In the Boathouse | Goncharov (1973) | Read the description! @oldfashionedgrrl

Etoile So recently on Tumblr, this post about an imaginary Scorsese movie blew up... and now we're all pretending that it's a real film... and people are posting their own music and pretending it's music from the soundtrack. I thought I would post some of my own music, and it blew up too! Someone requested that I put it on YouTube, and here we are (and yes, I will upload at the usual time tomorrow, don't worry). I've never thought very highly of my music but I'm glad that people are enjoying it :)

If you're curious about Scorsese's "lost masterpiece," here are some posts explaining the Goncharov meme—
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701573789671112704
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701556405503672320/i-got-these-knockoff-boots-online-and-instead-of

Here's my original post—
at.tumblr.com/madame-karenina/in-the-boathouse-im-so-happy-to-see-everyone/l38tqvw4nrm9

And here's the sheet music, for those curious—
musescore.com/user/35511015/scores/6975335?share=copy_link

#scorsese
#goncharov
#music
#fanvidfeed

updated 1 year ago

In the Boathouse | Goncharov (1973) | Read the description!

Etoile 2022-11-22 | So recently on Tumblr, this post about an imaginary Scorsese movie blew up... and now we're all pretending that it's a real film... and people are posting their own music and pretending it's music from the soundtrack. I thought I would post some of my own music, and it blew up too! Someone requested that I put it on YouTube, and here we are (and yes, I will upload at the usual time tomorrow, don't worry). I've never thought very highly of my music but I'm glad that people are enjoying it :)

If you're curious about Scorsese's "lost masterpiece," here are some posts explaining the Goncharov meme—
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701573789671112704
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701556405503672320/i-got-these-knockoff-boots-online-and-instead-of

Here's my original post—
at.tumblr.com/madame-karenina/in-the-boathouse-im-so-happy-to-see-everyone/l38tqvw4nrm9

And here's the sheet music, for those curious—
musescore.com/user/35511015/scores/6975335?share=copy_link

#scorsese
#goncharov
#music
#fanvidfeed

let it happen

Etoile 2024-06-27 | manchurian candidate (1962) + let it happen (tame impala). hi again guys

Favorite films of 2023.

Etoile 2023-12-30 | Happy Holidays! To celebrate, I've compiled a short edit of my favorite films of 2023. I hope you enjoy watching it! Thank you for all your support while I've been busy with school. Hopefully I can get back to a regular posting schedule in the new year.

Full list of films/shows I watched in 2023:
Hamlet (1996)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Mayerling (1968)
Plein Soleil (1960)
Cinderella (2015)
Another Country (1984)
The Inspector General (1949)
Napoleon (1927)
Lykke-Per (2018)
My Summer of Love (2004)
Nijinsky (1980)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Etoile (1989)
L’Eclisse (1962)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1993)
Nimona (2023)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The King’s Choice (2016)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Good Omens (2023)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020-3)
Legally Blonde (2001)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Baby Face (1933)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Scarface (1932)
12 Angry Men (1957)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Handmaiden (2016)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-6)
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Easy Rider (1969)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Chinatown (1974)
The Untamed (2019)
Pluto (2023)

#movies
#movie
#2023
#film
#stellassilverscreen

A Passage to India (1984)

Etoile 2023-08-12 | I had asked him about love.

Film: A Passage to India (1984)
Music: Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff

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#movie

LECLISSE. APOCALYPSE.

Etoile 2023-08-05 | As long as we were in love, we understood each other. There was nothing to understand.

Film: L'Eclisse (1962)
Music: Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#movie
#newwave

Clip from Brief Encounter (1945)

Etoile 2023-07-29 | I wanted to share this clip from David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945). I love this little moment - the lighting, the monologue, the music (Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2) - and I hope you'll enjoy watching it! Full edit of this beautiful movie coming soon :)

Strangers in the Night.

Etoile 2023-07-01 | “They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the blaze of passion often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything around them willed it, the trees and the clouds and the sky over their heads and the earth under their feet.” (Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago)

Film: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Music: Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

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#movie

Blue Velvet.

