Before we get into it:

You may or may not have noticed, but I missed two weeks in a row, which means one significant thing: I’m tired.

2024 has been good, but I’m going to wind downfor the rest of December and focus on refining this newsletter a little for 2025.

Thanks for reading!

Television delivers people

‘Television Delivers People’ is the title of a piece of video art made by Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman in 1973.

They bought local TV airtime to get their simple text broadcast:

You don't grow a network, you earn one

Trust and value build connections, not time or numbers.

A film shows behaviour over time

I really enjoyed the first few seasons of ‘House of Cards’.

In this video, Robin Wright shares the advice David Fincher gave when she was set to direct her first few episodes of the show.

His advice was simple:

She seems to interpret it as an equation, but I think he just means we watch characters, and see how pressures and conflicts cause them to respond over the passing of time.

Voyeurism 101.

…creating something complex and intriguing enough to want to sit with.

After all…

P.S.: I was also struck by the mention that House of Cards was shot on either a 27mm or a 32mm lens, which is the same range the Coen Brothers tend to shoot in… let it be known that this is literally all I know about lenses.

🇮🇪 ‘Say Nothing’ by Patrick Radden Keefe [BOOK]
Growing up in Ireland, I thought I couldn’t learn anything new about The Troubles. I was wrong….This book is fantastic, and deserves the hype. Maybe the best non-fiction book I’ve ever read?

🧵 ‘Green Room’ (2015) [FILM]
Gnarly thriller set at a punk gig- hadn't seen since it first came out. So good.

🦐 ‘Perfect Sense’ by Arctic Monkeys [SONG]
The closing track of Arctic Monkey's latest album ‘The Car’. I've had it on repeat.

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