Have you seen it what did you think.

philadelphia

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:33:29 PDT

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A Bruce Springsteen song is the lead-in to a 1993 film named after the city of Philadelphia. In these opening scenes, its populace smile at the camera, stand in groups and wave, welcoming us, humouring our appropriation of their city as the set for Hollywood's big Aids drama, still one of the most widely-watched films ever to centre on a gay character. The song 'Streets of Philadelphia' is first-person lyric and is of course a response to the plight of the film's protagonist, a brilliant lawyer dying of Aids, played by Tom Hanks. The thrust of the film is his dying. We die with Hanks in this film, and Denzel Washington helps us all. He provides a character for us to relate to (it is assumed we are a societised, upstanding yet innately homophobic, male audience). He provides the risk-taking masculinity that acts as a kind of antidote to that other kind of risk-taking, other kind of masculinity, that we (also the jury) are urged to associate with Hanks' condition (his Aids condition is caused by his gay condition). But everything is subordinate to Hanks' (dis)appearance, his vision and hearing blurring, his relationships with others gently distancing, until he is only home movie footage, he is a child again.

Outside of the courtroom, there are no displays of emotion in this film. There is a moment though, when Hanks loses his balance listening to an opera recording. His self is subsumed by the prior and fictitious emotional outpouring of a female soprano. He translates her words from the Italian: 'I am Love' (this moment inspires Tilda Swinton's melodrama of the same name) and yet Springsteen's lyric seems more accurate: 'I couldn't tell what I felt'. In tracing the dying choreography of a character, the film discards all qualities that make him distinct, specifically anything that makes him 'gay'. Hanks is as human as Philadelphia, and what is Philadelphia? Glimpses of warm breath in cold spaces, surrounded by stone. When a human dies, it becomes a child. Homosexuality is as awful as Aids. This we are told. Because all humans die, and in dying all become children, no human, no Philadelphia, can actually be affected by Homosexuality or Aids, only weakened by it. Rather Humanity (all of us) must find male strength in Humanity (all of us). This is not a film about gayness as a component of being human. I am glad I did not watch this on its release, as I was turning from eleven to twelve years old.

biography of films 2010-1997

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:42:19 PDT

the space between the daughter, the mother and the social worker

the town in black and white and her face

the kaleidoscopic toy of sequence and cicumstance

the piggyback delirium of present mindstates imbibing soda

the butterflies yes, but as they surrounded her face. Everyday things taken outside present day

the inexorable timing and impossible order

insistence using light and through a square

the animated horror became real

the substantiation of a family setting describing relations

the horse and the lake

the presence of scene

the machinations of directoring via mask of character

the use of an actress in moral uncertainty

visualing persistence

how humour is to cope

grand stations of hapless unhappiness

resolving memory of anguish in pictoral

a day of dying is a good day

how we get along without you

being a being despite being

how bad you can be when we are trying

how men can love

how the light teaches: never mind them

upping your game

how beautiful is to watch a struggle

something is wrong and not in a cinema

out and out emulation

money trap, light prism

a total order of colour, column is in order

mountainside planes, sheets of space, and then a telephone call

this can make bodies without limits, believe it

the system takes you here, here, here

don't do that, don't give me that

collision

family in a sense of spirit

what was suffered to gain for this

bread is a cloud

nowhere boy

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:26:16 PST

In her social circle the iconic John Lennon is played by the iconic Aaron Johnson who plays the iconic John Lennon who is played by the iconic Aaron Johnson who plays the iconic John Lennon who is played by somebody

where the wild things are

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:30:45 PST

head

head for

where the wild things are

here

hairy

where the wild things are

home

hoary

where the wild things are

cell

you la

usualar

use your lol la

shoo shoo shoo

assume

where the wild things are

hep hep hep hep hep hep done

done

where the wild things are

to

marrow

to

marry

to

mar

where the wild things are
where the wild things are
where the wild things are

bronson

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:18:07 PDT

shut und a shave
shIT INa a shave
shitting a shave
shat ina s shhvv
shty as shv-
shat sh sh shav
sha= sh sh shavv
shity shiyt shyv
shaat ant a shat
shava ana shattt
sh vv sh yt shaa
shshyt shya shyt
shia shit shavvv
shat at at shvve
shaata t a ta sv
ssshhht shhhhv t
shat at shiv hsy
ssssh sshhhhhhst
shaaa sha shavee
shavy a shavy a

