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Sluggita's avatar

this is incredible in every way!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Grazie Mille, Sluggita my love

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SLART's avatar

True dat

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SLART's avatar

I can’t believe that bitch at the start! The cheek of her!

It’s the first time I’ve heard your voice and your accent is incredible endearing!

I really enjoyed the short film, fuck, it was so raw. I love that it's created for art and for art's sake, not to make money. That's how I create my art too, and I'm sure you do too.

Keep up the great writing and great art Cintra! ❤️

SLART

P.S. Dope art as per usual. 👌

P.P.S Also... Daaaaaamn! Who invited Cindy Lauper's better lookin' sister?

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Aww shuckins SLART! So delighted you enjoyed it!

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SLART's avatar

I loved it! 🙏 are you in any more short films? And… do you recommend any?

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

I did one you might like. It was my follow-up to Winter Steele, but it was banned from MTV for having too many automatic weapons. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10155013758131707&id=102539341706&paipv=0&eav=AfZaOBO9h1b9MVPrpDP8eS90mHqdofLAqvM1cNqFO9yuya6hl7hkxBqtZmWler6ocko&_rdr

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SLART's avatar

Daaaamn I can’t see it. Is it on YouTube too?

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Sadly no! Did the link not work, or are you not on Facebook?

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SLART's avatar

The link said “content cannot be found”

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Bob Mori's avatar

Fun project. Great share. 🎬💙

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thank you Baba Mori!

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Chris Norris's avatar

That’s a basic and appalling generational shift that you note here, whereby cachet becomes exclusively about theft — aka “sampling,” “curating,” “flipping,” and other euphemisms for the supposed highest form of flattery, without credit, attribution, or compensation. (Grrrr….)

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Yeah, Noam Chomsky says that AI is the greatest theft of property since we genocided the Native Americans.

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Ryan's avatar

"So what are you waiting for? All the heat's leaking out." LOVE this, Cintra. From the long panning cityscape shots to the kid sucking on the last of his shake (Was it truly a malt? We'll never know.) You jump off the screen like a 1940s gangster's moll, complete with accent. Thanks so much for sharing! It's a dirty NYC holiday gift.

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Lara Starr's avatar

New subscriber, and THAT was a fantastic story!

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Welcome, Lady Starr! Much appreciated!

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Lara Starr's avatar

Here's a story: "met" in the early 90s. I was living on Carl and Stanyan and you were walking down the street with Rob Penfield (a college acquaintance who I think you were dating - and I think was a bartender/oyster shucker at the Deluxe at the time) and I was sitting in my window and waved down to say "Hello" and it was kind of weird and awkward and funny.

You two were so beautiful and glamorous and I was the dork in the window.

The side-story to that is that as an LA native, the lack of screens on the windows in SF was a marvel to me. I *could* actually wave out of my window. No screens!

I'm looking forward to reading more! I only wish I had all of the money in the world to subscribe to all of the Substacks! If/when (keep hope alive!) I win the lottery, I'm upgrading to paid!

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Woah, what a cool memory! That Penfield was certainly a looker!

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SLART's avatar

Innit!

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Raj C.'s avatar

Some people stink of privilege.

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SLART's avatar

Yus, and soooo oblivious to it.

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Raj C.'s avatar

Psychic blind spots. They explain a great deal about human behavior.

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SLART's avatar

Absolutely, would love to hear your thoughts...

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Raj C.'s avatar

I've been reading about perception recently and I found that there's a lag between the emotional brain and the logical brain.

The eyes are just lenses that transmit electrical impulses to the brain. The brain builds fabrications that it then evaluates emotionally and then logically.

These fabrications are molded by expectations. These create the blind spots. Magicians use this gap in space time to do tricks.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

That is one hell of an interesting comment, Raj. Thank you!

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SLART's avatar

I thought the same

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Raj C.'s avatar

Thank you. I find the subject super fascinating.

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SLART's avatar

I love it, do you recommend any reading on this?

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Raj C.'s avatar

The two best books I've read outside of books by magicians like Quicker than the Eye by John Mulholland which is more of a history book, The Way of the Wolf by Jordan Belfort and The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards Heuer. The second was written for the CIA. The first is more about sales and persuasion, but Jordan understands deep concepts and explains them plainly.

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Bryan Durr's avatar

Wow! Very cool. That’s quite a cast including Miho Nikaido. Was this before she married Hal Hartley?

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

During, actually!

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Lucy Sante's avatar

Hilarious! You are epic! Also enhanced for me by the fact that I (still) know both those guys.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

I love you Lucy!! Have I ever told you that you were my very first, #1 paid subscriber? Have I told you I love you for it?

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Sluggita's avatar

my old band played some dates with Richards band back in the day, I wish we’d crossed paths when this was shot. I loved it! You’re one of my favorite people on earth, Cintra! ❤️

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

My heart is full! I kiss you on your face!!

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Chris Norris's avatar

Great Runyonesque moll screen presence, btw.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Oooh lala! My younger, hotter self thanks you.

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Chris Norris's avatar

Nice!

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MonaLott's avatar

The caucasity!

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

I know, we're all very white.

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MonaLott's avatar

This is true.

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appleton king's avatar

omg the film merry xmas to you too btw is that art a self portrait? Frida is rollin over in grave aha

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Mary Ann Brown's avatar

I’m not able to open Part 2 of the film. Says I have to go to YouTube. Any tips??

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Just click on the box, it will play.

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