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Villain by Accident: a blog about Conrad Veidt - https://villainbyaccident.blogspot.com/ Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/2VHXj PI.FYI - https://www.pi.fyi/u/chiaroscuros

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chiaroscuros@chiaroscuros.bsky.social · last mo.

An interesting double exposure of Conrad Veidt and Lupe Vélez, photographed by Edward Steichen, August 1928. The composition with her hat in a semi-circle above his right eye and their arms creating a ghostly triangle give the photo an almost Dada-esque quality.

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chiaroscuros@chiaroscuros.bsky.social · last mo.

Writing about silent film is really freaking hard sometimes. Because there's often zero accessible info about the actual production process for any given film or even certain filmmakers. I guess that's why so many people write about them through a social/cultural lens (lol).

chiaroscuros@chiaroscuros.bsky.social · last mo.

Uuuugh, what do you do when you see someone post a photo with incorrect info in the caption and you know for sure it's wrong? Is it super rude to comment with the correct info? Like "hey I think this is actually from [x y z]" or is that a major faux pas? Siri, how do I be normal on the internet??

chiaroscuros@chiaroscuros.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Conrad Veidt in Hollywood: The 1940s, Part II is all about the 1941 MGM film, A Woman's Face. I think this film features one of Veidt's all time best performances. Torsten Barring is textbook classic film villainy played to perfection by Connie, opposite Joan Crawford at the height of her powers.

Veidt in Hollywood: The 1940s, Part II

I play the greatest meanie in the world. I befriend a girl who has never had a friend, and then, when she falls desperately in love with m...

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chiaroscuros@chiaroscuros.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Coming soon to Villain By Accident: Conrad Veidt in Hollywood, Part 2, all about the 1941 film, A Woman's Face. It's one of my personal favorite Veidt performances, and if you haven't seen it I highly recommend checking it out before it leaves HBO Max later this month.

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jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.