milk

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:31:37 PDT

MILK IS FROM A TEAT
ILK IS FROM A TREAT
ILK IS FOR MA TREAT
ILK IS FORM AT TEAR
ILK IS MORF ART EAT
ILK IS MOR RETREAT
LIK IS MORE A TREAT
LIKE IS ME OR TREAT
LIKE HIS METEOR TR
LIKE HIS METIER ROT
LIKEN IS ME TIER TO
LIKENS ME TIE TRUE
LIKENS ME TIRED TO
LIKENS METRO I DIE
LICKEN ME TO RIDEN
LIKEN ME TO RIDDEN
LIE KEN MET OR ID NO
LIE KEEN ME TO RIDE
LIE KEEN METEOR IT
I EKE IN METEOR ORE
EKE IN I ME O THE EAR
EYE KIN MEN O OTHER
YE KIND MEEN OUT HE
YES KIN DEMON OUTH
YE SKIN DEMANDETH
YES KIND MAN DEATH
YES KINK DAMN DEAR
YES KINKY DA MA NED
YES KINKY KY MANED

hunger

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:42:28 PST

There is no other writing, only this writing.
There is no other phrasing, only this phrasing.
There is no other repeating, only this repeating.
There is no other transcribing, only this transcribing.
There is no other reading, only this reading.
There is no other delivering, only this delivering.
There is no other emphasising, only this emphasising.
There is no other expressing, only this expressing.
There is no other comparing, only this comparing.
There is no other denying, only this denying.
There is no other claiming, only this claiming.
There is no other asserting, only this asserting.
There is no other stating, only this stating.
There is no other recording, only this recording.
There is no other editing, only this editing.
There is no other remarking, only this remarking.
There is no other noting, only this noting.
There is no other observing, only this observing.
There is no other objecting, only this objecting.
There is no other meaning, only this meaning.
There is no other saying, only this saying.
There is no other rhyming, only this rhyming.
There is no other stressing, only this stressing.
There is no other enforcing, only this enforcing.
There is no other leading, only this leading.

(After Margaret Thatcher)

I've loved you so long

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:30:08 PDT

to leave a room in authority and a coat after
to stir the air after leaving to settle
to settle a bill after a first meal after a last
to last
to inhabit your own appendix
to own anything at all having said nothing
to remember a timeless
to infinity and in foyer
to the end of the book that is the final fold stuck
to become unstuck in a lift
to have been coming and now to come
to fellate in front of an absent child
to receive a present in your absence
to be survived and to be surviving
to be about to just

never apologise

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:31:48 PDT

his dangerous fingers
his epic lips
his poetic hands
his attentive arms
his Great Heart

unforgotten
forgetful
fearful
frigid
for

somers town

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:22:08 PDT

boys are boys
men and boys
best are men
best are free
herbs and ox
cow and kind
travel and arrive
darling and slave
envied and pitied
world and fashion
safe and sorry
late and never
one and two
day and deed
devil and devil
lucky and rich
give and receive
lost and never
wear and rust
mixen and moor

man on wire

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:35:24 PDT

don't you ever do it again don't you ever rehearse it don't you ever dream it don't you ever daydream it don't you ever make a model of a city and a model of you and do it don't you ever play with cameras or smoke and mirrors or fake feet and do it don't you ever write about it don't you ever remember it don't you ever repeat it

summer hours

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:45:54 PDT

"Long hood face long
Sing me sing good
Not Norse Not Norse
E-bay-bay-bye
On screen scene Lie-on"