Etoile 2023-06-24 | "Newland Archer . . . saw . . . a slim young woman, a little less tall than May Welland, with brown hair growing in close curls about her temples and held in place by a narrow band of diamonds. The suggestion of this headdress, which gave her what was then called a "Josephine look," was carried out in the cut of the dark blue velvet gown rather theatrically caught up under her bosom by a girdle with a large old-fashioned clasp." (Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence)

Film: The Age of Innocence (1993)
Music: Blue Velvet by Bobby Hinton

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#movie

Anna Karenina | Annas Death

Etoile 2023-06-17 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part ten of the series: the last part! Thanks to all of you for sticking around for all ten parts. Next month, I'll be uploading my final review and ranking of all eight adaptations, so stay tuned for that! The 1948 version was blocked by copyright, so I sadly couldn't include it. As always, the relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below, and I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00 Intro
0:04 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
2:04 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
5:11 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
7:37 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
10:26 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
13:27 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
15:11 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
18:44 Outro

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Nijinsky (1980) | 505

Etoile 2023-06-10 | In my imagination you're waiting, lying with your hands between your thighs and a smile...

Film: Nijinsky (1980)
Music: 505 by The Arctic Monkeys

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#movie

My Summer of Love.

Etoile 2023-06-03 | Et la joie éclaboussée par son sourire
Me transperce et rejaillit au fond de moi
Mais soudain je pousse un cri parmi les rires
Quand la foule vient l'arracher d'entre mes bras...

Film: My Summer of Love (2004)
Music: La Foule by Édith Piaf

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#fanvidfeed
#movie

nijinsky era

Etoile 2023-05-27 | Film: Nijinsky (1980)
Music: Nureyev by Ilan Eshkeri (from the soundtrack for The White Crow)

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#movie
#ballet

Melancholy Man.

Etoile 2023-05-20 | Everyone give it up for the lead actor of Doctor Zhivago: Omar Sharif's brown eyes!

Film: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Music: Melancholy Man by The Moody Blues

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#movie

Anna Karenina | Anna at the theatre

Etoile 2023-05-13 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part nine of the series. Unfortunately, the 2017 version was blocked by Youtube, which is such a pity, because it happens to be my favorite version of this scene. Here's a link to the scene on the official channel: youtube.com/watch?v=AFhRa7ROpHU&t=19m9s
The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00 Intro
0:04 Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh and Kieron Moore
4:02 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
6:26 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
13:00 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
15:42 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
20:41 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
23:01 Outro

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Howards End (1992)

Etoile 2023-04-15 | Did you see the dawn?
—Yes; it got light suddenly.
And was it wonderful?
—No... only grey.

Film: Howards End (1992) dir. James Ivory
Music: Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 3

#movie
#edit
#fanvidfeed

Anna Karenina | Anna falls ill

Etoile 2023-04-08 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part eight of the series. The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00 Intro
0:04 Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh and Kieron Moore
4:18 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
12:39 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
19:00 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
22:04 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
24:53 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
29:37 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
35:54 Outro

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Dracula (1931). Bela Lugosis Dead.

Etoile 2023-04-01 | I have nothing to say for myself...

Film: Dracula (1931)
Music: Bela Lugosi's Dead

#movie
#edit
#fanvidfeed
#dracula

Anna Karenina | Anna confesses

Etoile 2023-03-18 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part seven of the series. The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00 Intro
0:04 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
2:08 Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh and Kieron Moore
3:04 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
4:30 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
9:33 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
10:55 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
14:15 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
16:03 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
19:45 Outro

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | Trailer

Etoile 2023-03-01 | The last of my Lawrence edits for a while. Even if this trailer is mediocre (which it is), I can't recommend the film highly enough. No two-minute edit could be good enough to do the film justice.

