i’m reading emma thompson’s diaries from the filming of sense and sensibility and there are some really great bits
danny de vito sent good-luck flowers on their first day of shooting
in the published draft of the script, colonel brandon and willoughby fight a duel offscreen after brandon confronts him about impregnating beth, brandon’s ward
“kissing hugh [grant] was very lovely. glad i invented it. can’t rely on austen for a snog, that’s for sure. we shoot the scene on a hump-backed bridge. two swans float into shot as if on cue. everyone coos. ‘get rid of them,’ says ang [lee]. ‘too romantic.’
for a number of outdoor scenes, they would fire a shotgun in the air just before the cameras started rolling to get the local crow population to shut the fuck up for a few minutes
there was a dedicated line item in the budget for hiring flocks of sheep for exterior shots, ang lee was determined to use them as often as he could
“later found ang looking at the estuary with a mournful expression. i went and stood beside him. after a moment he said, waving towards the water, ‘tide goes in, tide goes out, tide goes in, tide goes out — and still no sex.’ ‘do you miss it?’ i enquired, after i’d stopped laughing. he nodded sadly. his family won’t be back for weeks.”
while filming the scenes at the palmers’ house with the screaming baby, it turns out that “we’ve hired the calmest babies in the world to play the hysterical thomas. one did finally start to cry but stopped every time chris yelled ‘action’. later: babies smiled all afternoon. buddhist babies. they didn’t cry once. we, however, were all in tears by 5 p.m.”
“very nice lady served us drinks in hotel and was followed in by a cat. we all crooned at it. alan [rickman] to cat (very low and meaning it): ‘fuck off’. the nice lady didn’t turn a hair. the cat looked slightly embarrassed but stayed.”
during the london ballroom scene hugh laurie kept treading on the train of imelda staunton’s gown, “which pulled it down so far it exposed her boobs. keep it in, i said, but she wouldn’t.”
“sunday, 11 june: drank far too much last night and woke at 5:30 a.m. could’ve gone on drinking all night. quite grateful for a hangover, it provides a bit of peace. walked on to my balcony completely naked last night and took the couple that have moved into the suite next door slightly by surprise. walked back in calmly affecting insouciance and then bit all my pillows, one after the other.”
while resetting a scene involving a carriage, “ang rode off on a bicycle and didn’t return. found him locked in the loo at trafalgar, having broken the key. he’s being rescued at present.”
“noon. finish scene with alan. me: ‘oh! i’ve just ovulated.’ alan (long pause): ‘thank you for that.’”
“hugh g. in a spot of bother up la, apparently. something to do with a blow job. it’s all right for some, i thought.”
can anyone explain to me who colonel fitzwilliam (darcy’s cousin) IS, emotionally
Just to clarify i don’t need it explained what he *does*or how he narratively *functions* but what his *vibe* is. there’s lot of good stuff in the notes but just wanted to clear that up
THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING PUT UP FOR SALE AND I AM BEGGING YOU TO CALL YOUR SENATORS
Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.
This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.
THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.
If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.
CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.
Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.
I don’t have a huge following but please, everywhere I have ever loved, the forests I grew up playing in, the land I got married on, is all at risk and I am begging.
why does the “pour milk on your eyes for tear gas exposure” myth pop up like clockwork every time…please do not do that please only do eye flushes with water. please please please
Because it used to be a common strategy against pepper spray because in theory it does work pretty good for pepper spray ONLY, but it has risks and strategies have evolved away from it. Basically milk has a lot of fat, pepper spray is an oil based spray. The fats from the milk bind the oils and wash them away more effectively than water or saline solution but turns out saline solution is still more than good enough and has no risks.
Another issue is: tear gas. Tear gas is a powder, it is not oil based, milk has no benefits when facing tear gas. Tear gas has been increasingly used over the past years in protests over pepper spray. That is a more or less new development, which is why the strategy changed to using water/ saline solution too.
Tl;DR: Not a myth, just an outdated strategy so that’s why it keeps popping up. Use water or saline solution to wash out eyes after being hit with pepper spray or tear gas! You can add washing out with soap to better counteract pepper spray specifically. And rinse yourself, your clothes, anything that was hit in the shower or outside too before touching anything after you are back home or throw those objects away if possible. Focus on eyes and hands as first aid.
