Max Letters

you deserved better than you got
someones gotta say it sometime cause its true

I should post one of the many paintings I'm working on, but that would require me to finish one of the many paintings I'm working on

god I love when a guy posts some shit like 'there is one rule to war: [nonsense]'

Okay I found the energy

yeah I think the 'champion rake-stepper' interpretation wins out rather than anything ideological

Important subtext: Hard to oversell how rare this precise Christian coalition is, and how unusually defiant this letter they're signing is.

Calligraphy of the word ‘infrastructure’ in orange ink

Infrastructure

all the dogs run off chaotically

predictable dog chess outcome tbh

more films should have the courage to blow out the footage on a whole scene on purpose

(these men are playing chess with dogs)

this movie is simultaneously obsessed with the beauty of Europe and its nobility and also with letting you know that rich people are stunted, vain sacks of shit and you should hate them more

ENTER CHARLTON HESTON

one thing I do remember bugging me even as a kid was that the audio recording is really weird sometimes but now that I know a little more about film I can say confidently: there are some incredibly hairy ADR crimes happening in this production

Frank Finlay pops out from behind a sheet, chomping the scenery with his huge manic grin

Porthos absolutely wrecking a Cardinal's Guard with a big stick

Porthos wailing on the guard with the stick

Porthos, victorious, holds the broken stick over his head

I don't recall Porthos being a favorite character of mine when I was a kid, but he's sort of stealing the show tbh

Porthos, laughing, throws the rock behind him

Porthos turns around, still laughing at his brilliance

Porthos realizes that his strategy has also forced him to abandon his sword.

Porthos looks away from the camera, no longer laughing, realizing he screwed up

There is not even one wasted frame in this whole film

Frank Finlay as Porthos approaches a Cardinal's Guard to fight

rather than fight, Porthos throws his sword in the air

The Cardinal's guard watches the sword while Porthos winds up

Porthos decks the goon with a big rock he had hidden in his other hand

Never do what anyone expects Porthos, you got it

it's not at all hard to believe that this guy would have his whole afternoon booked with appointments to murder him after just walking down the stairs

d'Artagnan looking innocent

"I swear it just did that"

d'Artagnan, early for his meeting, peers at a rotating book display

d'Artagnan leans on the display to read.

d'Artagnan slips on the moving bookshelf like the country bumpkin he his

d'Artagnan looking like he genuinely fears the bookshelf will attack him

No one has ever played d'Artagnan like the hot moron he is with anything close to the gusto that Michael York does

still from "The Three Musketeers" (1973). Michael York, as D'Artagnan, walks into a busy room full of soldiers.

this movie rules so much

decided to quench my sorrows by watching the Three Musketeers (the good one) tonight

Moss these aren’t unhinged all of these are just bangers

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Painting of a woman kneeling with a sword.

Did a little painting today

芭蕉 Bashō, Winter 1689 (no. 597) 冬庭や月もいとなる虫の吟 fuyuniwa yaˌ tsuki mo ito naruˌ mushi no gin wintergarden / even the moon is thread [in] bug’s recital

Ah, very interesting! Thank you for sending this, and for the translation.

Calligraphic text: “demonstration of the principle”

Demonstration

I'm going to put aside the weird feeling of seeing a saint born after I was, but since we know the guy was big on halo 2 there are now people who in 2004-2005 got fragged by a saint on xbox live

Gorgeous!! Thank you 🙏

A Cat laying upside down on a chair with wide eyes

Morning expressions