Film: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Music: Overture from the film's soundtrack

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#fanvidfeed
#movie
#trailer

Anna Karenina: The Race

Etoile 2023-02-15 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part six of the series. A couple notes on this one:
First of all, both the 1948 and the 1967 versions were blocked by copyright. I'm so sorry about this, as I think these are two of the best versions! Maybe I can try to find another way to share them with you.
Second of all, I couldn't get the original version of the 2017 adaptation, and the one I'm using here has these superimposed English subtitles, which I don't really like. So, apologies about that.
Third of all (and I say this in the video), some of these clips (the 2012 version in particular) are quite upsetting, so just proceed with caution when you're watching.
The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00 Intro
0:04 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
1:53 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
13:35 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
16:39 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
20:17 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
27:29 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
35:45 Outro

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Favorite shots of cinema.

Etoile 2023-02-08 | "You've already shown us all these shots!" Too bad. You're going to see them again.

Films used: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Leopard (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Death in Venice (1971), Ludwig (1973), The Innocent (1976), Amadeus (1984), A Passage to India (1984), A Room with a View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993)
Music: Experience by Ludovico Einaudi (youtube.com/watch?v=2oyZ9OM-neM)

#movie
#edit
#fanvidfeed

Three Reasons: Ludwig (1973)

Etoile 2023-02-04 | Another edit inspired by the Criterion "Three Reasons" trailers. Visconti's Ludwig (1973).

Music: Assorted excerpts from the soundtrack suite by Wagner

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#visconti

Mayerling (1968)

Etoile 2023-02-01 | Put not your trust in princes.
This movie is laughably bad. I really only watched it so I could look at Omar Sharif and honestly they did him dirty with that hairstyle. Ava Gardner as Empress Sisi took like ten years off my lifespan. But it was fun to edit.

Film: Mayerling (1968)
Music: Giselle: Finale from Act 1

#movie
#edit
#fanvidfeed

Three Reasons: The Age of Innocence (1993)

Etoile 2023-01-28 | Another edit inspired by the Criterion "Three Reasons" trailers. Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence (1993).

Music: Assorted excerpts from the soundtrack suite by Elmer Bernstein

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#scorsese

Three Reasons: A Room with a View (1985)

Etoile 2023-01-21 | Another edit inspired by the Criterion "Three Reasons" trailers. Merchant-Ivory’s A Room with a View (1985).

Music: Assorted excerpts from the soundtrack suite by Richard Robbins

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#merchant-ivory

Anna Karenina | Karenin warns Anna

Etoile 2023-01-18 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part five of the series. The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00 Intro
0:04 Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh and Kieron Moore
3:55 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
9:24 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
17:54 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
19:39 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
21:52 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
23:58 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
28:47 Outro

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Three Reasons: A Passage to India (1984)

Etoile 2023-01-14 | Another edit inspired by the Criterion "Three Reasons" trailers. David Lean’s A Passage to India (1984).

Music: Assorted excerpts from the soundtrack suite by Maurice Jarre

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#davidlean

2022 watchlist.

Etoile 2022-12-31 | I watched 20 films in 2022 (in retrospect, I should've watched 22... oh well)! Here they are. Turn on subtitles to see my ratings.

Last year's watchlist: youtube.com/watch?v=79RtKUV0cTM&t=4s

Music: Turkish March by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (performed by Murray Perahia)

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#films

Three Reasons: The Leopard (1963)

Etoile 2022-12-28 | So I absolutely love the Criterion "Three Reasons" trailers, and I thought I would try my hand at making some for my favorite films! To start off, here's Visconti's The Leopard (1963).

Music: Assorted excerpts from the soundtrack suite by Nino Rota

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#visconti

Ludwig | O du, mein holden Abendstern...

Etoile 2022-12-17 | "April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain . . .
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee
With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade,
And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free."
—T. S. Eliot, "The Waste Land"

Back to one of my old favorites.

Film: Ludwig (1973)
Music: O du, mein holden Abenstern by Richard Wagner

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#edit
#perioddrama

Script vs. Screen: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Etoile 2022-12-14 | I watched Lawrence of Arabia two weeks ago and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. This scene, between Lawrence (O'Toole) and Ali (Sharif) was one of my favorites, so I put together a little comparison between the script and the final scene. I hope you guys enjoy watching this!

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies
#lawrenceofarabia

On filmmaking.

