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Jon Beaton
@somaywestart.bsky.social
Mostly filmmaking stuff for now I imagine
https://artist.jonathan.beaton.name
“People fight themselves and one another, and their stories are full of their struggles. But to say that that IS the story is to use one aspect of existence, conflict, to subsume all other aspects, many of which it does not include and does not comprehend.”

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The Carrier Bag Theory of Nonfiction Filmmaking: What Documentarians Can Learn from Ursula K. Le Guin
I teach documentary studies and production at the Skidmore College MDOCS program and run the MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute. When non-tenure track faculty recently organized to form a union…
filmmakermagazine.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Question your teaspoons.

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UbuWeb Papers: Georges Perec - The Infra-Ordinary (1973)
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September 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This fun experiment, which seems quite niche at first, provides mindblowing insight into how perspective works and why camera lenses see something similar to what our eyes see.

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Hypercentric optics: A camera lens that can see behind objects
YouTube video by Applied Science
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August 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Interesting insight into how @criterion.bsky.social do their restorations. This was already 11 years ago so I imagine some things may have changed since then
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odjq...
How Criterion Collection Brings Movies Back From the Dead
YouTube video by Gizmodo
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July 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Now I ask you, fellow Americans, haven't you ever wanted to put your foot through your television screen?"

Doug Hall performing the role of a so-called 'artist-president' in the likeness of J.F. Kennedy.

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July 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“They cycle nutrients, store carbon, support plant health, and make soil. When we disrupt these critical ecosystem engineers, forest regeneration slows, crops fail and biodiversity above ground begins to unravel … "

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Earth’s underground networks of fungi need urgent protection, say researchers
Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Why isn’t anything going on in the senate?
Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?

Because the barbarians are coming today.
What’s the point of senators making laws now?

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Waiting for the Barbarians
Because the barbarians are coming today. Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor’s waiting to receive their leader. Because the barbarians are coming today and things like that dazzle ...
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May 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
David Byrne's True Stories came out in 1986 and is one of my favourite films. The same year this performance was captured. Seems to be based on the same cut-up approach that his film was based on and certainly has some of the same spirit.
David Byrne - Report From L.A. (1986)
YouTube video by Lych Book
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February 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Started microdosing dignity. No noticeable effects so far.
January 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fun experiment and beautiful results! I wish more people were working on this. #veganfilm #filmmaking
Vegan Analogue Film - Making Of Vlog
YouTube video by Josephine Ahnelt
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January 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
early animation on 35mm for magic lanterns
Film cromolitografici (1897) @iconaus
YouTube video by Iconauta
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January 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM