Vanilla Sky – Il Sogno Lucido

Ho rivisto qualche tempo fa Vanilla Sky e ho una gran voglia di esplorare alcuni dei concetti base di questo film surreale, poetico, terrificante e bellissimo.

Puoi Uscire A Giocare?

Una cosa che non farò mai nella mia vita è definirmi scrittore.

Non importa da quanto tempo scrivo e quanto ho scritto.

“Cosa fai nella vita?”

“L* scrittor*” non sarebbe la mia risposta nemmeno se dai miei libri venissero  tratti film e i ragazzi li usassero come testi di narrativa nelle scuole. Sì, ho esagerato, ma per rendere l’idea.

Scrittor* forse diventi dopo, dopo che te ne sei andato, dopo che per i successivi cent’anni la gente ancora parla di ciò che hai scritto, possibilmente bene.

Ecco, quindi se mai dovesse succedere qualcuno me lo farà sapere, ma non è che mi interessi granché.

Per questo fatico a definire il mio un libro perché, sapete, gli scrittori scrivono libri.

Non è per denigrarlo, è la cosa più importante che ho fatto nella mia vita, ma di fatto se è un libro si vedrà, ma non ho altro termine e quindi è semplicemente

Puoi Uscire a Giocare?

È una storia che ho scritto con i protagonisti, nel senso che per mesi sono stati loro a divertirsi a dirmi ciò che dovevo raccontare.

Spero di non averli delusi e di aver raccontato come si conveniva.

La loro non è una storia di tutti i giorni, anche se si basa su sentimenti e stati d’animo in cui tutti ci siamo trovati. Non è nemmeno una storia banale, concedetemelo, non per mia bravura ma perché ciò che si ritiene buono e cattivo qui è sovvertito, ciò che si ritiene un happy ending forse non è quello che vi aspettereste.

Ad ogni modo se foste interessati il libro è qui

PUOI USCIRE A GIOCARE?

E sono qui anch’io se mai voleste parlarne.

Grazie.  

Thoughts about Clarice

I’m glad I never listen to people and always do and think what the hell I want.

Especially with readings.

I often heard things like Hannibal is shit because he rapes Clarice while she is unconscious!

No, Hannibal is shit for many reasons but not for that. I don’t know why you have to find one more, he is already shit as he is, don’t twist the book to make a point.

I mean, if you are on a mission from God to convince people not to read Harris’ books, at least don’t use something that it’s not there.

 

Anyway…

Reading Harris’ books

When I started joining fandoms I did it for the obvious reasons, ship a pairing, but also for something else.

I understood that with Weiẞ Kreuz.

If you don’t know it, it’s an anime about two groups of killers. Eight guys, four “good” and four “bad”. Very poorly summarized.

Anyway, in my opinion this anime sucks. The plot is hilarious (and it doesn’t mean to be) and the graphic is not very good.

I used to make fun of this as I do with Hannibal, writing about the weird things that happened in the episodes; but the difference was that back then I was serious, in a way, because the problems were real, now my humor is just out of love and I make fun of the show inventing things, not because they are really there.

Well, all that changes if you start reading fanfictions about Weiẞ Kreuz.

The characters are amazing. There are so many possibilities because fans brought to light all those tiny things that in the anime were just hints. The characters’ psychology has been delineated by fan writers. If you don’t know what it is I suggest you to check it out. Even if the anime makes you laugh, you will not be disappointed by the characters, they are great.

And here comes my idea about Hannibal.

Hannibal in the books is not a great character. Not at all.

It’s still better than the others around him, I’m experiencing difficulties to find someone I really like among all of them, but Hannibal is really not that charming.

So, it came Hopkins and gave him life. That was when Hannibal Lecter really started to live.

And that wasn’t enough.

 

Bryan loves Fannibals because he understands perfectly what fandoms does.

The same thing he did.

He took characters that had great potential but were underestimated and gave them their life.

There’s nothing wrong about it.

I don’t think Harris fans should be offended.

It happens sometimes, it happens often, that you have great ideas about plot and situations, but don’t take good care of your characters.

At least that’s my opinion; Harris set up a great world of “good and evil” but he lost many opportunities to explore their minds in all their interesting sides.

Will Graham is so overlooked in Red Dragon and Hannibal is repulsive and squalid as serial killers are in real life. And that would be fair if it wasn’t for that spark he has that can elevate him to something more interesting and Harris didn’t quite explore that. Not as much.

Bryan did.

Reading the books is a fantastic experience for obvious reasons -I mean, Harris invented those characters, all the praise to him for that- but at the same time I turn every page and ask myself

How the fuck Bryan and the other writers did that? How? Just from a line in the book, sometimes just from hints. How?

