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John Bleasdale

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The Magic Hours: the Life of Terrence Malick Darkness Visible: the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World/Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/7LMnm5Gfb42qUV5qLdymMp?si=CC_zOz5ERTWFm_iij8ImAg

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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 1h

That’s it. I don’t want to disengage from social media. But boy… sometimes.

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Worse than spoilers by far are the people who tell you when you e just bought a book or you say you’re on your way to a film “I liked it but didn’t love it” or some such.
They should die gory and painful deaths.

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Good to get my good friend’s new novel today

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On it

John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 14h

Was Nero the first “can we separate the art from the artist” guy?

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I realized today that because of Rex Harrison, Peter O’Toole, Tinto Brass, Derek Jacobi and Peter Ustinov I know who the first five Roman emperors were.

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Good morning

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I realized today that because of Rex Harrison, Peter O’Toole, Tinto Brass, Derek Jacobi and Peter Ustinov I know who the first five Roman emperors were.

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It had to be her

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You take those both back.

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Get your coat

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On the road

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And Matthew Modine

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The Nobel Peace Prize is not a victory for anyone who is anti Trump or particularly pro democracy. Maria Machado is pro Trump and pro Netanyahu. A conservative who’s certainly more democratic than Maduro but that’s a low bar. The decision feels like a fudge more aimed at defusing Trump’s ire.

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For me Kubrick was always fascinated by these white bread Americans like Ryan O’Neal and Cruise. He liked blandness.

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Behind the scenes of a deleted scene being shot for Eyes Wide Shut

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True Detective Season 0.1

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Fucking spoiler much

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Call in Van Halen

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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Maybe but he was an actor with a fair bit of stage and tv experience (some film). He’d also studied acting a fair bit by the time he did No. Later many claimed he was raw but that was to burnish their own myths of having found him.

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Yes. That ending you could literally put a wooden post next to dead Diana Rigg and you’d have me in tears. And they did and it does.

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Spotted in a bookstore

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The first one had a golden age Harry Harrison feel that I liked but it was so self serious.

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Coming to London for the weekend. To participate in this whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...

The Director’s Chair | BFI London Film Festival 2025

Delve into the filmographies of iconic filmmakers, with a panel of authors and film critics.

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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 2d

He used to tell good stories which used groundbreaking special effects. Now it feels like the special effects are everything and the story comes far far behind.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 2d

I hereby nominate the Portland Frog for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 3d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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