About
in the wer
in the water
never wrong,

Its
how; it; takes; place;
While someone else's

AUDEN'S MUSEÉ DES BEAUX ARTS,
accordingly

for:December 1938Instant

"how everything turns away"

Quite
forsaken

But
for him it was not; an important failure;
the sun shone
the white legs
the green

Water;
and the green water
and the expensive water
and the expansive water
and the delicate water
and the delicate ship
and that
and something
must have something
must have seen something
must have seen some falling
out of the

Had
The Old Masters: understood somewhere to get to

mamma mia

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:24:14 PDT

MAMMA MIA HERE I GO AGAIN
(maternal personal positional transitional)

MY MY HOW CAN I RESISTCHA
(geological electrical thermal mineral)

MAMMA MIA DOES IT SHOW AGAIN
(reveal squeal)

MY MY JUST HOW MUST I MISTCHA
(eternal infernal)

YES I'VE BEEN BROKENHEARTED
(medical trial heal animal)

BLUE SINCE THE DAYWEPARTED
(royal federal cobalt)

WHY WHY DID I EVER LETCHAGO
(mal)

MAMMA MIA NOW I REALLY KNOW
(real real real)

MY MY I COULD NEVER LETCHAGO
(sound of wall)

my winnipeg

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:53:41 PDT

Waltham Abbey
Wells, Norfolk
Wisbech
Winslow
Wragby
Washington
Wantage
Waterlooville
Westerham
Witney
Wadebridge
Watchet
Wellington, Somerset
Wells
Wincanton
Wimborne Minster
Wednesbury
Wath-upon-Dearne
Wetherby
Withernsea

(from the Wikipedia entry 'List of British Towns with no railway station')

savage grace

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:01:54 PDT

mother slipper
mother magnolia
mother harissa
mother melissa
mother sister
mother lather
mother dresser
mother moreover
mother magenta
mother pepper
mother letter
mother henna
mother magnesia
mother mirror
mother rather
mother other
mother vetiver
mother feather
mother holler
mother fedora
mother pavlova
mother boa
mother decanter
mother trouser
mother scissor
mother receiver
mother collar
mother colander
mother fur
mother fucker

rope

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:59:16 PDT

At the appointed time. Appointing a time. The appointed time. At the appointed time. At.

At the appointed time David would arrive. Arrive. Arriving. David arriving at the appointed time. Would, were I you. David would, were I you appointing a time. David would arrive at the appointed time and I would. I would walk slowly out. I would walk slowly into. Out of the room and into the room. The hall. Out of the room and into the hall. Walking. And I would greet. Greeting. Hello David.

David would arrive at the appointed time and I would walk slowly out of the room and into the hall and I would greet David hello David. I would tell David. I would tell David what I would tell David. I would tell David something. How fine he's looking and so forth. I would tell David something and so forth.

David would arrive at the appointed time and I would walk slowly out of the room and into the hall and I would greet David hello David and I would tell David something and so forth and huh. And huh take his hat. Take huh his hat. Huh take his hat.

Hat the happointed huh and huh

walk huh walk huh
walk huh walk huh.

Hout of. Hout of.
Hout of walk hout of walk hout of.
Walk hout of.

Hinto walk hinto walk hinto.
Hinto walk
hinto walk
hinto walk
hinto the hall.

Huh huh David huh huh huh.
Huh huh David huh huh huh.
Huh fine. Huh huh fine.
Huh fine. Huh huh fine.

Huh huh hat the huh huh huh.
Hin hin hin here.
Hin hin hin here.
Hi hi hi here,
hi hi hi here.

Try.
Try and try.
Try and try and try.
Try, try and try
and try and try and try.
Try, try and try,
try and try and try and try,
try and try and try and try and try.

