Wes Long

Amen

These words from Orson Whitney seem applicable to, well, take your pick…

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Taking time to do this today. I grew up in an old logging town in Oregon, where I once made a lot of enemies by doing a school project on the endangered spotted owl. These forests welcome me every time I visit—I'll always associate them with home, with rest and peace. They deserve their peace, too.

“No ‘great’ nation has the key to anything but war. Power has nothing to do with peace. The more men build up military power, the more they violate peace and destroy it.”

— Thomas Merton (Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, 1966, 30)

Poster for “The Green Knight”

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee in “The Power of the Dog”

Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter”

Ariana DeBose in “West Side Story”

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Pic: “The Green Knight”
Dir: Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”)
Act: Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
Act: Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)
S. Act: Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”)
S. Act: Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)
Screenplays: “Mass“ / “The Green Knight”

2021

Academy
Pic: “CODA”
Dir: Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”)
Actor: Will Smith (“King Richard”)
Actress: Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
S. Act: Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)
S. Act: Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)
Screenplays: “Belfast” / “CODA”

Poster for “Citizen Kane”

Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in “Ball of Fire”

Sydney Greenstreet in “The Maltese Falcon”

Patricia Collinge in “The Little Foxes”

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Pic: “Citizen Kane”
Dir: Orson Welles (“Citizen Kane”)
Act: Gary Cooper (“Ball of Fire”)
Act: Barbara Stanwyck (“Ball of Fire”)
S. Act: Sydney Greenstreet (“The Maltese Falcon”)
S. Act: Patricia Collinge (“The Little Foxes”)
Screenplays: “Citizen Kane” / “The Maltese Falcon”

1941

Academy
Pic: “How Green Was My Valley”
Dir: John Ford (“How Green Was My Valley”)
Act: Gary Cooper (“Sergeant York”)
Act: Joan Fontaine (“Suspicion”)
S. Act: Donald Crisp (“How Green Was My Valley”)
S. Act: Mary Astor (“The Great Lie”)
Screenplays: “Citizen Kane” / “Here Comes Mr. Jordan”

It was a lovely and fitting service. Thank you for part in making it happen

Poster for “GoodFellas”

Michael Caine in “A Shock to the System”

Kathy Bates in “Misery”

Annette Bening in “The Grifters”

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Pic: “GoodFellas”
Dir: Martin Scorsese (“GoodFellas”)
Actor: Michael Caine (“A Shock to the System”)
Actress: Kathy Bates (“Misery”)
S. Act: Joe Pesci (“GoodFellas”)
S. Act: Annette Bening (“The Grifters”)
Screenplays: “Miller’s Crossing” / “GoodFellas”

1990

Academy
Pic: “Dances with Wolves”
Dir: Kevin Costner (“Dances with Wolves”)
Actor: Jeremy Irons (“Reversal of Fortune”)
Actress: Kathy Bates (“Misery”)
S. Act: Joe Pesci (“GoodFellas”)
S. Act: Whoopi Goldberg (“Ghost”)
Screenplays: “Ghost” / “Dances with Wolves”

Poster for “Lawrence of Arabia”

Anne Bancroft in “The Miracle Worker”

Jason Robards in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”

Angela Lansbury in “The Manchurian Candidate”

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Pic: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Dir: David Lean (“Lawrence”)
Act: Peter O’Toole (“Lawrence”)
Act: Anne Bancroft (“The Miracle Worker”)
S. Act: Jason Robards (“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”)
S. Act: Angela Lansbury (“The Manchurian Candidate”)
Screenplay: “Last Year at Marienbad” / “Mockingbird”

1962

Academy
Pic: “Lawrence of Arabia”
Dir: David Lean (“Lawrence of Arabia”)
Act: Gregory Peck (“To Kill a Mockingbird”)
Act: Anne Bancroft (“The Miracle Worker”)
S. Act: Ed Begley (“Sweet Bird of Youth”)
S. Act: Patty Duke (“Miracle Worker”)
Screenplays: “Divorce Italian Style” / “Mockingbird”

Poster for “Traffic”

Mark Ruffalo in “You Can Count on Me”

Ellen Burstyn in “Requiem for a Dream”

Yzma (Eartha Kitt) in “The Emperor’s New Groove”

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Pic: “Traffic”
Dir: Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic”)
Actor: Mark Ruffalo (“You Can Count on Me”)
Actress: Ellen Burstyn (“Requiem for a Dream”)
S. Act: Benicio del Toro (“Traffic”)
S. Act: Eartha Kitt (“The Emperor’s New Groove”)
Screenplays: “Almost Famous” / “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

