I don't remember the names of my great-grandparents.
I'm sure I must've known them, but given a crowd of faces; I doubt I could pick them out. And yet, Jonas Mekas makes me think that I could.
The Lithuanian hunches over an editing table, plunging his paint-splattered hands behind him like some dazed ballerina, reaching for a film strip at random. The tapes hang on his walls, frames draping in suspension, swaying in the New York breeze. Memories lost and…
Raban's camera views the London metropolis as if it's some divine witness. From the minute inhabitants scurrying like ants through glorious timelapses, to the sweeping awe of the panoramic views, this 28 minute snapshot evokes the feeling of some archaic and undefined gods returning to check up on the progress of their creations. What exactly might they find here, and more importantly; what might they think? Would they be proud of what we have become, or be repulsed by the…
moffat
/'mofat/
verb
To somehow fuck up an activity right at the end, often a piece of art, no matter how inconceivable this outcome once appeared. To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
"It was all going so well, but then he went and did a Moffat."
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Origin:
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(2007)
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Jekyll
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀____________|___________
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀| ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|
⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀\/ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀\/
⠀⠀⠀(2010-17)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (2010-17)
⠀⠀⠀Sherlock ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Doctor Who
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(2020)
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Dracula
Synonyms:
Gatiss (To suggest greatness despite constantly disappointing)
As bad as I remember. In fact; worse.
Quentin Tarantino's vapid mess of a follow-up swallows the novelties of Reservoir Dogs and regurgitates them into a sickening and gelatinous peak of post-modern cinema.
Hailed at the time for its never-before-seen non-linear narrative (The Killing? 8½? The Conformist?) and it's original decade-long dialogue scenes (Godard?) while simultaneously being praised for its ingenious "references" to these very works, Pulp Fiction laid the groundwork for the immature mediocrity that Tarantino would wallow in…
