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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New cafe in Detroit where you can buy a cappuccino, a pastry, vinyl and a refurbished Mini Cooper.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

PG: Isiah (of course) C: Hakeem (although Russell is good value) SF: Lebron PF: Rodman SG: Kobe, I guess…

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What’s an example of perfect casting?

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I always assumed it was Golan and Globus.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Costumes from SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Jodie Foster’s sweatshirt. Lester’s bloody pants and Jame Gumb’s shirt during the climax

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I just realized this character from Better Off Dead is named Roy Stalin.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Sad news about Catherine O’Hara. So many good roles but my favorite was Gail in AFTER HOURS where she packs so many great moments in maybe 5-10 minutes of screen time.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Out of the gate with a mockumentary, a road movie, a coming-of-age, a swashbuckling adventure, a romantic comedy, a suspense-thriller, and a courtroom drama.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Never noticed that my department library has Redford next to Newman and Streisand.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Just once, even for a moment, I’d like to be as cool as Robert Redford in this still from DOWNHILL RACER.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Scanned some more old negatives. This batch had pics of legendary actress and dancer Vyjayanthimala during a trip to DC around 1970. (My father, a student at Catholic University at the time, drove her around.)

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Scanning old negatives to see what’s on them. These are from my parents’ wedding.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

My favorite Terence Stamp film is THE LIMEY in which Steven Soderbergh used footage of Stamp from Ken Loach’s POOR COW for flashbacks of Stamp’s character as a younger man. (Watch it on Tubi.)

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Came across these behind the scenes portraits from NASHVILLE. They did them for each of the 24 characters.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This exercise taught me that my late 90s list alone would compete with this millennium.

Silence, In the Mood for Love, Court, The Others, Whale Rider, Memories of Murder, The Son, The Lives of Others, The Rider, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Handmade “Thank You” card from the GOSFORD PARK Costume Dept to Robert Altman.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Another great crowd for the South Asian Film Series I’m curating to see Wakhri with director Iram Parveen Bilal in attendance.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

His movies hit you where you dream. RIP to a legend. (Always loved this photograph of David Lynch with my face hovering ominously in the darkness over his shoulder. Really need to scan this.)

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

356ft cutout to promote the new Ram Charan flick. This is how I do sightseeing.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Starting the India trip with the biggest movie on the biggest screen in the city. (Pushpa 2: The Rule)

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Ominous two-factor authentication code today.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Screened NOCTURNES tonight as part of my SOUTH ASIAN FILM SERIES. A beautifully shot entry in a growing trend of eco-docs out of India (see: ALL THAT BREATHES).

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I programmed this film in my South Asian Film Series last year and it’s FINALLY available in the States (on Prmie). Highly recommended. A funny, moving, infuriating at times, heartwarming at others look at gig economy work in India. Directed by the great actress Nandita Das.

Zwigato Poster. Indian food delivery worker on scooter.

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V. Prasad @quickdarshan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Was teaching scene structure today and since I have a few students writing mysteries, I picked this as a good example of that moment where the character finally pieces it together. Do you have any favorite "solving the mystery" scenes I could recommend?

Still from Manhunter where Will figures out how the Tooth Fairy chooses his victims.

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