SimonXIX’s avatarSimonXIX’s Twitter Archive—№ 67,501

      1. I watched @markcousinsfilm' new film about the rise of Italian fascism and fascist propaganda last night (review forthcoming on a @cinetopia show) and it took me on a trail that led to this version of Bella Ciao by Tom Waits. open.spotify.com/track/1Lf4Dp7RTPwNI1pw9uOLrK?si=437ed99512394a68
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      Huge fan of this automated SEO spam website that tells me I'm not able to watch Umberto Paradisi's 1922 fascist propaganda film A noi! Dalla sagra di Napoli al trionfo di Roma on Disney+, Netflix, HBO Max, or Paramount Plus. thestreamable.com/movies/a-noi-dalla-sagra-di-napoli-al-trionfo-di-roma-1922
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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    This has led me to Letterboxd's page for films "starring" Benito Mussolini. I have seen 2 out of 67 of them. letterboxd.com/actor/benito-mussolini/
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      If you end up with pages that treat Benito Mussolini like a Hollywood star, perhaps that's an indication that some manual curatorial intervention is required on these datasets. Maybe you can't treat every film and everyone who appears in a film using the same Hollywood paradigm.
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        Have you seen the Benito Mussolini film, I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN (2007) also starring Paul Rudd and Michelle Pfeiffer?
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API