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But don't you long to be carried on?
Thanks to
sasha_feather linking my review of God's Own Country (2017) in a tweet, the review has now been recommended by the film's official Twitter feed:
I don't think this has ever happened to me before. Normally when I write about movies, especially on account of all the noir and pre-Code, the people who made them have been dead for years and certainly not checking Twitter. I do not expect to hear back from Powell and Pressburger or Derek Jarman.
Francis Lee liked it:
This is wonderful.
Your Friday treat! Some incredibly beautiful writing about God's Own Country. Make a cup of tea and enjoy it fully sovay.dreamwidth.org/984559.html
— God's Own Country (@gocfilm) June 29, 2018
I don't think this has ever happened to me before. Normally when I write about movies, especially on account of all the noir and pre-Code, the people who made them have been dead for years and certainly not checking Twitter. I do not expect to hear back from Powell and Pressburger or Derek Jarman.
Francis Lee liked it:
This is really beautiful prose ❤️ https://t.co/DwkdPByaXl
— Francis Lee (@strawhousefilms) June 29, 2018
This is wonderful.

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Thank you!
And you know, Pressburger would have adored your essays, I'm sure of it.
That makes me absurdly happy. Thank you.
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Thanks!
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
(You should totally make a film.)
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Nine
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I like the mental image of them all elbow-to-elbow. I think they might get on.
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Agreed. (Also I would watch that collaboration like whoa.)
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Thank you.
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It was totally unexpected! Thank you.
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So glad they got to see it, so glad your insights and beautiful writing is in front of people who can spread the word far and wide--and for whom what you write is a personal compliment.
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Thank you. This is definitely the good part of the internet.
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Thank you!
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Thank you! (And enjoy when the movie comes in!)
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Also, to expand: you gave the film-makers (director and all others involved) a gift. Because a rave review is one thing, but you have the poetic skills to document your response, to show them what it's like to be a (very smart, very sensitive) person seeing their work for the first time, to give them back a reflection. And I can't imagine that's not precious.
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Thank you!
Because a rave review is one thing, but you have the poetic skills to document your response, to show them what it's like to be a (very smart, very sensitive) person seeing their work for the first time, to give them back a reflection. And I can't imagine that's not precious.
That's what makes me happiest, I think: that they felt seen by what I wrote. And not even in the "go me, I got it right!" kind of way, but in the way where it is very important to me as a reviewer to talk about the film that exists, not the film I would have liked or the film that's not quite there, and the makers of God's Own Country recognized the film I described. And without this loop of social media I would never have known.
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Thank you! I spent a lot of time making noises at
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Thank you! I have been kind of floating about it all day.
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Thank you. I don't have a Twitter, either, which is how this entire situation started!
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Thanks!
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P.
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Thank you! (And thank you!)
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Thank you!
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Thank you! I have no idea how to make an appropriate gesture back in ASCII!