CANNIBALS AND EMPATHS

01 SOCIABLE
02 PSYCH EVAL
03 EMERGENCIES
04 BREAKFAST
05 TEMPORARY LACK OF CONFIDENCE
06 MOVE IN
07 AT THE ACADEMY
08 THE INTERVIEW
09 THE SIGN ON THE DOOR
10 MISSED CALL
11 CONFESSION
12 AGREEMENT
13 MISTAKES
14 ADOPTION
15 NEW WORDS
16 HIGH HOPES
17 BAD ABIGAIL
18 IT'S  LOSING GAME, HANNIBAL
19 HANNIBAL DOESN’T WANT TO MOVE
20 CRUELTY
21 LECTER-GRAHAM TALES

MARRIAGE PROBLEMS COLLECTION

1. Hannibal Lecter has a problem with boundaries.
2. Will is hard work.   OR   Well, Hannibal said yes to everything.
3. Stunned cannibal.
4. It looks like Will finally decided.
5. Well, this isn’t very far from reality.
6. So many problems for him. So many.
7. Will is capable of sudden changes of expression.
8. Hannibal is a saint.
9. Hannibal wants to keep some mystery in the marriage.
10. Hannibal is Hannibal.
11. That’s travel with style.
12. Maybe Will has not fully understood the word marriage.
13. Trouble in paradise.
14. What’s for dinner?
15. I’m starting to see a pattern in how all the fights will end.
16. The girl with the series of most peculiar dads in the world. 
17. Will’s search for puppies never ends. 
18. Special Agent Graham using his power of deduction.
19. Will is hard to convince and I don’t understand why.
20. Abigail is waiting for them at home, in the dark kitchen.
21. That time when Will was smart enough.
22. Family indoor games.
23. I don’t understand all this resentment between them.
24. I hope Will has no doubts left on the subject.
25. I’d like to see Will and the baby deer confronting each other.
26. They should try counseling with the Wendigo.
27. Since Frederick is so eager to be friend with Hannibal…
28. They have their things to discuss at the dinner table.
29. After all, he is a psychiatrist.
30. This marriage s'ha da fare.
31. Aaaaand… We tied the knot! Hannibal is happy. As you can see, Will has the same expression as always. Hannibal must enjoy what he has.
32. I can’t help it. I love this family.
33. Hannibal insists on having people for dinner.
34. I bet Christmas is Will's favourite time of the year.
35. Poor Hannibal can’t think properly. Not entirely his fault.
36. Will using his power.
37. After this conversation Will confiscated Hannibal’s phone. Forever.
38. Their neighbours keep changing.
39. Probably Hugh Dancy, Will.
40. They’re not listening to Jack anymore.
41. Come on, Will, just an ear…
42. They didn’t expect the tears. The tears end the game.
43. He is an artist, Will. Leave him alone.
44. I think Hannibal won’t stop asking his favourite questions. Can I eat you, Will? AND Can I kill Jack?
45. This is the natural consequence of n#44. Hannibal never listens.
46. I hope Abigail appreciates the effort.
47. No such thing as a simple dinner, with Hannibal, uh?
48. It must be a habit of his.
49. Will starting to sound reasonable. And… Dominant.
50. Will is now unstoppable.
51. Pazzi is another victim of the Murder Husbands. In every way possible.
52. Maybe it’s a new board game.
53. You do this every time, Will…
54. Will makes him suspicious.
55. Anthony is one enthusiastic guy.
56. Will… You know that you can’t say certain things.
57. A bunch of psychopaths…
58. Will, at some point you agreed to that. So…
59. Dogs learn quickly.
60. New new new new new new new…dog.
61. A school day with husband.
62. Murder Husbands leisure time!
63. Dads.
64. Cast pearls before swine.
65. Hannibal’s gifts.
66. Trying to pass on knowledge to unworthy people.
67. Kinks.
68. Murder Husbands are going to wait with us.
69. The toilet problem.
70. Hierarchy.
71. Hobbies.
72. You wanted a list, Will.
73. Maybe Will is finally convinced.
74. The fridge is not for decor, Hannibal.
75. That’s why Freddie is still alive.

WILL'S PROBLEMS COLLECTION

WILL’S PROBLEMS #1
WILL’S PROBLEMS #2
WILL’S PROBLEMS #3
WILL’S PROBLEMS #4
WILL’S PROBLEMS #5
WILL’S PROBLEMS #6
WILL’S PROBLEMS #7
WILL’S PROBLEMS #8
WILL’S PROBLEMS #9
WILL’S PROBLEMS #10
WILL’S PROBLEMS #11
WILL’S PROBLEMS #12
WILL’S PROBLEMS #13
WILL’S PROBLEMS #14


THE LITTLE WINDOW
COMMERCIAL
YOUNG WILL GRAHAM
WILL’S DOGS
WILL’S DOGS #2
NAMES
POOR MOLLY
OUR USUAL WILL
WILL AND SHADOW
WILL’S RECKONING
FREDDIE WANTED AN INTERVIEW