CyR00k

Overeducated underemployed, Geek, Sometime Artist and Writer, Electronics Tech, Lover of books.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Word of the Day: SAUÐLJÓST (Icelandic) - the time of day when there is just enough light to herd one’s sheep; literally ‘sheep-bright’.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Computer scientist Sara Hooker on underestimating difficulty:

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The biggest flex is a well read mind.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

50 years ago today, Aardman began making films.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

In case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

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[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

People will say, 'There are a million ways to shoot a scene,' but I don't think so. I think there're two, maybe. And the other one is wrong. DAVID FINCHER

[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

“There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.”

― Akira Kurosawa from his book "Something Like an Autobiography"

Full excerpt:

“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.”

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

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[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“If you want a new idea, read an old book.”

— Ivan Pavlov

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.”

— Paulo Coelho

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

— Bertrand Russell

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.”

— Isaac Asimov

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but not very able to think.”

— Rod Serling

[CyR00k @CyR00k]

@auteurhouse This is a rather arbitrary division as many of the people on the 'did not go the film school' side went to art school. They studied photography, graphic design, or other media as did David Lynch who is listed in the 'went to film school' side.

[Hesse Philosophy @HermannHessed]

“The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.”

― Albert Camus

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

THE BIG SLEEP turns 80 today.

The movie became famous for a mystery even the filmmakers couldn’t solve. Howard Hawks & Humphrey Bogart actually wired Raymond Chandler asking who killed the chauffeur Owen Taylor. Chandler admitted he had no idea either.