There was a point, 3 yrs ago, when Israel felt compelled to explain its attacks on hospitals. Then it realized Western govts aren’t fussed about such war crimes & Western media was happy to justify them. And so here we are: dozens of hospitals bombed in Gaza, Iran & Lebanon.
this is what I mean about linklater being one of the only american directors that can block a scene anymore. look at the depth. if they shot this now it would be tight on billy's face with a blurred shallow focus behind him. co-sign the tweet too btw billy rocks
Gaspar Noé explains the reason he used Cocaine while filming "Irreversible" (2002):
"Most of the movie, I was doing the camera, it was a handheld camera. And I’m not proud of this but — I’m not a cokehead, I get allergic — but there were some members of the crew that were doing coke and when the camera has to go up the stairs, down the stairs and turn around, at a point, my arms were hurting and my friends on the set were giving me coke. And you feel strong and you feel like a superhero, you run up the stairs and turn the camera. I was really happy that helped me achieve the scene.
But after two days of shooting up the stairs and down the stairs and turning the camera, I’m not a strong man at all but the camera was very heavy. I had done such a muscular effort that the moment this spell of cocaine was over, the pain started and I could not even raise a glass of vodka.[laughs]"
("Why Gaspar Noé Directed on Cocaine, Masturbated in His Own Film and Shot a Live Birth", Tarek Shoukri, Indiewire, 2015)
P.S: On this day, 24 years ago, "Irreversible" (2002) was released in France & India.
This is fucking vile. Deeply ashamed. We can’t ever look down our noses at Newcastle, Man City or any of those clubs as long as things stay this way @LFC
Something FAR more important than Slot.
@spiritofshankly have talks taken place with the club in the past regarding Standard Chartered, AXA etc?
This needs to be the highest priority.
Liverpool FC is top of the table, but not of a league to be proud of.
A 4-2 pasting at the hands of Aston Villa on Friday night affirmed the Reds’ mediocre season on the pitch. But, according to campaigners, Liverpool is number one in complicity in the Gaza genocide.
War on Want have published a league table of Premier League clubs’ ties to Israeli actions in Palestine.
Liverpool are ahead of north London rivals Arsenal and Spurs in joint second place.
Man United and Man City are tied in third place while the fourth spot is shared by Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton and Fulham.
The league table is part of a report entitled Red Card: English Premier League Complicity in Israel’s Atrocities Against the Palestinians. The report says at least 15 Premier League sponsors have connections to the military assault on Gaza, the construction of illegal settlements and the wider system of apartheid.
Liverpool’s shirt sponsor, Standard Chartered, provided $15.4bn (£11.5bn) to 24 complicit businesses between January and August 2025.
The Premier League itself is sponsored by Barclays bank, which the report says has provided billions to 49 complicit companies.
Neil Sammonds, senior campaigner on Palestine at War on Want, said: “These clubs speak proudly about equality, inclusion and community. Yet behind the branding, some are using ‘sportswashing’ to sanitise corporations connected to some of the gravest crimes and humanitarian catastrophes of our time.
“Palestinian footballers are being killed. Stadiums are turned into detention camps. Child players are buried beneath rubble.
“The Premier League has shown before that it can act when sponsorship becomes morally toxic. The question is why Palestinian lives appear to count for less.”
One of the most shameful episodes in our club's history. Billy Hogan, Gordon, Henry, any executive responsible needs to be driven out of the club. It's been known for years as well. What's the point of a supporters board if they never call this out?