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“Fukumoto’s career spans a half century, originating in the postwar heyday...”
– fascinating little story on NPR this morning about Kirareyaku (“chopped-up actors”), stuntmen in Japanese period pieces who specialize in being spectacularly destroyed by samurai
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“[Gandalf] laid his hand on the pony’s head, and spoke in a low voice....”
– “Sam burst into tears” = Sarah burst into tears (*)
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“‘Bill, my lad,’ he said, ‘you oughtn’t to have took up...”
– favorite relationship in LotR right now: Sam and Bill the pony
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“At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some...”
– I’ve never had a reading experience like The Lord of the Rings before, where there was already a dense layer of emotion and memory to draw from before reading the first page. It’s a wonderful and deeply satisfying way to read a story, though it can be a little overwhelming. Sometimes,...
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“The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is the...”
– Mark Twain
“I couldn’t sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I...”
– Darren Aronofsky (via fuckyeahfilmsets)
wait what
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“He then told them many remarkable stories, sometimes half as if speaking to...”
– I think my friend’s dad was Tom Bombadil.
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