Etoile 2022-12-07 | Please turn on subtitles!!
Tomorrow is my eighteenth birthday, so I wanted to create an ode to some of the things that I like most about filmmaking: my favorite directors and my favorite films. I hope you enjoy watching it :)

Interviews used:
David Lean: youtube.com/watch?v=oYQjEphFXss
Martin Scorsese: youtube.com/watch?v=oigqJ91YM24
Luchino Visconti: youtube.com/watch?v=rfzDXOvg8jY
Stanley Kubrick: youtube.com/watch?v=y5KHGN76AFE

Films: The Leopard (1963), Ludwig (1973), A Passage to India (1984), A Room with a View (1985), and The Age of Innocence (1993)
Music: excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, Mvt. 1

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#movies

The Age of Innocence | Interview with Scorsese

Etoile 2022-12-03 | Well, as usual, I'm uploading about two hours late :') Anyway, I've been wanting to make an edit of The Age of Innocence ever since I first watched this wonderful interview (youtube.com/watch?v=oigqJ91YM24) and today I finally decided to do it. I hope you guys enjoy watching it!

Film: The Age of Innocence (1993)
Music: 'The Age of Innocence' by Elmer Bernstein

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#scorsese
#perioddrama

A Room with a View (1985)

Etoile 2022-11-30 | I am once again swamped with work, so here's a simple little edit showcasing some of my favorite shots from Merchant-Ivory's A Room with a View (1985).

Film: A Room with a View (1985)
Music: Return to Florence by Richard Robbins

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#merchantivory
#perioddrama

Goncharov (1973) | Soundtrack

Etoile 2022-11-26 | —The credits for the music and images are posted in the comments below. Please go check them out!—
Hello everyone! As requested, here is the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed Goncharov (1973).

0:00-1:53 Main Theme by @caramiaaddio
1:53-4:00 Theme by @mortal-ghost:
4:00-6:00 Theme (Reprise) by @RaccoonFink
6:00-6:21 Opening Credits by @fireball-me
6:21-7:32 Tempus Fugit - Clock Theme by @trupowieszcz
7:32-9:36 Time Motif (All Things Twist) by @oldbay-on-apples
9:36-11:13 Privyet Goncharov by @rismrus
11:13-12:19 Andrey’s Theme by @the-frosty-mac
12:19-13:13 Ice Pick Joe’s Leitmotif by @whimperandabang
13:13-14:17 Goncharov’s Prayer by @fireball-me
14:17-17:37 Dirge of the Living by @paradoxicalpockets
17:37-20:49 Katya’s Theme by @fancydunamancy
20:49-23:11 Katya’s Theme (Version No. 2) by @maebird-melody
23:11-24:37 Katya’s Leitmotif by @unscharf-an-den-raendern
24:37-28:26 Katya’s Sonata by @arcanistvysoren
28:26-30:00 For My Love - Andrey’s Violin Serenade by @diagnosed-anxiety-disorder
30:00-32:20 Farewell Scene - Extended by @levuna
32:20-35:53 In the Boathouse by @madame-karenina (me!)
35:53-37:28 Memories of Water by @rismrus
37:28-38:30 Katya in Peril by @unscharf-an-den-raendern
38:30-39:17 Goncharov’s Gun by @netcup
39:17-40:40 The Courtroom by @traegorn
40:40-42:04 In the Church at Midnight by @composerinprogress
42:04-43:26 Overture on the Clocktower by @dead-minecraft-fandoms
43:26-44:38 Clocktower Confrontation by @rismrus
44:38-46:49 Chase by @fireball-me
46:49-47:46 Goncharov, Alone by @khufiya-khaufnak-antariksh
47:46-49:17 Katya’s Song by @traumagician
49:17-51:07 Stolen Time by @avatar-of-the-vast
51:07-53:07 Palace Dance Scene by @lostlovepunk
53:07-54:19 Sharing a Dance by @the-frosty-mac
54:19-57:12 This Is It by @angrycatlovesfandoms
57:12-58:08 Dockside by @reptilemodernism
58:08-59:28 If You Loved Me, You Wouldn’t Miss by @thetasteoffire
59:28-1:00:43 The Betrayal by @kip-can-fiddle
1:00:43-1:02:07 Goncharov’s Death by @loruleyuga
1:02:07-1:02:55 Goncharov’s Dream by @verochkasnightmarecorner
1:02:55-1:04:41 Main Theme - End Credits by @if-only-angels-could-prevail
1:04:41-1:07:07 “Vessel [Судно]” by Molchat Doma

