Still thinking about Aftersun. Today, *THE* shot. And I’m thinking about it because it distils in a single frame some heavy things I’ve grown up with and experienced since becoming a father that it overwhelms me to see on screen. I feel like this one’s going to need a thread 🧵:
There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records. A THREAD.
1/11: In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in @Variety
Happy birthday to the radiant star Maggie Cheung! Here she is Wong Kar-wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, giving one of the most quietly devastating and exquisitely aching performances ever captured on-screen. ❣️❣️❣️
I am absolutely devastated about Norm Macdonald. Norm had the most unique comedic voice I have ever encountered and he was so relentlessly and uncompromisingly funny. I will never laugh that hard again. I'm so sad for all of us today.
Can’t believe Flo Rida says “so many girls in here, where do I begin” and “where them girls at” in the same song. They are right in here. So many of them.