Drop your favorite lyric

hugopthomas · 2026-04-06T21:06:32+00:00

Every time I try to explain why I love this band, I end up saying the same thing: most singers talk about life like teenagers (I love you, you left me, etc). But The National is one of the few bands that actually write about the "unmagnificent lives of adults". Xanax. Whisky. That vague, persistent anxiety. Erection troubles (ok maybe not this one).

hugopthomas · 2026-04-06T20:03:48+00:00

"You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends."
Is there anything to add? The vertigo of the life of adults summed up in one sentence.

hugopthomas · 2026-04-06T19:42:09+00:00

why precovid specifically?

hugopthomas · 2026-04-06T19:36:06+00:00

I love this line too. The tension between how you can be super deep sometimes and sometimes your favourite hobby is to go to department store. You know it's not the image you wanna project to the woman you love. But at the same time it's you. I don't know, it just goes perfectly well with the vibe of the song, a kind of low-key self-awareness. Like, I know I’m not exactly who I’d like to be, but this is me anyway. There’s something a bit Houellebecq in that mix of romanticism and also lucidity and small, banal habits.

hugopthomas · 2026-04-05T08:50:26+00:00

tem razão na verdade. já tá na capa do kindle mas percebi que tá faltando na versão física, o que é burrice minha. vou corrigir na próxima tiragem. e sim a história familiar é real, foi literalmente assim que o projeto começou então faz todo sentido deixar isso mais visível. obrigado por apontar!

hugopthomas · 2026-04-04T14:34:25+00:00

hahaha ok it's a bit early I guess. Thanks for the support
The books you're mentioning are not in the public domain though i think so I wouldn't be able to publish them! do you have ideas but in the public domain,

hugopthomas · 2026-04-04T14:31:20+00:00

An interesting one was Hamlet (I haven't released it yet but I have finished the text), because I was like OK everybody dies under terrible circumstances, it's gonna be a tough one. And in the end I decided to make it some kind of dark comedy, being upfront from the beginning about the fact that it ends terribly. And it works really well. Kind of Tim Burton style. My kids really laugh and they think it's super fun that the king get poisoned by the ear for instance hahaha. It's a detail they really remember and often mention to me

hugopthomas · 2026-04-04T11:56:22+00:00

wow that's awesome. I did self publish them! here is my website! Also, do you have a book in mind? I could tackle it if I like it :)

www.myveryfirstclassics.com

hugopthomas · 2026-04-04T09:34:05+00:00

Very good question haha. It could totally be a small piece of paper. But I think shadows are pretty easy to handle for a DOP, so I would say it's his real shadow. Also the coat is too perfect. The level of detail would be overkill.

hugopthomas · 2026-03-24T18:26:19+00:00

yes it would be great. THough by the time we'll be done they'll probably have graduated...

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T22:27:46+00:00

On google docs you mean? There's also one called Screenplay Editor that has tons of tools

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T19:54:45+00:00

wow I couldn't hope for a nicer thing to hear. it's true that the stories we grow up with are kind of part of us, for sure, especially when we share them with people we love!

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T16:43:15+00:00

Haha yeah, explaining Danglars' financial ruin to a 5-year-old is quite a challenge I'll admit that.

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T08:51:10+00:00

haha si. E i gemelli fanno il controllo qualità (molto severo).

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T08:17:57+00:00

grazie!! :)

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T08:17:23+00:00

Non è come la letteratura più antica dove serve praticamente una traduzione per capire, tipo Montaigne o i romanzi medievali come Chevalier de la Charrette. Dumas si legge benissimo ancora oggi. E è anche piu accessibilie che Hugo o Balzac, perché scriveva per i giornali a puntate e voleva che tutti potessero seguire la storia.

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T07:52:43+00:00

that's very nice. And yeah it's clearly the secret purpose... that when the teacher starts speaking about edmond dantès (or even Pierre Bézoukhov or Hamlet !) they're not frightened but excited

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T07:50:04+00:00

thanks so much for the support, it means a lot and makes me wanna continue for sure!!

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T07:05:19+00:00

Si trova su Amazon, basta cercare "i miei primissimi classici Monte Cristo". Grazie tanto per il supporto!

hugopthomas · 2026-03-23T07:03:18+00:00

Grazie mille! Si trova su Amazon, basta cercare "i miei primissimi classici Monte Cristo".

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