If you're curious about Scorsese's "lost masterpiece," here are some posts explaining the Goncharov meme—
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701573789671112704
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701556405503672320/i-got-these-knockoff-boots-online-and-instead-of
Scorsese’s daughter apparently asked him whether he had heard about Goncharov, to hilarious effect—
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701927655016169472
The Google Doc that I used to figure out the order of these scenes/pieces—
docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1Fbcn96MKyc1Bky6c0Ffex4APtar9iNht8ytfZHPpSss/mobilebasic
The masterpost of all the music on the soundtrack—
tumblr.com/thisisnotjuli/701573313313587200/goncharov-score-masterpost

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#goncharov

Goncharov (1973) | Read the description!

Etoile 2022-11-23 | So recently on Tumblr, this post about an imaginary Scorsese movie blew up... and now we're all pretending that it's a real film. Long live Goncharov (1973), the greatest mafia movie never made.

If you're curious about Scorsese's "lost masterpiece," here are some posts explaining the Goncharov meme—
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701573789671112704
madame-karenina.tumblr.com/post/701556405503672320/i-got-these-knockoff-boots-online-and-instead-of

Films used, in order of initial appearance: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Mean Streets (1973), Firepower (1979), The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Somewhere in Time (1980), Taxi Driver (1976), At Long Last Love (1975), A Room with a View (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Anna Karenina (2012), Valentino (1997), Sunflower (1970), Days of Heaven (1978), The Barber of Siberia (1998), Heat and Dust (1984), A Hero of Our Time (2006).
Music: I'm Gonna Live Till I Die by Frank Sinatra
There may be some other films in there... I forget. If you notice one that I haven't credited, please let me know!

#fanvidfeed
#edit
#goncharov

VALENTINO.

Etoile 2022-11-19 | Sorry this is late!! Anyways, hope you enjoy the video. Ken Russell tends to be one of my least favorite directors, so this is a bit of a surprise... but I guess I'd watch anything with Nureyev :)

Film: Valentino (1977)
Music: Orchestral version of "Dark Eyes" from the film's soundtrack

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#valentino

Anna Karenina: Vronsky flirts with Anna

Etoile 2022-11-16 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part four of the series. Unfortunately, this “episode” is going to be one of the shortest yet: I couldn’t include either the 1948 version or the 2012 version. Copyright is the worst! :( The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

For those curious, this clip from 2012 version is available on YouTube at this link: youtube.com/watch?v=93pVpoviAJI&t=31s
The 1948 version is also available in full on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=ukM8RkZcS50

0:00-0:03 Intro
0:03-1:42 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
1:42-5:57 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
5:57-12:00 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
12:00-14:41 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
14:41-15:35 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
15:35-17:00 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
17:00-17:07 Outro

Made in October of 2022 :)

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#annakarenina

Ludwig (1973) | Lohengrin

Etoile 2022-11-09 | More Ludwig (1973), this time with the Act I Prelude from Wagner's Lohengrin.

#edit
#fanvidfeed
#visconti
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Ludwig (1973) — trailer

Etoile 2022-11-05 | The penultimate film by Luchino Visconti. Its subject is Ludwig II of Bavaria, the so-called 'Mad King.' The film is an immense, four-hour-long exploration of the King's life and slow descent into madness. Helmut Berger stars as Ludwig II, alongside Romy Schneider as Empress Sisi of Austria and John Moulder-Brown as Prince Otto von Bayern. The film had to be significantly cut before its premiere in 1973, and was still deemed controversial and superfluous by contemporary critics. Today, it has sadly been largely forgotten.

