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jam @socialistboat.dad · 3d

One of the earliest examples of bar jokes is
Sumerian (c. 4500-1900 BC), and it features a dog:
"A dog walked into a tavern and said, 'I can't see a thing. I'll open this one!" [1] The humor of it is probably related to the Sumer way of life and has been lost, but the words remain.

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LE ALTRE (1969) dir. Alessandro Fallay
Sandy and Flavia are a domestic lesbian couple who want a child. An advertising company and a tabloid paper catch wind of this and attempt to capitalise from the potential scandal.

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Gabriel Carvalho @gabirucarvalho.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nesta sexta, 22/08, às 23h59, tem "Satyricon", de Federico Fellini, no Estação NET Botafogo.

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · 17d

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Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 18d

Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Jun 2

A BLACK RIBBON FOR DEBORAH (1974) dir. Marcello Andrei

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 24d

Whatever its merits for other uses, I hope archivists can agree that generative AI is a really bad idea for archival description. If you're trying to explain the context for rare materials, you are never, in a trillion years, going to get that by pointing an algorithm at them

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · 24d

Levana, the forgotten Third Mother in Luigi Cozzi's THE BLACK CAT (1989). Her appearance actually brings to mind Mater Tenebrarum, Our Lady of Darkness from Thomas De Quincey's SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS.

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Cineau @cineau74.bsky.social · 27d

Frame of the Day

Dream figures superimposed on one another in various colours from green man to red woman to various dancers from Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)

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Seth Bob-Omb @theflemishseth.bsky.social · Sep 1

August 31st / September 1st

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 27

suspiria (1977) dir. dario argento
nutcracker fantasy (1979) dir. takeo nakamura

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 27

GREYING OUT by Gamevial

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 24

An excerpt from Guy Maddin's SEANCES.

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 21

CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER (1962) dir. Albert Zugsmith
INFERNO (1980) dir. Dario Argento

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Aug 20

Tremendous piece by Chris Person on the pointless mutilation of film history by morons, overeager tech-heads (a subspecies of moron), and directors who've gotten lost in the sauce of unbridled capitalism.

aftermath.site/true-lies-4k...

They Want You To Forget What A Film Looks Like - Aftermath

The 4K transfer of True Lies is what happens when a company uses proprietary tech to overwrite and denoise history.

aftermath.site

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 18

IL FUOCO (1915) dir. Giovanni Pastrone

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 16

A HAUNTED TURKISH BATHHOUSE (1975) dir. Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · Aug 8

cozy horror is horror downtime - hooking up in the save room, telling stories on the Jaws boat, waiting for the killer as he's checking every house. marking time, waiting for death - life goes on, ruled by fear.

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 9

CINEMA BEFORE 1300 (2023) dir. Jerome Hiler

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 4

CHOCOLAT (2000) dir. Lasse Hallstrom

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 3

Baise m’encor, rebaise-moi et baise ;
Donne m’en un de tes plus savoureux,
Donne m’en un de tes plus amoureux :
Je t’en rendrai quatre plus chauds que braise.

Solange Pradel as an immortal heavily implied to be the Renaissance French poetess Louise Labé.

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Aug 3

Edwardian fashion goals in APHRODITE (1982) dir. Robert Fuest.

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Tragic Exorcist @tragicexorcist.bsky.social · Jul 30

Poster vs Film
LE DIAVOLESSE - Italian release of GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY (1971) dir. Bruno Gantillon