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"He slept that night in his own country and he had a dream wherein he saw God's pilgrims laboring upon a darkened verge in the last of the twilight of that day and they seemed to be returning from some deep enterprise that was not of war nor were they yet in flight but rather seemed coming from some labor to which perhaps these and all other things stood subjugate."
The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy


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Procrastination Theatre: April 26, 2012 Looking back on it, I’m realizing it’s actually hard to overstate how much I disliked this movie. Or as Hemingway would say it, this was not a good or a true movie. Problem #1: the whole premise of the movie is just sort of weird and disingenuous. And creepy. Yeah, I said it. The whole idea of this memoir where this guy who lusted after her for a week pretends that he’s unlocked the secret of her character for all of us reeks of all that masculine gaze stuff that I hate talking about but that does actually happen a lot of the time.  Problem #2: No thanks, Michelle Williams. I just can’t. Not into it, sorry. Problem #3: ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH HOW TINY THE BUTT DOUBLE THAT THEY USED FOR MARILYN’S NUDE BOTTOM IS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? That was a Size 2 butt. That was not a Marilyn butt. Like, fuck you, movie. Yeah, let’s make a movie claiming to unlock the secrets of the most iconic sex symbol of all time, and then let’s make her famously sexy, luscious body more appropriately sized for today’s standards. I hate whoever was in charge of this movie. I hate them with all my heart. Problem #4: Sentimental, patriarchal claptrap. 

Procrastination Theatre: April 26, 2012

Looking back on it, I’m realizing it’s actually hard to overstate how much I disliked this movie. Or as Hemingway would say it, this was not a good or a true movie.

Problem #1: the whole premise of the movie is just sort of weird and disingenuous. And creepy. Yeah, I said it. The whole idea of this memoir where this guy who lusted after her for a week pretends that he’s unlocked the secret of her character for all of us reeks of all that masculine gaze stuff that I hate talking about but that does actually happen a lot of the time. 

Problem #2: No thanks, Michelle Williams. I just can’t. Not into it, sorry.

Problem #3: ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH HOW TINY THE BUTT DOUBLE THAT THEY USED FOR MARILYN’S NUDE BOTTOM IS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? That was a Size 2 butt. That was not a Marilyn butt. Like, fuck you, movie. Yeah, let’s make a movie claiming to unlock the secrets of the most iconic sex symbol of all time, and then let’s make her famously sexy, luscious body more appropriately sized for today’s standards. I hate whoever was in charge of this movie. I hate them with all my heart.

Problem #4: Sentimental, patriarchal claptrap. 

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‘Ryan asked what I was doing and I said, God help me, I think I’m going to play Marilyn Monroe. And he was more excited than I was. He’s an unsettlingly perceptive person, Ryan. Sometimes you don’t want to be too close to him because he sees so much it’s uncomfortable. He said to me, “It’s so cool, the greatest sex symbol of all time being played by you, who has never wanted to trade on any kind of sex appeal or beauty whatsoever. That’s why you should do it.” It warmed my heart. I thought, you really see me. You really notice what I’m trying to do.’
Michelle Williams on Ryan Gosling (via christophernolans)

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Basically, the crux of the movie is that when you’re a teenager or a young adult, you say, “When I grow up, I’m not going to be anything like my parents. I’m going to get the hell out of here and I’m going to reinvent myself, and you won’t be able to see their shadow anywhere inside of me.” And then you wake up in your relationship and you think, “I am my mom and I married my dad. How did that happen, when all I wanted to do was get away and be my own person?’
Michelle Williams, on ‘Blue Valentine’ - theenvelope.latimes.com (via stayforthecredits)

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Holy Christ Michelle Williams looks like Mia Farrow here. And usually it’s Gwyneth Paltrow who does that to me.

Holy Christ Michelle Williams looks like Mia Farrow here. And usually it’s Gwyneth Paltrow who does that to me.

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