2000

Academy
Pic: “Gladiator”
Dir: Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic”)
Actor: Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”)
Actress: Julia Roberts (“Erin Brockovich”)
S. Act: Benicio del Toro (“Traffic”)
S. Act: Marcia Gay Harden (“Pollock”)
Screenplays: “Almost Famous” / “Traffic”

Poster for “Paper Moon”

Al Pacino in “Serpico”

Barbra Streisand in “The Way We Were”

Dyan Cannon in “The Last of Sheila”

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Pic: “Paper Moon”
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich (“Paper Moon”)
Actor: Al Pacino (“Serpico”)
Actress: Barbra Streisand (“The Way We Were”)
S. Act: Robert De Niro (“Mean Streets”)
S. Act: Dyan Cannon (“The Last of Sheila”)
Screenplays: “The Last of Sheila” / “Charley Varrick”

1973

Academy
Pic: “The Sting”
Dir: George Roy Hill (“The Sting”)
Actor: Jack Lemmon (“Save the Tiger”)
Actress: Glenda Jackson (“A Touch of Class”)
S. Act: John Houseman (“The Paper Chase”)
S. Act: Tatum O’Neal (“Paper Moon”)
Screenplays: “The Sting” / “The Exorcist”

Poster for “M”

Peter Lorre in “M”

May Robson in “Lady for a Day”

Jean Harlow and Marie Dressler in “Dinner at Eight”

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Pic: “M”
Dir: Fritz Lang (“M”)
Actor: Peter Lorre (“M”)
Actress: May Robson (“Lady for a Day”)
Screenplays: “M” / “Dinner at Eight”

1932-33

Academy
Pic: “Cavalcade”
Dir: Frank Lloyd (“Cavalcade”)
Actor: Charles Laughton (“The Private Life of Henry VIII”)
Actress: Katharine Hepburn (“Morning Glory”)
Screenplays: “One Way Passage” / “Little Women”

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Rest In Peace, @keepapitchinin.bsky.social

I’m grateful for my friends & family, for my cat & nature, for books & cinema, and for a lifetime to enjoy the fleeting moments. I am happy to be a writer, a gay man & a person of faith. All of these challenge & animate me. I would not be who I am without them. We’re only just scratching the surface

We all need to blow off steam, of course, but there are countless other ways to do that. We’re not smarter for pissing on everything in sight.

It’s not relentless “toxic” positivity, either. We don’t need to wallpaper over our feelings, but neither do we need to give our excesses free rein

Tbh, I really don’t care about what snarky thing you have to say about x, what mockery you’ve thought up for y.

Tell me about things that genuinely give you joy, that excite you, and help you be a better person!

Poster for “The Princess Bride”

John Candy in “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”

Maggie Smith in “The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne”

Anjelica Huston in “The Dead”

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Pic: “The Princess Bride”
Dir: James L. Brooks (“Broadcast News”)
Act: John Candy (“Planes, Trains & Automobiles”)
Act: Maggie Smith (“The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne”)
S. Act: Mandy Patinkin (“Princess Bride”)
S. Act: Anjelica Huston (“The Dead”)
Screenplays: “Broadcast” / “Princess Bride”

1987

Academy
Pic: “The Last Emperor”
Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci (“The Last Emperor”)
Actor: Michael Douglas (“Wall Street”)
Actress: Cher (“Moonstruck”)
S. Act: Sean Connery (“The Untouchables”)
S. Act: Olympia Dukakis (“Moonstruck”)
Screenplays: “Moonstruck” / “The Last Emperor”

Poster for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

Lucas Hedges in “Boy Erased”

Toni Collette in “Hereditary”

Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk”

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Pic: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”)
Actor: Lucas Hedges (“Boy Erased”)
Actress: Toni Collette (“Hereditary”)
S. Act: Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
S. Act: Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Screenplays: “The Favourite” / “Beale Street”

2018

Academy
Pic: “Green Book”
Dir: Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”)
Actor: Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
Actress: Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”)
S. Act: Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”)
S. Act: Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Screenplays: “Green Book” / “BlacKkKlansman”

Agreed. In fact, that’s a thread I’m working on right now. I like my head canon better lol

Poster for “Rebel Without a Cause”

Anna Magnani in “The Rose Tattoo”

James Dean and Sal Mineo in “Rebel Without a Cause”

Jo Van Fleet in “East of Eden”

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Pic: “Rebel Without a Cause”
Dir: John Sturges (“Bad Day at Black Rock”)
Actor: James Dean (“Rebel Without a Cause”)
Actress: Anna Magnani (“The Rose Tattoo”)
S. Act: Sal Mineo (“Rebel Without a Cause”)
S. Act: Jo Van Fleet (“East of Eden”)
Screenplays: “Marty” / “Rebel Without a Cause”