Ohhh...the Scent Of Leather And The Feel Of A Collar Encircling My Neck...the Snick Of The Small Lock

I told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.

“We have a word for that in Japanese,” he said. “It’s called ma. Emptiness. It’s there intentionally.”

Is that like the “pillow words” that separate phrases in Japanese poetry?

“I don’t think it’s like the pillow word.” He clapped his hands three or four times. “The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.”

Which helps explain why Miyazaki’s films are more absorbing and involving than the frantic cheerful action in a lot of American animation. I asked him to explain that a little more.

“The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over,” he said. “They’re worried that the audience will get bored. They might go up and get some popcorn.

But just because it’s 80 percent intense all the time doesn’t mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions–that you never let go of those.

— Roger Ebert in conversation with Hiyao Miyazaki

'Sherlock' Season 3 "Sherlock" Season 3 -- Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as John Watson in the "Sherlock" Season 3 episode, "The Empty Hearse."

Mmmm... Benedict Cumberbatch is sooo completely do-able...

Can't wait to see more of Holmes & Watson in January!

Thinking about this era right about noww 🎀🖤

Sebastian Stan, nerdbucket  

↳ “I loved the action stuff. I loved having a gun. I loved having multiple guns and just shooting.” 

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier + knives

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

bucky breaking through hydra's brainwashing at the mention of steve rogers in s2 ep2 of what if..?

Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan’s Compliment Showdown