Tr.
Tr tr.
Tr tr tr.
Tr tr tr
tr tr tr.

tch tch tch tch
tch tch tch tch
tch tch tch tch
tch tch tch tch

co-

co-

co-

co-

co-
co-
co-
co-

co-
co-
co-
co-

co-co-co-co - co-co-co-co - co-co-co-co - co-co-co-co

or something
or something of the something
or something of the something of the something
or something

or something of the something
or something of the something of the something
or something

the visitor

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:35:43 PDT

Inn is not residence. It is not residence. In no residence would. An inn however. An inn moreover. An inn in short. It is not three months. It is not two months. It is not one month. It is not three weeks. It is not two weeks. It is not one week. It is not three days. It is not two days. It is not one day. Not a day. Not an inn.
To reason. To resin. To reside.

chop suey

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:23:03 PDT

Here I am spontaneous:

create starfish sandwich gorge cremate and livid. Brush grafts on step and splash me treason and the day

I am happy

great pigeon
grate like
spiel platypus
groove liebling
miner sparrow
grapple schön
greed porridge
elevate gasp
samantha treasure
gordon belate
lymphid grass
gleeful tiding
glorious granny
my martyr
gladioli spread
shave gnawing
lavender spat
split please
grease grease

climates

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:11:34 PDT

C L I M A T E S

"The nature of... human beings"

C L I M A T E S

"The couple in the film... two... in the form of his girlfriend"

C L I M A T E S

"When you're faced with reality. A realisation."

C L I M A T E S

"The importance of the sex scene was to get rid of violence inside him."

"A thing, a person that doesn't offer that many possibilities or potential."

"An obstacle to understanding, forced, dependent on him and weak again."

four weddings and a funeral

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:57:17 PDT

Slipper. Bumble. Rum. Punctum.
Gloss. Gammon. Hurt. Lemon.
Camera. Lavender. Skiff. Sun.
Grail. Pickle. Pimiento. Gorge.
Sheepish. Limb. Populus. Humpty.
You were 21.

a complete history of my sexual failures

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:55:19 PDT

*contains one scene of explicit sado-masochistic activity. *contains one scene of implicit sado-masochistic activity. *contains one scent. *contains activity. *contains ephemeral scenes of explicit implicity. *contains seven spillages. *contains activity and acting. *contains scenes of containment. *containts three hundred and twenty eight contracts. *contains animals. *contains imagination. *contains a lack of constraints. *contains a budget. *contains an attempted. *contains curtains.

happy go lucky

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:14:35 PDT

Worry about things. Make friends easily. Have a vivid imagination. Trust others. Complete tasks successfully. Get angry easily. Love large parties. Believe in the importance of art. Like order. Take charge. Make people feel welcome. Try to follow the rules. Go straight for the goal. Love excitement. Dislike being the centre of attention. Get chores done right away. Radiate joy. Sympathise with the homeless. Avoid mistakes. Fear for the worst. Enjoy wild flights of fancy. Believe that others have good intentions. Talk to a lot of different people at parties. Like music. Stick to the rules. Try to lead others. Feel others' emotions. Anticipate the needs of others. Work hard. Seek adventure. Become overwhelmed by events. Have a lot of fun. Feel comfortable around people. Trust what people say. Handle tasks smoothly. Get upset easily. Enjoy being part of a group. See beauty in things that others might not notice. Use flattery to get ahead. Find it difficult to approach others. Turn plans into actions. Love action. Have a rich vocabulary. Start tasks right away. Express childlike joy. Believe that criminals should receive help rather than punishment. Value cooperation over competition. Get stressed out easily. Act comfortably with others. Believe that people are basically moral. Love flowers. Love order and regularity. Seek to influence others. Tell the truth. Have a sharp tongue. Go on binges. Enjoy being part of a loud crowd. Get to work at once. Believe in one true religion. Suffer from others' sorrows. Jump into things without thinking. Cheer people up. Believe in human goodness. Come up with good solutions. Love surprise parties. Enjoy the beauty of nature. Know how to get around the rules. Do things according to a plan. Have frequent mood swings. Take control of things. Have a good word for everyone. Only feel comfortable with friends. React quickly. Contradict others. Enjoy being reckless. Enjoy thinking about things. Get overwhelmed by emotions. Love life. Make rash decisions. Spend time reflecting on things. Think that all will be well. Know how to get things done. Do not like art. Cheat to get ahead. Feel desperate. Wait for others to lead the way. Look down on others. Break rules. Dislike changes. Love a good fight. Act wild and crazy. Remain calm under pressure. Look at the bright side of life. Believe that too much tax money goes to support artists. Distrust people. Misjudge situations. Do not like poetry. Put people under pressure. Keep in the background. Yell at people. Demand quality. Avoid philosophical discussions. Laugh aloud. Believe laws should be strictly enforced. Believe in an eye for an eye. Rush into things. Do not have a good imagination. Suspect hidden motives in others. Don't understand things. Don't like crowded events. Do not enjoy going to art museums. Pretend to be concerned for others. Have little to say. Make people feel uncomfortable. Like a leisurely lifestyle. Insult people. Seek danger. Know the answers to many questions. Know how to cope. Believe that we coddle criminals too much. Try not to think about the needy. Do crazy things. Don't worry about things that have already happened. Have little to contribute. Avoid crowds. Do not like concerts. Take advantage of others. Experience very few emotional highs and lows. Do the opposite of what is asked. Let things proceed at their own pace. Dislike new foods. Get back at others. Do just enough work to get by. Have difficulty starting tasks. Readily overcome setbacks. Believe that we should be tough on crime. Believe people should fend for themselves. Act without thinking. Adapt easily to new situations. Keep others at a distance. Have difficulty imagining things. Believe that people are essentially evil. Don't see the consequence of things. Seek quiet.Take no time for others. Misrepresent the facts. React slowly. Hold a grudge. Dislike loud music. Avoid reading difficult material. Postpone decisions. Very Inaccurate. Moderately Inaccurate. Neither Accurate nor Inaccurate. Moderately Accurate. Very Accurate.

