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Man is the most bungled of all the animals, the sickliest, and not one has strayed more dangerously from its instincts. But for all that, he is of course the most interesting.
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist (via philosophybits)
Alfredo Müller (1869-1939) - La fuga (Series of the Arlecchinate) - 1918-1920
And later when we got into the car, he took a turn down a street that I was pretty sure was a dead end. ‘Where are we going?’ I asked. ‘I don’t know,’ he said ‘just driving.’ ‘But this road doesn’t go anywhere,’ I told him. ‘That doesn’t matter.’ ‘What does?’ I asked, after a little while. ‘Just that we’re on it, dude.’
Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero (via quotespile)
Denmark’s a prison. Then is the world one. Hamlet (1996), dir. Kenneth Branagh
Hamlet (1996)
Three equally adorable photos of Kenneth Branagh directing his adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” 1993.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017) | dir. Kenneth Branagh | USA
DoP: Haris Zambarloukos
... “Lux — the light, the sensually deluxe — in the end seems to fulfill the role of sacrificial virgin to which the boys’ objectification commits her, just as had her sister, Cecilia.” While the boys recognise her behaviour as self-destructive, their interest in watching her proves that she is indeed complying with the social expectations of the boys, and by extension society itself. Moreover, the male lovers expose society’s willingness to allow such behaviour, since plenty of men willing to have sex with Lux, an underage girl, yet none of them step forward to help her. Lux’s sexual activity during the novel indicates her acknowledgement of the social paradox, as she recognises that she cannot choose both sides like Cecilia so she chooses to follow society’s expectations...
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
“Cecilia was the first to go.”
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA
Cinematography by Edward Lachman
The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.
Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake (via quotespile)
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (2005)
tumblr messed up custom themes again
how to fix it:
Ctrl+F
type in “http” in the search bar and “https” under the ‘replace’ box
hit “all”
now your theme will allow you to save
?????
hell site
Look for the unimaginable inside the ordinary. Go to places you would not ordinarily go alone - riverbanks. Deep woods. The part of the ocean shore where peoples’ gazes disappear. Wade in all waters. Let your imagination change what you know.
Lidia Yuknavitch, from her preface of “The Chronology of Water,” c. 2011 (via violentwavesofemotion)