This video was made by me, for fun. As with all of my videos, it is for entertainment purposes only, and if it is offensive to anymore, then I sincerely apologize. The choice of music was purely creative. If you dislike the video, I'm very sorry. But please be polite about it! It's a lot of work making these videos.

Film: Ludwig (1973)
Music: Theme from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

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Ludwig (1973) soundtrack

Etoile 2022-11-02 | Soundtrack for Visconti's 1973 film Ludwig.

0:00-2:03 Last Original Work for Piano (Richard Wagner)
2:03-3:54 Bayerischer Defiliermarsch
3:54-6:22 König Karl-Marsch
6:22-8:51 Kreuzritter Fanfare
8:51-17:26 Lohengrin: Prelude (Richard Wagner)
17:26-34:00 Kinderszenen (Robert Schumann; performed by Vladimir Horowitz)
34:00-41:07 Tristan und Isolde: So Sturben Wir, Um Ungetrennt (Richard Wagner; orchestral version)
41:07-43:07 Tanhauser: Oh! Du Mein Holder Abenstern (Richard Wagner; music box version)
43:07-48:57 Tristan und Isolde: So Sturben Wir, Um Ungetrennt (Richard Wagner; piano version)
48:57-52:32 Tanhauser: Oh! Du Mein Holder Abenstern (Richard Wagner)
52:32-57:56 Last Original Work for Piano (Richard Wagner; orchestral version)

My YouTube channel is totally dead right now so I'm just going to upload whatever I want :') Have a good week!

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Anna Karenina: Vronsky follows Anna to Petersburg.

Etoile 2022-10-15 | It's Anna Karenina day! This is part three of the series. The 1948 cleared copyright this time, so I was able to include it!! There are no subtitles just yet (because I'm applying to college right now and I'm extremely, extremely busy), but I'll be working to upload them over the weekend. The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments below. As always, I hope you enjoy the comparisons!

0:00-0:03 Intro
0:03-1:49 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
1:49-4:40 Anna Karenina (1948) with Vivien Leigh and Kieron Moore
4:40-7:19 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
7:19-11:33 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
11:33-14:21 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
14:21-16:16 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron-Taylor Johnson
16:16-19:02 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
19:02-22:06 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
22:06-22:10 Outro

Made in October of 2022 :)

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Anna Karenina. Variation XVIII.

Etoile 2022-10-12 | I seem to have become exclusively an Anna Karenina channel. Oh well! I promise my videos will be more diverse in the near future, when I'm less busy. In the meantime, enjoy a little Rachmaninoff :)

Film: Anna Karenina (1997)
Music: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation XVIII by Rachmaninoff

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Anna Karenina. The Second Waltz.

Etoile 2022-10-08 | Apologies for posting this so late today. It has been truly one of the craziest weeks of my life. My schedule will hopefully be back to normal soon :)

Film: Anna Karenina (2012)
Music: Waltz No. 2 by Shostakovich

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Anna Karenina: Anna and Vronsky meet

Etoile 2022-09-17 | Part two of the Anna Karenina series! I'm very excited about this because I've been able to find almost all the major versions online—and I felt that all of them did a pretty good job of depicting this scene! Sadly, the 1948 version was blocked by YouTube, so it isn't included here :( As usual, turn on captions for subtitles (I've translated the Russian versions into English) and my commentary. The relevant passage from the book will be posted in the comments. I hope you enjoy the comparison!

0:00-0:12 Intro
0:12-2:14 Anna Karenina (1935) with Greta Garbo and Fredric March
2:14-5:36 Anna Karenina (1967) with Tatyana Samoylova and Vasily Lanovoy
5:36-10:47 Anna Karenina (1977) with Nicola Paget and Stuart Wilson
10:47-13:28 Anna Karenina (1997) with Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean
13:28-15:11 Anna Karenina (2012) with Keira Knightley and Aaron-Taylor Johnson
15:11-16:14 Anna Karenina (2013) with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera
16:14-20:51 Anna Karenina (2017) with Elizaveta Boyarskaya and Maksim Matveyev
20:51-21:00 Outro

Also, I added a disclaimer in the video; I edited out the accident that occurs right after Anna and Vronsky meet at the station. This is mostly because the accident is so gory in the 2012 version that I didn't feel comfortable including it in the compilation, and once I had taken it out of the 2012 version, I thought I might as well cut it out of all the others, for consistency's sake. Frustratingly, the accident isn't upsetting or gory in any of the other versions, but I feel that it's better this way. Apologies about this and thank you for understanding.

