This is true. Another thing I did not know before today
https://bsky.app/profile/jesseraub.online/post/3mz7c66q4xc2v
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@jalefkowit that is fucking HILARIOUS 😂
@jalefkowit It’s a really great scene. lol
@jalefkowit i simply refuse to believe this
@exchgr I bought receipts, scroll down
@jalefkowit unfortunately i already read the article when i posted this. i’m just in denial
@jalefkowit That doesn't seem quite correct. They've been going on in SF a lot longer than that: https://www.calle24sf.org/event-details/comite-del-rescate-cultural-presenta-45th-annual-dia-de-los-muertos-procession
@williampietri He’s talking about the parade in Mexico City, photos of which have been popping all over social media today. I made this explicit in the very next post in the thread
@jalefkowit TIL. That's awesome.
2016: “Mexico City has held its first Day of the Dead parade, complete with floats, giant marionettes and hundreds of dancers and performers. Mexican tourism officials say the inspiration came from the opening scenes in last year's James Bond film, Spectre, which was shot in the city.”
@jalefkowit Grim Fandango erasure
I don’t blame them at all for lifting that idea, that opening sequence was the best thing about SPECTRE
Spectre- Opening Tracking Shot in 1080p
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@jalefkowit Bond: "it's time for murder. Guess I won't be needing this disguise anymore"
@alvin Basically nothing in modern Bond movies makes sense unless it is interpreted through the Rule of Cool
“In religious studies and sociology, the pizza effect is the phenomenon of elements of a nation's or people's culture being transformed or at least more fully embraced elsewhere, then re-exported to their culture of origin, or the way in which a community's self-understanding is influenced by (or imposed by, or imported from) foreign sources.”
@jalefkowit Okay, "self-orientalization" is my new favorite troubling term.
Completely unrelated, but a Film Nerd Nitpick: that opening sequence from SPECTRE sure looks like a single long take, which would have been an insanely impressive feat to pull off, which is why it bummed me out to discover that they kind of faked it
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/how-spectres-opening-scene-pulled-836200/
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Had the best Hawaiian pizza ever, in Belgium.
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The last paragraph of that, with the reflective back and forth interpretations of music styles between the US and UK is astonishing. It could be argued, the echo continued into post punk with bands like Talking Heads and Devo.
@jalefkowit Darnit, Jason. Now I want pizza. 🤦🏻♀️🙄
@jalefkowit who better, honestly?
@jalefkowit Cool, though now I’m wondering why the filmmakers choose to make up a cultural event rather than using one of the zillions of already existing cultural events.