February 2012
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“I’ve shared the onigiri (rice balls) that I make with my fellow cast-mates in...”
– Ken Watanabe talking about the time he shared rice balls with Leonardo Dicaprio and Cillian Murphy during the filming of Inception (x)
This is the best story ever. (Reblogged for immlass.) (Also, umeboshi onigiri are my favorite.)
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David Cronenberg: analyse this →
One continues to eyeroll at the journalistic convention of “Gawrsh, this person who makes these FREAKY-ASS MOVIES is a TOTALLY NORMAL PERSON! Who’da thunk it?”
I do like this quote from Cronenberg: “Usually I take three or four years between movies, but suddenly there it was and I wanted to make it. I haven’t turned my back on my past, but when I’m making a new...
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Well, well. Look what I found. →
Tucked away on the Focus Features web site (buried under miles of Flash, but somehow a search for “tinker tailor soldier spy conference room clock” got me there directly): the screenplay for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. By Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, and nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award.
P.S. I am sure that many fans will be glad to know that the shooting...
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“But oh my god WHY, WHY DID I SEARCH THE TUMBLR TAG, WHY WOULD I DO THAT, WHAT IS...”
– prescription cure for graphophobia: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Welcome to my experience of life as an older fan.
(via immlass)
hangingfire sez: Here is the #tinker tailor soldier spy tag summarized in four bullet points.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH SQUEEEEEEE
OMG TOM HARDY IN A SHIRT AND NO PANTS
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WatchThe Guardian visits a cat cafe in Tokyo, where customers can have coffee and play with kitties.
Warning: Cuteness overload may occur and may induce fits of squeaking and cooing.
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Dorian Lynskey: The tweelight of the gods →
I was going to post a quote from this (it contains gems like, “Innocentese poses as an authentic voice in a world of corporate liars. We’re not like them. We’re your best mate inexplicably treating you as if you’re a 10-year-old girl.”), but fuck it. Just go read it. He starts off with Sainsbury’s renaming of “tiger bread” to “giraffe bread” on the...
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“‘Mr Westerby, sir?’
‘Yes, old boy.’
Masters held out...”
– John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy
(This was written in 1977, by the way, and takes place in 1975; this scene occurs just after the Major has learned about the fall of Saigon.)
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January 2012
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“‘Meanwhile, you have my totally deniable blessing,’ said Enderby as...”
– John le Carré, Smiley’s People
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“Against stupidity, the gods themselves fight in vain, thought Smiley; but...”
– John le Carré, Smiley’s People
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“Q: What made you decide to start composing your own film scores? Was it out of...”
– John Carpenter, interviewed in The Quietus (via rocketsandrayguns)
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“At their first conference, as Wykys laid out the papers, he had said,...”
– Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
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emotionallychargedtowel replied to your quote: There is a letter George wrote to Ann Smiley
B. and I finally went to see Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy yesterday and it has left me really wanting to read some Le Carre.
Do it! You won’t regret it. I’ve gotten through Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy, and am saving the third Karla book (Smiley’s People) as a...
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“There is a letter George wrote to Ann Smiley—he says—in the heat of the crisis,...”
– John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy
Probably one of the most emotionally devastating spy novels you’ll ever read, by which I mean I recommend it wholeheartedly.
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“But there is a world of difference between the traditional notion of public...”
– Meghan Daum, “Haterade”, in The Believer
This is easily one of the top pieces I’ve read on the toxicity of comments sections and the shouty-shouty nature of internet discourse in the modern era. “Joining the conversation” is bullshit; it’s only worth it in fora...
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Rockets & Rayguns: My Filter Bubble →
rocketsandrayguns:
Every once in a while someone will ask me, “How did you find that?” and I start trying to explain what you see below.
This is a really great summary of an information-intake system, curated by trusted sources (i.e. one’s friends and others whose opinions one respects). Mine is fairly similar, although I haven’t yet come around on Flipboard.
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“Darkness”, a new song by Leonard...
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Cyberpunk Bowie, New Wave Bowie: A Look at Scary... →
My latest for Tor.com, for their Bowie Week series.
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WatchHappy New Year, folks. Via NME, here’s the video for the new Scissor Sisters single, “Shady Love”.