I try not to mess around with posts too much after I make them, but I did not like the very short form my last couple had fallen into. It made me feel staticky; I avoid Twitter for a reason. Let's try this again.
1. I discovered last night while reading about Ida Lupino that Bodil Ipsen was not Denmark's first female director—that was Alice O'Hendricks in 1934—but her debut feature Derailed (Afsporet, 1942) was Denmark's first film noir. The article cites two further noirs of hers, Murder's Melody (Mordets Melodi, 1944) and Possession (Besættelse, 1944), and I have to say that The True Face (Det Sande Ansigt, 1951) looks at least noir-adjacent. Half of her films were co-directed with Lau Lauritzen Jr., who had gotten his start co-directing with O'Hendricks. However hypothetically, this women-in-noir series is definitely going to have to be international. I hope to God I have some way of seeing any of these things in this country.
2. Because I can't interact with Tumblr: the half-remembered dragon-into-cat story is a sweeter version of the ending of E. Nesbit's "The Dragon Tamers," collected in The Book of Dragons (1901/1972).![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch and I have observed for some time that every single illustration of a dragon curled around its hoard owes a debt to the curling-up of cats.
3. I can say honestly that this is not a style of mermaid I have ever seen before. I like it.
rushthatspeaks and I are planning on The Shape of Water (2017) tonight.
1. I discovered last night while reading about Ida Lupino that Bodil Ipsen was not Denmark's first female director—that was Alice O'Hendricks in 1934—but her debut feature Derailed (Afsporet, 1942) was Denmark's first film noir. The article cites two further noirs of hers, Murder's Melody (Mordets Melodi, 1944) and Possession (Besættelse, 1944), and I have to say that The True Face (Det Sande Ansigt, 1951) looks at least noir-adjacent. Half of her films were co-directed with Lau Lauritzen Jr., who had gotten his start co-directing with O'Hendricks. However hypothetically, this women-in-noir series is definitely going to have to be international. I hope to God I have some way of seeing any of these things in this country.
2. Because I can't interact with Tumblr: the half-remembered dragon-into-cat story is a sweeter version of the ending of E. Nesbit's "The Dragon Tamers," collected in The Book of Dragons (1901/1972).
spatch and I have observed for some time that every single illustration of a dragon curled around its hoard owes a debt to the curling-up of cats.3. I can say honestly that this is not a style of mermaid I have ever seen before. I like it.
rushthatspeaks and I are planning on The Shape of Water (2017) tonight.
