weekly report

S, Chris, & I went to the State Fair on Sunday! My favorite things: Big Tex, Fletcher’s corny dog, antique dolls in the arts & crafts exhibit + that room as a whole (as always), seeing some kind of dessert-tasting competition, cotton candy snowcone beer, Mexican rodeo, hydroponic agriculture, the spraypainted shirt S bought me, blasting Mariah Carey on the train there & back

A recommended JEON SOMI (ex-I.O.I. member!) & I’m loving it.

I’m feeling drawn to what, in my head, I’m thinking of as 1960s/1970s medieval revival fantasy, so colorful, + (as always in the fall) 1980s medievali fantasy (of which I’m disappointed there isn’t more) & want to watch some Russian fairy tale movies. I have many on my list, but have never actually watched any.

I made a list of movies to watch today that seem to speak to this aeshetic, or the one I’m envisioning

Robin & Marian (1976) 

Perceval (1978; dir. Éric Rohmer)

Silvestre (1981) 

Lancelot du lac (1974) 

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 

La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928) 

Lola Montès (1955) 

La Reine Margot (1994) 

The Pit & the Pendulum (1961) 

Hamlet (1948) 

The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 

The Lion in Winter (1968) 

The Magic Flute (1975) 

I’m not a fan of Chappell Roan’s music, but her styling is always so incredible & I saw these images from a recent performance that I’m totally in love with, that hit this vibe exactly & simultaneously make me think of Kate Bush, as many of her looks do.

The Slipper & the Rose (1976) 

The Glass Slipper (1955) 

Ruslan & Ludmila (1972) 

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) 

Beauty & the Beast (1978) 

The Little Mermaid (1976; dir. Kachyňa) 

Ondine (1975) 

The Little Mermaid (1976; dir. Bychkov)

The Snow Maiden (1968; dir. Kadochinikov) 

Viy (1967) 

Princess Goldilocks (1973) 

The Terribly Sad Princess (1968) 

Henry V (1944)