Giovanni Da Udine (1487-1561) - Dettaglio Del Finto Pergolato Con Festoni Di Frutta E Fiori Che Incornicia

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka is a 1961 fairy tale fantasy Soviet film directed by Alexander Rou. It is based on Nikolai Gogol’s collection of short stories of the same name (specifically based on the short story The Night Before Christmas). In a small Ukrainian village, a young blacksmith, Vakula, is in love with the village beauty, Oksana. Oksana is a capricious girl who states that she will only marry Vakula if he brings her the slippers that Empress Catherine the Great wears. At the same the Devil aims to get back at Vakula for painting an embarassing picture of him. The Devil steals the moon, in the hopes of creating chaos and visiting Vakula’s witch mother. Vakula, however, tricks the Devil into taking him to Saint-Petersburg. [watch]

I´m impressed. That contrast between the beautiful art and hideous topic is gorgeous *-*

*Permission from the artist*

artist and colorful version -> https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=3311012

Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka is a 1961 fairy tale fantasy Soviet film directed by Alexander Rou. It is based on Nikolai Gogol’s collection of short stories of the same name (specifically based on the short story The Night Before Christmas). In a small Ukrainian village, a young blacksmith, Vakula, is in love with the village beauty, Oksana. Oksana is a capricious girl who states that she will only marry Vakula if he brings her the slippers that Empress Catherine the Great wears. At the same the Devil aims to get back at Vakula for painting an embarassing picture of him. The Devil steals the moon, in the hopes of creating chaos and visiting Vakula’s witch mother. Vakula, however, tricks the Devil into taking him to Saint-Petersburg. [watch]

Composers on Halloween!

three waves: Katsushika Hokusai. “Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura),” also known as “the Great Wave,” from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), ca. 1830–32.

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. “Finale”, from cycle Sonata of the Sea, 1908.

Ivan Bilibin. Illustration for the picture book, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”, 1905.

Cubitum eamus?

Another Country (1984) | Maurice (1987) | The History Boys (2006) | Brideshead Revisited (1981) | Dead Poets Society (1989)

Pride and Prejudice (but with ducks, trust me it’s better)

Grab your popcorn guys this is gonna be long, I decided to sum up the whole parody of Pride and Prejudice that was published this year in italian Topolino

here we go,

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Art: Stefano Turconi

Texts: Teresa Radice

(aka best duo in comic history)

We start with Jane Austen herself (her duck self to be precise) telling to her friend about her new book with the aforementioned title!

Then we meet our protagonists!

The wonderful family Pennet, living in suburban England, with Jane (Paperetta / Dickie Duck) and Elizabeth (Daisy) being the eldest daughters

The family usually hangs out at their neighbour’s, Fethry Bingpap’s lavish parties, with Bingpap and Jane developping mutual feelings

At the party we also meet Bingpap’s sister Amelia (Magica De Spell) and

Donald Ducky!

(yes, Donald keeps that look on his face until the very end)

The contrast between the two friends’ characters is very evident

And here we have Duckcy’s and Elizabeth’s first moment! (boy, everything happens at that party)

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Arielle Dombasle

I don’t think it was a sin. Because it didn’t feel like a sin. It felt like I’m supposed to feel.

Novitiate (2017), dir. Maggie Betts

Ekaterina Maximova as Spring Fairy in the 1960 ballet film “Cinderella and the Glass Slipper”.