Of all the sites I've closed over the years besides losing the MacReady/Meaning fan site to my now deceased domain, shutting down the Gli Attori blog I ran with other Eurocult fans 5 years ago is the one that still haunts me the most. That blog contained my best film journalism writing/study, because it forced me to really look at character, acting, storytelling and the vast skill it takes to make movies.
I am thrilled I came across some of the posts (and fan fic) I created for that blog earlier this morning.
Rereading some of the posts reminds me how much I care and adore characters when done right. The European cult cinema of the 60s, 70s and early 80s was filled with all kinds of excess, raunch, gore and really well crafted stories. Men and women were both sex objects and predators. American drive-in/grindhouse cinema didn't always live up to the character standards their European counterparts did, but they were just as fun.
I'm not entirely sure what I will do with these posts: perhaps reprint a few of them somewhere. Only I could compare Street Trash's Mike Lackey to Franco Nero and Ewan McGregor, but I made it work. ;)
I do know that one fan fic will be rewritten with my own characters and tweaking. Nice to find some 'new' material relating to a style of early 70s horror I love (Satanic cults). It'll be a fine ode to one of my most favorite European films (which I reviewed at this blog early on).
The huge pro to this find reinforces exactly why I need to concentrate on my talents NOW.
Not months from now, not years from now (won't waste school-time NOT pursuing writing any more), right NOW. So writing, perhaps more movie related classwork and music are definitely in my near and present future. ;)
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