[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch I'm glad this week is over. It's ok being busy with something worthwhile but sorting out a bunch of nonsense takes it's toll. Hopefully this week ahead is a bit better for us.

Spoiled food paintings are common in horror and mystery movies. I always wondered how many of them are real. I guess most are not and part of the set.

That's a whole lot of questions gone unanswered and will most of the time be a mistery. It's hard to figure out what happened while the characters was eating and some wining and dining scenes makes absolutely no sense. 😂

Modern art does not make sense to me either. Some do have are artistic in nature and sort of self explannitory. Other seem to be through up without giving it much though if you know what I mean.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot One can hope. At least Summer is coming...

I am not sure, it may be a good idea to look up if there is a documentary about it or something like that. If nothing else, it is interesting how different effects like mould or rot are achieved by artificial means.

Food in scenes is interesting, and the story's attitude towards it is an additional venue for looking at the story. Harry Potter films, for example, famously featured rather mundane food during the Great Hall scenes (though the movies did focus in more detail on more magical food, like chocolate frogs), there are stories that do not care about what characters eat. Sometimes food is one of the centrepieces of the story, like in The Menu, and sometimes characters have certain attitudes towards food, like in The Afterparty.

And sometimes it is connected to real-life anecdotes, here is one: there is an old black and white film from the soviet era called "Welcome, or No Trespassing". It tells a story about the adventures of some kids in a summer camp. In one of the scenes, one of the child actors was supposed to eat a certain soup (rassolnik) from a big soup pan. But it took 27 tries to film the scene properly, and the rumour has it that since that day, that actor developed a deep hatred for the rassolnik soup 😅

The thing about art, it is in the eye of an observer; you know it when you see it. I do not see it in most modern art, but someone probably does. Speaking of art, happy International Creator Day!

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch We still have a lot of storms and we have wet and cold days making things harder. Winter is upon us and I think we going to have a cold one.



I think I've seen the movie ages ago. I don't like watery foods that much especially soup and I can relate with the actor.

I'm not much in a creative mood these days and struggle with coming up with ideas.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I imagine you like this:



Is that food wasted? I think actors actually get to eat it after shooting?

Could be, if you are interested in Russian movies from the Soviet era, then this one was up there with the best of them.

Ah, creative block. It is part of the game, I fear. But as far as a crisis is concerned, maybe a little musical number from Phineas & Ferb will help?

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch Your prediction has come to pass. Yesterday I drycleaned one of my jackets and one of my warmest blankets. The weather is very strange here. One day it's freezing and the next day I'm walking around in a t-shirt and shorts.

Not sure if they are washed. I would guess they are specially prepared for the actors.

Soviet era movie are the best.

I need to rewatch Phineas and Ferb again. It was such a good show. 🙂

[Aaricia]

@DracoTarot that is a bit like the weather in Poland, I just flew back here and I have no idea what to wear 🙈

[DracoTarot]

@Aaricia I would love to visit Poland one day. I do not mind the weird weather if it's part of a specific country or region but here is SA is out of the ordinary and we are not used to it.

[Aaricia]

@DracoTarot that's difficult in that case, I can imagine 🙈 Yes, Poland has all sorts of weather, from -30 to +30 😅

[DracoTarot]

@Aaricia On the other hand I would have to get used to the minus temperatures. I haven't experienced -30 in my life but I think I'll survive and adapt especially living in a house designed for extreme colds. 😊

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot When I was on my vacation, it was around 30 degrees, quite hot for me. Now I am back, and it is 22 over here, but my body got used to being in a hot place, so even though it is not as hot now, I keep sweating 😰

It would be too expensive to prepare good food, though, because scenes can take many tries to film right. In Downton Abbey, for example, they eat very little (as in, we do not see them doing that) at all those balls, so you see the food but not it being eaten. My guess is, when the scene is done, actors are free to eat whatever is left, if the food is edible in the first place. Sometimes, food is not even real.

I'd say older movies are better in general, Soviet or not. I think it may be the new technology: before movies had to rely on actors and plots to make people believe, decorations and special effects were minimal, if at all. Now, with all the new technology, sometimes those technological solutions are used as a crutch for where films are lacking, in plot and acting.

Phineas and Ferb was such a good show, in fact, that they are bringing it back. The new season should begin at the start of this Summer, and there is one more season planned after that. So now is a good time to rewatch indeed 😉