A couple of awesome things!

[mithen]

--min_taiwan has some beautiful Arthurian Trinity art up!  They all look so gorgeous (I love the way Kal's curl dips below his crown, eee!)  Check it out!

--arch_schatten  shared this page with me:  Crying Men.  Basically it's for a photo exhibit, they asked various actors to cry for the camera and the results are incredibly striking.  I'm especially taken with Willem Dafoe's sort of "Wait, don't take my picture now when I'm actually racked up, wait until I'm crying attractively" look, and Laurence Fishburne, OMG.  Also, I want to cuddle Jude Law and take him home and feed him cookies.  Tim Roth, Sean Penn, Robin Williams, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig (who looks like he's been crying for hours, "Take his picture already!" said arch_schatten )...  it's a really visually amazing thing.  We spent much of the afternoon debating who was being sincere, who was "faking it," who was proud of producing a Single Emo Tear (I'm looking at you, Kristofferson and Christiansen!), and what kind of sad each of them was aiming for.

Comments

[icarus-chained.livejournal.com]

Crying Men is a gorgeous, gorgeous thing. A really beautiful thing. Some of them ...

Tim Roth and Daniel Craig hit hardest, with me. Most raw emotion, I think. Oddly, part of that seems to be the rings, for me. Both of them ... Craig looks like a policeman is sitting in front of him, having just told him his wife has died. Roth is later, after the police have left, but the same emotion.

Fishburn ... yep. Definitely about to kill someone for making him cry.

Downey Jr ... I think he thought it was a different kind of photoshoot. -_-;

Del Toro and Leguizamo have a very dispondant air that hits hard, and the body language with Law and Byrne is a masterwork. Especially, as has been said, the stairs with Law. My sister's first response is 'He looks like a kid trying to block out the sound of his parents fighting.' Ouchie.

Have to say, though, Buscemi looks more like he has a hangover, and Dafoe like he just woke up.

Newman ... what can you say? Pure class, and sadness.

[mithen.livejournal.com]

Oddly, part of that seems to be the rings, for me. Both of them ... Craig looks like a policeman is sitting in front of him, having just told him his wife has died. Roth is later, after the police have left, but the same emotion.

Huh! I hadn't even registered the rings, and yet I think you're right that they add an extra dimension to it.

Downey Jr ... I think he thought it was a different kind of photoshoot. -_-;

LOL, I suspect so. Um...maybe he usually does cry naked and tangled in the sheets?

My sister's first response is 'He looks like a kid trying to block out the sound of his parents fighting.' Ouchie.

Yeah...yeah. He looks so young and vulnerable... Very impressive.