La sortie de disque du jour

Just saw PYGMALION (1938) on 35mm at the Paris Theater in NYC.

Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard had roughly the same age difference as Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, but their chemistry is infinitely more genuine.

George Bernard Shaw’s Oscar-winning adaptation of his play feels like a screwball comedy. Delightful.

I still remember seeing Neil Halstead performing solo at The Evelyn in the early 2000s, and @acb dashing home to get his copy of Pygmalion to get a signature on it. I was still catching up at the time, but it’s definitely one of those albums you either Get™ or you don’t. I’m glad I do, and the connections to Bark Psychosis aren’t lost on me.

#music #shoegaze #slowdive #pygmalion https://mas.to/@tangleofwires/113944622818591608

New listing!

Pygmalion (DVD, 1938, Full Screen)

New & sealed!

Starring Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, & Wilfrid Lawson.

$14.27 shipped!

#eBay #Media #Movie #DVD #Movies #eBaySeller #eBayStore #eBayDeals #BuyItNow #Pygmalion #LeslieHoward #WendyHiller #WilfridLawson

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296732101944

In Roman mythology, the sculptor Pygmalion fell in love with the beautiful statue he'd carved out of ivory alabaster. He even began to woo it. The goddess Venus was so touched by Pygmalion's passion that the next time he kissed the statue, she turned it into a real woman.
Jean-Baptiste Regnault

So-called ‘lucky’ people tend to have more family, friends, mentors, teachers, etc. that may subconsciously 'expect' more of them and encourage curiosity / achievement.

‘Unlucky’ people may have fewer people giving them encouragement.

These persons perceived as ‘lucky' also somehow seem more enthused towards curiousity and achievement.

Then there are people who purely make ‘luck’ for themselves regardless of their environment with their own expectations.

Listening on Easter -of course- to the Matthäus Passion. Another attempt at the version by #Pygmalion / Raphaël #Pichon, given the raving reviews last year. The articulation is superb. Every word can be heard. And the tempi are very well chosen. Not too slow and certainly not too fast. Not sure though if it will defeat my favorite version by La Petite Bande.

What is your favorite version?

https://open.spotify.com/album/1Q2mZZPoKRj3EfDG3sJRem?si=eD9WlYroSoG7WQfIAfDA6Q

#Abendlektüre Teil 1 (auf dem Balkon bei Sonnenuntergang): #Narziss & #Pygmalion, aus der Reihe #Mythen der #Antike, von #LucFerry. Von #ClotildeBruneau, Zeichnung #DiegoOddi - zugleich nicht verknüpft zeigen doch beide Geschichten, wie eng verknüpft alle griechisch-römischen Mythen sind. Echo, Nemesis, Galathea, Paphos (die Großmutter von Myrrha)... und immer wieder Hybris. #bookstodongermany @buchstodon #graphicnovel #Comics #ProjektMyra Relevanz: so wie im Bild ist es wenn CHA20+ vorbeigeht.

#MastoPrompt #specimen

The brain’s alive and in my lab,
The beauty lies upon the slab,
And I’ve hooked up the tubes and wires.
The perfect mix of my desires—
Intelligence, a curious mind
And flawless form will be combined
Into the ideal specimen…
Do not disturb. The Doctor’s in.

J. S. Bach - Missa 1733 - R. Pichon
https://youtube.com/watch?v=M1wyELYgga0&feature=share
@classicalmusic
#RaphaëlPichon
#Pygmalion
#MissaBWV232 (version 1733)
#JohannSebastianBach

Got two videos on my watch list for tonight.
I watched every Hollywood #anime adaptation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhFnePGkoaU

and

Ten incredible action scenes in bad movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mN-JaFyZuc

since I just finished

Peter O'Toole in #Pygmalion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhNk2eniBQ4

I have diverse tastes.

PIGMALEON
by Gorged Bernard Pshaw
A roughly sculpted statue of a boring, boorish boar is willed to life in human form by deplorable American citizens. The swine runs for U.S. president, wins, terrorizes the U.S., then sets its sights on world domination, but dies from swine flu before its dream is realized... because it had forgone getting vaccinated against swine flu. Sow depressing. Sad.
#GetVaccinated #RespectScience #LiveLongAndVote #PigMaleon #Pygmalion #GeorgeBernardShaw #theater #plays

First confetti cannons blowing out transformers and now...
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RT @TerriTroncale
Pygmalion’s Jester lost its head to a massive oak limb at Magazine and Jefferson. #pygmalion #mardigras
https://twitter.com/TerriTroncale/status/1624573860724047872

#TCMParty #Pygmalion #LeslieHoward #HenyHiggins #WendyHiller #ElizaDoolittle

#ClassicMovie break.