Lastly, since there's more dialogue in these scenes, there isn't as much space for me to put any commentary. So just in case you're curious, here are some of my thoughts about the various versions.

1935 — The cinema purists are probably going to hate me for this, but I actually found this version very awkward. Fredric March looks like a bandleader and Greta Garbo looks far too mannish to be compelling as the feminine Anna. Also, it feels very of its time, something that I dislike in period dramas. Countess Vronskaya, for example, is reduced to a comic, bumbling old lady, when in the book, she's a complex, interesting, and almost sinister figure, serving to highlight Vronsky's lack of familial love. This one just wasn't for me.

1967 — YURI YAKOVLEV AS OBLONSKY!! Almost too good to be true. Tatyana Samoylova is not my favorite Anna, but there's no denying that she gives a great performance. And Vasily Lanovoy definitely has that puppy-dog look that Tolstoy is so fond of describing. I like the costumes, though they're a little plain. All in all I think this version is very faithful to the book and very enjoyable to watch.

1977 — I absolutely hate this version. I've seen the whole first episode but just could not bring myself to watch any more. It is faithful to the book, but the cinematography is God-awful and I LOATHE Stuart Wilson as Vronsky. He looks okay with the cap on, but with the cap off... it's not pretty. Nicola Paget is tolerable as Anna (but not handsome enough to tempt me... no, just kidding, she's very beautiful!) but I really don't like how they portrayed Countess Vronskaya. Also, the butchering of the Russian names is painful ('Countess Vronsky'...). Just not my cup of tea.

1997 — I've said it before and I will absolutely say it again: Sophie Marceau IS Anna Karenina for me. She is radiant like Vivien Leigh, and has a delicate grace. Sean Bean is a passable Vronsky, albeit a little awkward, and I think the actress who portrays Countess Vronskaya is well cast. And the cinematography and costumes are so, so lovely.

2012 — It's a known fact that I dislike the 2012 version. However, as I was editing it this time, I tried to see it as a comedy, and that helped me to enjoy it a bit more. Keira Knightley is possibly my least favorite Anna, and Matthew MacFadyen is ridiculous as Stiva, but Olivia Williams is amazing as Countess Vronskaya and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is quite a good Vronsky (he's very vapid and his face is made up to look very 1870s). The uniforms suck, but oh well, c'est la vie, apparently.

2013 — This version is personally not my favorite (the costumes feel much more 2013 than 1878 to me), BUT Santiago Cabrera and Vittoria Puccini are the best-looking Vronsky and Anna. Points for that!

2017 — I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, the cinematography is amazing, and Maksim Matveyev is a wonderful Vronsky. On the other hand, I don't like Elizaveta Boyarskaya as Anna. The costumes are pretty, though (the uniforms especially), and the acting is decent. That first shot of Vronsky at the station in the sun is glorious; you really can't get much better than that. But Elizaveta Boyarskaya... I don't know, her Anna just isn't my cup of tea.

Made in September of 2022 :)

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The Leopard (1963)

Etoile 2022-09-07 | The Lord healed those who were broken in body. But what of those who are broken in spirt?
—We aren't broken in spirit, Father. We're human beings in a changing world.

Film: Il Gattopardo (1963)
Music: 'Mazurka' by Nino Rota

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Hamlet (1964)

Etoile 2022-08-13 | I know I've already made an edit of this film, but I thought it would be fun to redo it. This was the first film I ever edited! It's such a masterpiece.

Film: Hamlet (1964)
Music: Ophelia's Song (from the film)

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Barry Lyndon. Piano Trio in E-flat Major.

