Rob Tyers
@thexclaim6.bsky.social
Leeds via Leicester. Project Manager. Band member. Ex-zine author. 📚 and records. Punk. Cinema. Old stones. The Long Sixties. Modernism. Weird fiction. Film Noir. JG Ballard. You get the idea…
Now reading - The Blue Room (1964) by Simenon
I really enjoyed the film adaptation from 2014 (very Chabrol) and am looking forward to seeing how faithful it is to the book
This also might be the raunchiest Simenon judging from the first page!
#booksky
I really enjoyed the film adaptation from 2014 (very Chabrol) and am looking forward to seeing how faithful it is to the book
This also might be the raunchiest Simenon judging from the first page!
#booksky
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Now reading - The Blue Room (1964) by Simenon
I really enjoyed the film adaptation from 2014 (very Chabrol) and am looking forward to seeing how faithful it is to the book
This also might be the raunchiest Simenon judging from the first page!
#booksky
I really enjoyed the film adaptation from 2014 (very Chabrol) and am looking forward to seeing how faithful it is to the book
This also might be the raunchiest Simenon judging from the first page!
#booksky
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December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Bought someone this Alien bookend for Christmas but I immediately dropped it when opening the package and a bit broke off, so decided to keep it for myself…🤷♂️
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Bought someone this Alien bookend for Christmas but I immediately dropped it when opening the package and a bit broke off, so decided to keep it for myself…🤷♂️
It’s easy to elevate Brazil’s stature but comparing its vibrancy and freshness with the familiar and comparative drabness of 1984
It’s essentially the difference between a work that uses source material as an imaginative launchpad (and which ends up a masterpiece) and a ‘solid adaptation’…
It’s essentially the difference between a work that uses source material as an imaginative launchpad (and which ends up a masterpiece) and a ‘solid adaptation’…
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It’s easy to elevate Brazil’s stature but comparing its vibrancy and freshness with the familiar and comparative drabness of 1984
It’s essentially the difference between a work that uses source material as an imaginative launchpad (and which ends up a masterpiece) and a ‘solid adaptation’…
It’s essentially the difference between a work that uses source material as an imaginative launchpad (and which ends up a masterpiece) and a ‘solid adaptation’…
Then there’s the visuals. I was surprised to learn it’s an early work of cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s famous for working so much with Coen Brothers and Denis Villeneuve
And it does look great, incorporating inspiration from propaganda films into a unified vision of Dystopian Grey…
And it does look great, incorporating inspiration from propaganda films into a unified vision of Dystopian Grey…
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Then there’s the visuals. I was surprised to learn it’s an early work of cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s famous for working so much with Coen Brothers and Denis Villeneuve
And it does look great, incorporating inspiration from propaganda films into a unified vision of Dystopian Grey…
And it does look great, incorporating inspiration from propaganda films into a unified vision of Dystopian Grey…
Just like in the novel, a good chunk of the film is a two-hander, and it has a certain play-like claustrophobia that I actually really dug
I also enjoyed how a lot of the detail was left in the background. As the source novel can be accused of being a bit “subtext is for cowards”, it’s well handled
I also enjoyed how a lot of the detail was left in the background. As the source novel can be accused of being a bit “subtext is for cowards”, it’s well handled
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just like in the novel, a good chunk of the film is a two-hander, and it has a certain play-like claustrophobia that I actually really dug
I also enjoyed how a lot of the detail was left in the background. As the source novel can be accused of being a bit “subtext is for cowards”, it’s well handled
I also enjoyed how a lot of the detail was left in the background. As the source novel can be accused of being a bit “subtext is for cowards”, it’s well handled
John Hurt is also particularly great. Towards the end, when he’s beaten, broken and dehumanised, you can’t help but be reminded of his performance as The Elephant Man from five years earlier…
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
John Hurt is also particularly great. Towards the end, when he’s beaten, broken and dehumanised, you can’t help but be reminded of his performance as The Elephant Man from five years earlier…
It’s an archetype Burton performance in many ways, which, like so many, hinges on that signature voice
It’s interesting that he portrayed Trotsky a decade earlier too in a fairly underrated Losey film, Trotsky being the obvious inspiration for O’Brien’s mirror / nemesis Goldstein…
It’s interesting that he portrayed Trotsky a decade earlier too in a fairly underrated Losey film, Trotsky being the obvious inspiration for O’Brien’s mirror / nemesis Goldstein…
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s an archetype Burton performance in many ways, which, like so many, hinges on that signature voice
It’s interesting that he portrayed Trotsky a decade earlier too in a fairly underrated Losey film, Trotsky being the obvious inspiration for O’Brien’s mirror / nemesis Goldstein…
It’s interesting that he portrayed Trotsky a decade earlier too in a fairly underrated Losey film, Trotsky being the obvious inspiration for O’Brien’s mirror / nemesis Goldstein…
Leaving Cambridge today, what a great city. Will be back
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December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Leaving Cambridge today, what a great city. Will be back
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Interior of The Geldart. Great beer selection, Oakham well represented once again
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Interior of The Geldart. Great beer selection, Oakham well represented once again
Then onto The Geldart
There’s honestly a good pub on pretty much every corner in this area of Cambridge…
There’s honestly a good pub on pretty much every corner in this area of Cambridge…
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Then onto The Geldart
There’s honestly a good pub on pretty much every corner in this area of Cambridge…
There’s honestly a good pub on pretty much every corner in this area of Cambridge…
Some more pubs - the excellent Live and Let Live…
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Some more pubs - the excellent Live and Let Live…
And this little grotesque feature that’s a bit Alice in Wonderland…
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And this little grotesque feature that’s a bit Alice in Wonderland…
A 12th century font that features MERMEN (fish men)…
(Not my photo as I forgot to take one!)
