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Matt Page (he/him)

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Author/speaker on film. Wrote the BFI book "100 Bible Films". Also has soft spots for Italian cinema, silent movies, Pasolini, Rossellini, Straub/Huillet & HItchcock. Love a good podcast. NFP data geek by day.

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year everyone!
If your New Year's resolution was to read more books, or learn more stuff, then my book 100 BIBLE FILMS might be just the ticket.
It's wide-ranging, easy to read & beautifully illustrated. It also won an academic choice award.
Hope you have a smashing 2025!
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100 Bible Films (BFI Screen Guides)

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations

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Congratulations

Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I’m going to take some persuading that AI uses them in a higher proportion than most writers have historically, but sadly now this has become a thing people “know” it makes them feel smart to act upon it.

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#SeeingFaces #pareidolia

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Tristan Ettleman @ettletodd.bsky.social · 5d

Here are the five most selected films for The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1907!

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List of the five most selected films for The 5 Best Films of Year Ever: 1907. #1 - The Policemen’s Little Run, Ferdinand Zecca. #2 - The Irresistible Piano, Alice Guy-Blache. #3 - The Haunted Hotel, J Stuart Blackton. #4 - The Dancing Pig, unknown. #5 - Vancouver, William Harbeck

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 7d

Brilliant, thank you

Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 7d

For me, it's a toss up between Singing in the Rain and Cinema Paradiso.

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 7d

Don't think I've seen this before, though I've long been suspicious of the often-made-claim that early audiences (pluralj ran out of the theatres .

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 7d

Never used it

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Congratulations

Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 9d

I'm currently watching BLOOD FEUD with Loren and Marcello Mastroianni which might give it a good run for its money.

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 10d

I think you might find it describes the physical aspects of the photo, but not its significance. It might give you “3 older men sitting on chairs” but won’t mention that it’s Churchill, Stalin & FDR or be able to interpret subtleties in position, stance, eye direction etc.

Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 11d

Never expect the electorate to hold consistent & coherrent positions

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 13d

Rudolf Höss in THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 16d

It looks properly wild, and I am here for it.

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 16d

That's a great list. I think I'd have Blackadder further up and add Red Dwarf, but The Good Life and Reggie Perrin would be up there too.

Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 19d

A particularly tough call for those of us heavily invested in Italian movies. We're split three (if not four) ways. At best can only watch a third of PAISÀ.

I suppose Cinecittà is in B so for volume, if nothing else, I might go for that, but it has the worst other countries, so it's a tough call.