Etoile 2022-07-27 | It was in the reign of George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarreled; whether good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now.

Film: Barry Lyndon (1975)
Music: 'Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, Mvt. II: Andante' by Franz Schubert (excerpt)

Made in June of 2022 :)

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Anna Karenina | Anna dances with Vronsky

Etoile 2022-07-02 | Turn on captions for subtitles & my silly opinions!

A little comparison of five different scenes from five different versions of Anna Karenina. None are perfect, but some are definitely better than others. Which one do you think did the famous waltz scene best? My favorite is the 2017 version—I think it's the most romantic and most historically compelling. (My least favorites are the 1948 and the 2012 ones, for personal reasons more than anything else.)

Inspired by @MistressofPemberley :)

0:00-0:05 Introduction
0:05-4:55 Anna Karenina (1948)
4:55-9:16 Anna Karenina (1967)
9:16-13:48 Anna Karenina (1997)
13:48-19:29 Anna Karenina (2012)
19:29-22:02 Anna Karenina (2017)

For those curious, here are the relevant excerpts from the scene as presented in the book:

'. . . [Kitty] saw in [Anna] the signs of that excitement of success she knew so well in herself; she saw that she was intoxicated with the delighted admiration she was exciting. She knew that feeling and knew its signs, and saw them in Anna; saw the quivering, flashing light in her eyes, and the smile of happiness and excitement unconsciously playing on her lips, and the deliberate grace, precision, and lightness of her movements. . . .

“No, it’s not the admiration of the crowd has intoxicated her, but the adoration of one. And that one? can it be he?” Every time he spoke to Anna the joyous light flashed into her eyes, and the smile of happiness curved her red lips. She seemed to make an effort to control herself, to try not to show these signs of delight, but they came out on her face of themselves. “But what of him?” Kitty looked at him and was filled with terror. What was pictured so clearly to Kitty in the mirror of Anna’s face she saw in him. What had become of his always self-possessed resolute manner, and the carelessly serene expression of his face? Now every time he turned to her, he bent his head, as though he would have fallen at her feet, and in his eyes there was nothing but humble submission and dread. “I would not offend you,” his eyes seemed every time to be saying, “but I want to save myself, and I don’t know how.” On his face was a look such as Kitty had never seen before. . . .

She saw that they felt themselves alone in that crowded room. . . .

Anna smiled, and her smile was reflected by him. She grew thoughtful, and he became serious. Some supernatural force drew Kitty’s eyes to Anna’s face. She was fascinating in her simple black dress, fascinating were her round arms with their bracelets, fascinating was her firm neck with its thread of pearls, fascinating the straying curls of her loose hair, fascinating the graceful, light movements of her little feet and hands, fascinating was that lovely face in its eagerness, but there was something terrible and cruel in her fascination. . . .

Anna did not mean to stay to supper, but the master of the house began to press her to do so.
“Nonsense, Anna Arkadyevna,” said Korsunsky, drawing her bare arm under the sleeve of his dress coat, “I’ve such an idea for a cotillion! Un bijou!”
And he moved gradually on, trying to draw her along with him. Their host smiled approvingly.
“No, I am not going to stay,” answered Anna, smiling, but in spite of her smile, both Korsunsky and the master of the house saw from her resolute tone that she would not stay.
“No; why, as it is, I have danced more at your ball in Moscow than I have all the winter in Petersburg,” said Anna, looking round at Vronsky, who stood near her. “I must rest a little before my journey.”
“Are you certainly going tomorrow then?” asked Vronsky.
“Yes, I suppose so,” answered Anna, as it were wondering at the boldness of his question; but the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her eyes and her smile set him on fire as she said it.'

Made in June of 2022 :)

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Jeeves & Wooster

Etoile 2022-06-25 | —I was sent by the agency, sir. I was given to understand that you required a valet?

Series: Jeeves and Wooster (1990s)
Music: Theme from Jeeves and Wooster

Made in June of 2022 :) This took up SOOO much space on my computer but I absolutely love the way it turned out! I hope you like it too :)

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