(Not my photo as I forgot to take one!)
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A 12th century font that features MERMEN (fish men)…
(Not my photo as I forgot to take one!)
(Not my photo as I forgot to take one!)
A nice vibey Norman doorway…
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A nice vibey Norman doorway…
Opposite Kettle’s Yard is the tiny 12th century St Peter's Church, which has a couple of cool features…
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Opposite Kettle’s Yard is the tiny 12th century St Peter's Church, which has a couple of cool features…
Dream living space…
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dream living space…
I didn’t make a note of who everything was by, but here are a few more interiors I dug…
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I didn’t make a note of who everything was by, but here are a few more interiors I dug…
Went to Kettle’s Yard, former home of art curator Jim Ede and his wife Helen, preserved as the Edes left it in the 1970s. Basically a midcentury modernism art collection meets a domestic time capsule. So many Ben Nicholson pieces in particular. Loved it
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Went to Kettle’s Yard, former home of art curator Jim Ede and his wife Helen, preserved as the Edes left it in the 1970s. Basically a midcentury modernism art collection meets a domestic time capsule. So many Ben Nicholson pieces in particular. Loved it
Last pub after a brief and impromptu stop off at a goth night at The Blue Moon…
The Devonshire Arms. Another great pub I could have happily spent all night in
The Devonshire Arms. Another great pub I could have happily spent all night in
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Last pub after a brief and impromptu stop off at a goth night at The Blue Moon…
The Devonshire Arms. Another great pub I could have happily spent all night in
The Devonshire Arms. Another great pub I could have happily spent all night in
Next pub - Cambridge Blue. Such a good pub!
At this point we were essentially running away from a massive group of students who kept turning up at the pubs we were in, but they turned up here too 💀 They were fine but had that “outdoor voices used indoors” thing that posh people often have…
At this point we were essentially running away from a massive group of students who kept turning up at the pubs we were in, but they turned up here too 💀 They were fine but had that “outdoor voices used indoors” thing that posh people often have…
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Next pub - Cambridge Blue. Such a good pub!
At this point we were essentially running away from a massive group of students who kept turning up at the pubs we were in, but they turned up here too 💀 They were fine but had that “outdoor voices used indoors” thing that posh people often have…
At this point we were essentially running away from a massive group of students who kept turning up at the pubs we were in, but they turned up here too 💀 They were fine but had that “outdoor voices used indoors” thing that posh people often have…
A stop off to have an excellent Thai at ex-pub The Cricketers, just over the road from The Elm Tree. Massive portions and probably the best Thai I’ve had this year
December 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A stop off to have an excellent Thai at ex-pub The Cricketers, just over the road from The Elm Tree. Massive portions and probably the best Thai I’ve had this year
Yesterday evening we went to a run of absolutely TOP TIER pubs
First up, The Elm Tree. We overheard the landlady is stepping down in a couple of weeks but it’s apparently being taken over by a safe pair of hands
This is exactly my type of pub - bedded in ephemera, solid beer, mixed crowd…
First up, The Elm Tree. We overheard the landlady is stepping down in a couple of weeks but it’s apparently being taken over by a safe pair of hands
This is exactly my type of pub - bedded in ephemera, solid beer, mixed crowd…
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Yesterday evening we went to a run of absolutely TOP TIER pubs
First up, The Elm Tree. We overheard the landlady is stepping down in a couple of weeks but it’s apparently being taken over by a safe pair of hands
This is exactly my type of pub - bedded in ephemera, solid beer, mixed crowd…
First up, The Elm Tree. We overheard the landlady is stepping down in a couple of weeks but it’s apparently being taken over by a safe pair of hands
This is exactly my type of pub - bedded in ephemera, solid beer, mixed crowd…