
tom_quinn
@tom_quinn
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Filmmaker (Colewell, The New Year Parade). I’m also taking a photo of each person I get to see since being vaccinated. IG: tq_photofilm
Philadelphia
Joined September 2007
NBC News: "Do you believe E. Jean Carroll?" Stefanik: "No, of course not… The media is so biased. This is just another example of the media being out of touch." NBC News: "It’s not the media, it's a jury that found he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll."
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It’s already bad and then you realize there are decent odds Vance becomes president in the next 2-3 years.
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Print is still viable for journalism -- those magazines that have survived can make $$$, and there are new ones popping up, like the soon-to-be-resurrected Atlantic -- but I think the key is, it has to be be an OBJECT that has a physical identity & isn't just words on paper.
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My uncle’s friend Hawk was a feared gangsta. He was ruthless but he was also a chess wizard. According to the streets, Hawk only lost 1 once, years ago, when he was in prison. So imagine my surprise when my uncle told Hawk: “l bet $100 my nephew will kick your ass A thread
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Love these matching compositions in The Farewell. There’s so much subtle work throughout the film.
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So I went to see Transformers One because of @TFHypeGuy and I must say, I am disappointed... THAT IT IS NOT BEING PROMOTED BY PARAMOUNT AT ALL! WATCH TRANSFORMERS ONE AND YOU WILL FIND THIS THE BEST TRANSFORMER FILM EVER! THANK YOU, TF HYPE GUY #TFWeekend
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"Megalopolis only seems 'indulgent' by the impoverished standards of American popular cinema, which has been so degraded by anti-intellectualism by this point that even Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Wes Anderson are mocked as pretentious."
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How many times in a filmmaker’s life do they get the chance to do something that makes no sense to anyone but them?
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If the horizon’s at the bottom, it’s interesting.
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Toxic fandoms have grown so powerful that while talent, executives and publicists privately bemoan the issue, fear of triggering another backlash kept several studios from speaking for this story.
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The threat of toxic fandoms — from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings to Bridgerton and Game of Thrones — has become an intractable headache for almost every studio.
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Imagine telling your grandmother she needs to tweak her special dish so that everyone with taste buds will enjoy it. Just seems like every time a “weird” movie actually escapes the studios and enters the real world. Everyone should just appreciate it for the miracle it is.
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I mean, who among us hasn't gone to a screening room by choice to watch a film about an actor who became one of the most beloved stars in the world and then was paralyzed and became a disability rights activist and been bored and scrolled Insta every five minutes for 2 hrs
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Sound designer, Randy Thom has compiled a list of films that successfully use sound to embody change in the character's personality, psychology, or attitude. If you’re a filmmaker of any kind, this is worth a read https://t.co/sbWN3itCgb
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by Randy Thom Film characters become more relatable when audiences are invited to not just see their world but to hear it as they do, especially as the character’s personality and psychology evolve…
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Martin Amis succumbing to E.T. in a 1982 profile of Spielberg. RIP to a giant whose novels and assorted writings were a huge kick in the butt for me when I was young
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imagine explaining this to abraham lincoln
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