Amanda Scott 💙
@amandascott2023.bsky.social
Jungian. Cinéphile. Lawyer. Chess fanatic. CEO NanoApps Medical Creative Dir. Alias
"You are the music while the music lasts.'
T.S. Elliot
Sydney Aust. No DMs
"You are the music while the music lasts.'
T.S. Elliot
Sydney Aust. No DMs
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Romy Schneider's performance as Lily, the complex and vulnerable "femme fatale," was highly acclaimed and marked a significant shift in her career, moving to more challenging, sophisticated characters.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Romy Schneider's performance as Lily, the complex and vulnerable "femme fatale," was highly acclaimed and marked a significant shift in her career, moving to more challenging, sophisticated characters.
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Louise Brooks #BOTD
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Louise Brooks #BOTD
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
Henri Langlois #BOTD
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Henri Langlois #BOTD
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
On November 13, 1872 #OTD Claude Monet painted "Impression, soleil levant" from his studio window in a single morning.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On November 13, 1872 #OTD Claude Monet painted "Impression, soleil levant" from his studio window in a single morning.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
Roland Barthes #BOTD
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Roland Barthes #BOTD
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
Kathie: I don't want to die.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Kathie: I don't want to die.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
Day 11. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Out Of The Past'
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Day 11. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Out Of The Past'
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Day 10. I'll be watching 'In A Lonely Place'
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Day 10. I'll be watching 'In A Lonely Place'
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Ennio Morricone 🙏 #BOTD
"I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie."
Ennio Morricone
Composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works
"I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie."
Ennio Morricone
Composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ennio Morricone 🙏 #BOTD
"I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie."
Ennio Morricone
Composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works
"I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie."
Ennio Morricone
Composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works
Abraham Polonsky. 🙏 You were so fortunate to spend time with him. Force of Evil is just great.
When summoned before HUAC, only once during his testimony did Polonsky offer a response. He was asked for the names of the men he worked with in the OSS.
He replied, "It's none of your business."👊
When summoned before HUAC, only once during his testimony did Polonsky offer a response. He was asked for the names of the men he worked with in the OSS.
He replied, "It's none of your business."👊
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Abraham Polonsky. 🙏 You were so fortunate to spend time with him. Force of Evil is just great.
When summoned before HUAC, only once during his testimony did Polonsky offer a response. He was asked for the names of the men he worked with in the OSS.
He replied, "It's none of your business."👊
When summoned before HUAC, only once during his testimony did Polonsky offer a response. He was asked for the names of the men he worked with in the OSS.
He replied, "It's none of your business."👊
Joe Morse: I'm a lawyer - your clever little lawyer - and I've taken over the formation of this numbers monopoly to make it legal, respectable, and very profitable for you. And I've done it for two reasons.
Ben Tucker: What's the second reason?
Ben Tucker: What's the second reason?
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Joe Morse: I'm a lawyer - your clever little lawyer - and I've taken over the formation of this numbers monopoly to make it legal, respectable, and very profitable for you. And I've done it for two reasons.
Ben Tucker: What's the second reason?
Ben Tucker: What's the second reason?
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 9. I'll be watching Force of Evil (1948), 4K restoration
Dir. Abraham Polonsky
#Noirvember
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 9. I'll be watching Force of Evil (1948), 4K restoration
Dir. Abraham Polonsky
#Noirvember
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 9. I'll be watching Force of Evil (1948), 4K restoration
Dir. Abraham Polonsky
#Noirvember
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 9. I'll be watching Force of Evil (1948), 4K restoration
Dir. Abraham Polonsky
#Noirvember
Alain Delon 🙏 #BOTD
(November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024)
2024:
"I hate the current era; I'm fed up with it! I constantly see truly detestable creatures. Everything is fake; everything is replaceable. Everyone laughs at others without looking at themselves. There's not even respect for one's word."
(November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024)
2024:
"I hate the current era; I'm fed up with it! I constantly see truly detestable creatures. Everything is fake; everything is replaceable. Everyone laughs at others without looking at themselves. There's not even respect for one's word."
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Alain Delon 🙏 #BOTD
(November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024)
2024:
"I hate the current era; I'm fed up with it! I constantly see truly detestable creatures. Everything is fake; everything is replaceable. Everyone laughs at others without looking at themselves. There's not even respect for one's word."
(November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024)
2024:
"I hate the current era; I'm fed up with it! I constantly see truly detestable creatures. Everything is fake; everything is replaceable. Everyone laughs at others without looking at themselves. There's not even respect for one's word."
"When the game is over, the king and pawn go back to the same box".
Proverb
Sydney Hyde Park - I enjoy playing there but I have the most fun watching the homeless totally thrash judges, magistrates and lawyers.
Proverb
Sydney Hyde Park - I enjoy playing there but I have the most fun watching the homeless totally thrash judges, magistrates and lawyers.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"When the game is over, the king and pawn go back to the same box".
Proverb
Sydney Hyde Park - I enjoy playing there but I have the most fun watching the homeless totally thrash judges, magistrates and lawyers.
Proverb
Sydney Hyde Park - I enjoy playing there but I have the most fun watching the homeless totally thrash judges, magistrates and lawyers.
'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.'
C. G. Jung
C. G. Jung
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.'
C. G. Jung
C. G. Jung
Hoover's FBI kept tabs on famed philosophers and authors Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, in hopes of discovering whether existentialism and absurdism were just communism in disguise. 🕵️
Camus’s New York Diary, 1946
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/03...
Camus’s New York Diary, 1946
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/03...
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Hoover's FBI kept tabs on famed philosophers and authors Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, in hopes of discovering whether existentialism and absurdism were just communism in disguise. 🕵️
Camus’s New York Diary, 1946
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/03...
Camus’s New York Diary, 1946
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/03...
Albert Camus #BOTD
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Albert Camus
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Albert Camus
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Albert Camus #BOTD
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Albert Camus
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Albert Camus
Joni Mitchell 🙏#BOTD
"I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow and doesn't want to lead."
Joni Mitchell
"I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow and doesn't want to lead."
Joni Mitchell
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Joni Mitchell 🙏#BOTD
"I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow and doesn't want to lead."
Joni Mitchell
"I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow and doesn't want to lead."
Joni Mitchell
'People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.'
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.'
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Meanwhile, Argentina enjoyed Trump's $20bn currency swap bailout. It's supposedly an attempt to stabilize their shaky economy.
Below: Argentina's Javier Milei - he's the unstable one who handed Musk his 'Chainsaw for Democracy' so he could get to work on USAID and the rest.
To save money.
Below: Argentina's Javier Milei - he's the unstable one who handed Musk his 'Chainsaw for Democracy' so he could get to work on USAID and the rest.
To save money.
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Meanwhile, Argentina enjoyed Trump's $20bn currency swap bailout. It's supposedly an attempt to stabilize their shaky economy.
Below: Argentina's Javier Milei - he's the unstable one who handed Musk his 'Chainsaw for Democracy' so he could get to work on USAID and the rest.
To save money.
Below: Argentina's Javier Milei - he's the unstable one who handed Musk his 'Chainsaw for Democracy' so he could get to work on USAID and the rest.
To save money.