Ilya Glazkov

@ilglaz.bsky.social

33 || Writer by trade. Film scholar by education. Pacifist by choice. Geek by passion. Myself by nature || He/Him

Who is the fictional character you relate to? I'll be greedy and take four, one for each of my favourite franchises. I'm generally unlucky (but win BIG when it really matters) and distrustful of authority. Nerdy at work and in life. Tender and caring with my loved ones, but radioactive to assholes.

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13th Jedi@13thjedi.bsky.social · 3d ago

Who is the fictional character you relate to the most? I also say Rey. No one can define who you are besides yourself. You can create your own path between who you want to be. You’re not your bloodline. That resonates deeply with me. Also, her strength, resilience and compassion resonates with me

TIL of an American James Bond knock-off 'Remo Williams', made in 1985 by an actual Bond director Guy Hamilton. Williams has a mentor / sidekick named Chiun, a Korean master of the anicent martial art Sinanju. And this Chiun fella is somehow played by... Joel Grey. Yes, the emcee from Cabaret.

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This might sound pretentious, but I always felt like Terrence Malick's latest films visualized a sort of divine, free-flowing, all-connecting presence that's very similar to The Force. So, when I think about it, I usually think of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM3E...

Moldau. The Tree of Life.

YouTube video by Isaac Martín

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Tom@darthinternous.bsky.social · 5d ago

When you think of "The Force" what's the first single image that comes to mind? #StarWars

There are so many different audiences for different movies and there's no magical rule to follow to get a hit and anyone who claims to know the rule is a grifter.

Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.
William Goldman, Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and
Screenwriting

Heads up, my friends from abroad! Very soon you'll finally get a chance to see one of the finest films (and boldest adaptations) of the past few years. Part gothic romance, part jazzy retrofuturist dystopia, part social satire that feels all too timely today.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · last wk.

New trailer for 'The Master and Margarita' Based on the acclaimed fantasy and satirical novel about the Devil wreaking havoc in Soviet Moscow, written while author Mikhail Bulgakov was being censored Releasing in the US September 18

Finally got to see Radu Jude's #Dracula, and it is my civic duty to inform you that not only does this hilarious film satirize modernity (and specifically genAI) cannibalizing and commodifying stories of the past. It also features a novella about a field of dicks.

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Watching the Russian dub of #TheOdyssey (the only one available in IMAX), I was worried how they might treat Elliot Page's appearance. Pretty much every CIS country has some form of anti-queer legislation. And yet: 1) His role is not edited down at all 2) He's dubbed by an unambiguously male voice

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I read elsewhere that Zendaya's Athena is portrayed almost like Odysseus's imaginary friend. Personally, I really dig this kind of "modernized" depiction of gods, rooted in personal faith and experiences. The point is not in them guiding the heroes, but in heroes *believing* that they do.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3w ago

Christopher Nolan’s Homer adaptation presents a modern, relatable Odysseus, rather than trying to understand the ancient world on its own terms. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Not sure what movie y'all saw or whether I'm missing something, but I thought #AfterTheHunt was terrific. Impeccably edited, cleverly staged, gorgeously designed. Written with acid and empathy in equal measure. Probably Reznor/Ross's most unnerving score since The Social Network.

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