- ‘Amigo’ is sterile re-creation of bloody chapter | OregonLive.com
- The latest film from erstwhile indie-film guru John Sayles, “Amigo,” takes a compelling, resonant piece of America’s past (namely its invasion and occupation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century) and uses it as the basis for something that resembles a History Channel re-creation more than a piece of cinematic art. …
- no shit.
- …historically, up until the last few generations, the vast majority of people either made their own clothing or had their clothing made by tailors and seamstresses. You had your clothing made to accommodate the measurements of your individual body, and then you moved the fuck on. Nothing on the show or in People magazine is off the rack and unaltered. He said that what they do is ignore the actual size numbers on the tags, find something that fits an individual’s widest place, and then have it completely altered to fit. …
- I thought about all the times I’ve stood in a fitting room and stared up at the lights and bit my lip so hard it bled, just to keep myself from crying about how nothing fits the way it’s supposed to. No one told me that it wasn’t supposed to. I guess I just didn’t know. I was too busy thinking that I was the one that didn’t fit.
- Step into my film school! The importance of casting in breaking open movie stereotypes — Feministe
- …the world they’ve seen on screen since they were born, the one where white men with strong jaws are the default human and everyone else is “other.”
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