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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 11h

Reminded me of my favourite shot from PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Peter Weir, 1975).

Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 11h

Love this shot from Netflix's adaptation of EAST OF EDEN (2026). It's the kind of composition that made me reach for the pause button to take it all in.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 22h

It’s all about having a brain full of ridiculous details and trivia rather than anything actually useful!

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A good reminder to rewatch it as I can’t remember! Though it would appear that Kim had an affinity with flowers.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thanks, Kim! It was fun to put together, dredging my floral memory!

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Probably more like a moment of madness!

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

20. Florence Pugh masquerading as an Interflora delivery in MIDSOMMAR (Ari Aster, 2019).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

19. The wall of azaleas in BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947) - filmed in Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

18. The tinted and toned gloxianas in FLOWERS OF LONDON ( Frank Miller and Harry B. Parkinson, 1924).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

17. The triggering, blood-red gladioli in MARNIE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

16. “These smiling flowers, this fragrant garden…” Surrounded by flowers, Guru Dutt sings of the joys of nature at the start of PYAASA (Guru Dutt, 1957).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

15. The dangerously soporific poppies en route to the Emerald City in THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming, 1939).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

14. The ‘purple’ (more pink in my book) cosmos in THE COLOR PURPLE (Steven Spielberg, 1985).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

13. The Tramp buys a rose from a blind flower seller in CITY LIGHTS (Charlie Chaplin, 1931).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

12. Cinema’s second greatest flower shop in FUNNY FACE (Stanley Donen, 1957).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

11. Trampled snap dragons loaded with meaning in GONE TO EARTH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1950).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

10. The passion of Michelle Pfeiffer’s yellow roses contrasts with the innocence of Winona Ryder’s white lilies-of-the-valley in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese, 1993).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

9. Smita Patil enjoys the bougainvillea in CHIDAMBARAM (G. Aravindan, 1985).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8. Watch out Agnes Moorehead and Jane Wyman! Rarely has a bouquet so upstaged a scene as the Technicolor purple and yellow flowers in MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Douglas Sirk, 1954).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

7. Someone doesn’t quite get the gist of playing with daisies in FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale, 1931).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

6. Ivana Karbanová’s defining flower crown in DAISIES (Věra Chytilová, 1966).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

5. Flowers as some of the points of contrasting red and yellow that appear throughout EQUINOX FLOWER (Yasujirō Ozu, 1958).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

4. The early eroticism of the unfurling rose bud in THE BIRTH OF A FLOWER (Percy Smith, 1910).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

3. DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (Aditya Chopra, 1995) - Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol among the mustard flowers in one of cinema’s most iconic floral scenes.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

2. The pink rose ferrying a single tear to heaven in A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A few favourite floral movies. Sometimes as a metaphor, sometimes just for being stunningly beautiful. 1. Cinema’s greatest flower shop in VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

20. Florence Pugh masquerading as an Interflora delivery in MIDSOMMER (Ari Aster, 2019).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

19. The wall of azaleas in BLACK NARCISSUS (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947) - filmed in Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

18. The tinted and toned gloxianas in FLOWERS OF LONDON ( Frank Miller and Harry B. Parkinson, 1924).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

17. The triggering, blood-red gladioli in MARNIE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

16. “These smiling flowers, this fragrant garden…” Surrounded by flowers, Guru Dutt sings of the joys of nature at the start of PYAASA (Guru Dutt, 1957).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

15. The dangerously soporific poppies en route to the Emerald City in THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming, 1939).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

14. The ‘purple’ (more pink in my book) cosmos in THE COLOR PURPLE (Steven Spielberg, 1985).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

13. The Tramp buys a rose from a blind flower seller in CITY LIGHTS (Charlie Chaplin, 1931).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

12. Cinema’s second greatest flower shop in FUNNY FACE (Stanley Donen, 1957).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

11. Trampled snap dragons loaded with meaning in GONE TO EARTH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1950).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

10. The passion of Michelle Pfeiffer’s yellow roses contrasts with the innocence of Winona Ryder’s white lilies-of-the-valley in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Martin Scorsese, 1993).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

9. Smita Patil enjoys the bougainvillea in CHIDAMBARAM (G. Aravindan, 1985).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

8. Watch out Agnes Moorehead and Jane Wyman! Rarely has a bouquet so upstaged a scene as the Technicolor purple and yellow flowers in MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Douglas Sirk, 1954).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

7. Someone doesn’t quite get the gist of playing with daisies in FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale, 1931).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

6. Ivana Karbanová’s defining flower crown in DAISIES (Věra Chytilová, 1966).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

5. Flowers as some of the points of contrasting red and yellow that appear throughout EQUINOX FLOWER (Yasujirō Ozu, 1958).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

4. The early eroticism of the unfurling rose bud in THE BIRTH OF A FLOWER (Percy Smith, 1910).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

3. DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (Aditya Chopra, 1995) - Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol among the mustard flowers in one of cinema’s most iconic floral scenes.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

2. The pink rose ferrying a single tear to heaven in A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946).

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was thinking I should watch THE SANDPIPER again. It’s years since I’ve seen it - and I love all the 3 leads.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Like many people, I suspect, I've been thinking about Eva Marie Saint and NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) today. Reminded me of these wonderful photos of the Mount Rushmore set.

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ye gods! I've just seen the first 10 mins of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF SECOND HELPINGS - unwatchable! Unlike the Jo Brand/Tom Allen BAKE OFF: AN EXTRA SLICE that it has replaced, it seems to have absolutely no idea who its target audience is. It's wholly without any of the BAKE OFF charm.

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anita Brookner’s scholarly, sharply observant commentaries on paintings by Delacroix, Ingres, Rigaud, Vigée Le Brun, David and Cézanne. On BBC iplayer for the next four weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Anita Brookner on Art: 100 Great Paintings

Anita Brookner shares her unique insights on some of the finest works by the world’s greatest painters in a compilation of her contributions to the 1981 BBC series 100 Great Paintings.

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