little amusement is seeing how often all the pieces make offhand remarks that use John Ford as example.
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Just finished this nifty book that collects the writings of around 50 different Hollywood directors on the craft & sometimes art of making movies, & a great little amusement is seeing how often all the pieces make offhand remarks that use John Ford as example.
While I'm in no position to assess his presidency or Croatian politics, I can't help but be a bit envious of a climate where this resume would even be viable for office to the wider public.
August 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
While I'm in no position to assess his presidency or Croatian politics, I can't help but be a bit envious of a climate where this resume would even be viable for office to the wider public.
It's something of a culminating effort that builds from Lizée's "Criterion Collection" of etudes based on auteurist attention to film, where she mixes music & movies clips to develop her themes. (She's also worked with Black Midi & regularly pushes contemporary classical into other realms.)
August 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's something of a culminating effort that builds from Lizée's "Criterion Collection" of etudes based on auteurist attention to film, where she mixes music & movies clips to develop her themes. (She's also worked with Black Midi & regularly pushes contemporary classical into other realms.)