you the living

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:57:44 PDT

Oh I am Swedish! Oh no I am half Swedish. Oh I am half Swedish! Oh no I am Swedish. Oh no I am not Swedish. Oh no I am half. Oh no I am half! Oh no I am half something else. Oh I am half Swedish. Oh I am half something else. Oh I am something else! Oh I am! I am! Oh no I am Swedish. Oh no I am half Swedish. Oh no. Oh something else. Oh I am half something else. Oh I am half Swedish. Oh I am. Oh no I am.

in search of a midnight kiss

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:43:08 PDT

The film is black and white. The internet is black and white. The film is not silent. The film itself is not silent. The film itself is not black and white. The internet in the film itself is black and white. The film itself in the internet is not black and white. The black and white internet in the black and white film itself is not black and white. The white is the film. The black is not the film. The film itself is in black and the black itself is not the film. The white is the film itself. The black and white is not in the film itself. The film itself is not in black and white.

let's get lost

noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Ormonde) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:36:43 PDT

In the answer. In his pictures. In his pocket. In a round. In a record shop. In mono. In love with someone. In the old hipster sense. In a club in downtown New York. In the backseat of a '50s convertible. In Breathless behind him. In that wispy exhale of a voice. In love with star? In beautiful images? In the present as bookends to the historic footage in the bulk of the film. In this enchanting film. In Italian films of the 1960s. In 1953. In the winter of 1986. In 1988. In January 1987. In May 1987. In 2007. In December 2007. In the UK at least on July 28 2008. In his last year on earth. In her review for the Los Angeles Times in droves but which didn't save him. In his Village Voice review. In his review for the Washington Post but failed to do so. In his Abercrombie & Fitch campaigns. In harsh detail. In sexually charged worship of the body beautiful. In decreasing order of importance. In downtown New York. In a pizza restaurant. In his prime. In his face. In his signature. In Black and White, but Still Blurry. In Andy Warhol's Interview. Out at the Factory. Out on the party. Out of Pennsylvania. Out in sexually charged worship of the body beautiful. Out of an Amsterdam hotel window on Friday the 13th 1988, age 58. Out of his life. Out to be the last year of the musician's life. Out but rather merge to create something larger. In the question.