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Gorgeous creatures here and kinda reminds me of another ‘couple.’

when i'm in a loving andrew scott competition and my opponent is paul mescal

lmao they can't be stopped

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ANDREW SCOTT as Adam & PAUL MESCAL as Harry All of Us Strangers (2023) dir. Andrew Haigh

ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023) dir. Andrew Haigh

"It’s a very tactile film, I think. There’s so much touching […] The sex was really important. But what I think is radical about it is how tender these two men are with each other." | Andrew Scott

Paul being such a gentleman

Tumblr is fun as long as you don’t find someone texting you that they personally know you. I am here to disappear not to oblige your lame excuses. Go away.

Andrew Scott is so fine like I actually can’t take it.

ALL OF US STRANGERS (2023)

All Of Us Strangers (2023) dir. Andrew Haigh

It’s very different now. It’s all very different.

Thanks to the lovely @sincericida we have a panorama of thespian talent on display. Hats off to those who provide us with stage and screen professional insight and delight us with their range of human emotions and portrayals of characters. What a year it's been and so much to look forward to in 2024.

ANDREW GARFIELD

moderating a screening of "All of Us Strangers" tonight in the UK with Claire Foy, Andrew Scott, and Andrew Haigh.

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Paul Mescal in All Of Us Strangers, 2023

Okay, so I watched "all of us strangers" in the cinema yesterday. I'm not sure if this post will reach anybody and if this will be interesting to you, since this is a Tolkien blog, but I need to get it off my chest.

This film is an adaptation of Stranger by Taichi Yamada, which I haven't read, so I'm not judging it as an adaptation, but as a standalone work. There are different things you should pay attention to while you know the original story, so if you have read it and have something to share, comment please.

Also, yes, I'm aware it came out a while back, but it had its release in my country literally last week, so it's new to me.

There are no spoilers here, if you haven't seen it yet and are planning to.

This is a movie you have to experience yourself. I always Google the plot before watching a movie, but something prompted me to not do it this time and it was so worth it.

This movie is a masterpiece, simply put. And I don't throw this term lightly. From the pictures, to the perfectly chosen music for each scene (really, one song in the middle made me freeze, such a smart choice!), to the incredible performance of every actor on screen and the subtle and patient dialog... The haunting scene at the club, genuinely made my skin crawl. It's an incredible, though depressing, experience.

Now, a little information to make you want to go see it for yourself. It's queer (contains two short explicit scenes). It deals with subjects of loneliness and isolation (there are literally only four characters in the whole story and that really drives the point across) that comes from being different. It deals with substance abuse and other heavy subjects, like death and grief. And homophobia. Both in the past, as the characters speak about the AIDS crisis, and in the present.

(There is also a supernatural element, as a little treat. For those who enjoyed The Magnus Archives I can describe it as the lonely meets the corruption meets the end and the spiral. Yes, it's a lot. But if you know you know.)

I sobbed through the entire thing. So have tissues ready. Or maybe I'm just sensitive, who knows. As a lesbian who's never been in a relationship, I related to Adam... The fear of never finding love is to many queer people, unfortunately, unavoidable. And if you do, you think you have to cling to it with all you have and never let go. Even if it ruins you.

As I've stated before, this is a heavy film, so if you think any of the aforementioned topics could trigger you, don't watch it. If you don't think it will bother you, go for it. For the beautiful shots and music at least.

I'm planning on watching it again next week, so if my opinion changes I'll update this post and let you know. Art changes with us and sometimes time away from it can change your opinion.

Anyway, if anyone did watch the movie and wants to chat, or if you want to ask for more specific CW or TW write a comment :)

hashtag things that are fine. jamie bell and andrew scott bringing the aous script to life 😭

PAUL MESCAL as Harry in All of Us Strangers (2023)

"That’s the bit that scared me. When I saw it for the first time in the audience, I asked Andrew if he remembered me doing that. The most illicit moment is not actually the sex, but my eyes looking up to Andrew when I’m about to go down on him." [x]

"Death of a Party" by Blur in All of Us Strangers (2023) dir. Andrew Haigh

Parallel lines don't meet, they just walk together, they say. Not us, but me and you, were parallel lines. I thought. But, we aren't. We are parallel universe. Dynamic. Spontaneous, not plain and straight. We're the same old souls, wounded in the same battles, stabbed with the same daggers. If only you knew. I smile the way you smile, only one corner of your lips twitching, both eyes crinkilng,like a fresh drizzle of rain, half blooming flowers. I close my ears when I silence my sobs, only to hear your muffled cries. You watch the Moon with longing, and me..? you're the one I see in the Moon. The touching of tendrils, the golden flakes of our orbs, the rigidity of our heart because of our circumstances, the vulnerability we never show the world, the words we like to keep hushed yet hear it unsaid, the nostalgia warming us when it rains, the sky being our constant friend, the night a mix of agony, solitude and relief for you and me. You see the world as I see, fencing ourselves with the harshness, hearts as that of birds, fragile and tender.

I know the way your curious sight searches for the odds in things. Forgotten diaries, scribbled notes from strangers. I've found myself slipping in their shoes too. If only you knew.

If the Rabb of all the universes allows, I'd like our universes to be merged. You'd love that too. I know. You and Me to Us. But you and me, do know, it's just the Dua that one can always render to. And then, you too are uncared to pronounce it, and I too am tired to mention it. For, we're the Parallel Universe. Side by side, confined in our own self, some embankment of world separating You and Me, not Us. If only you knew, dear soulmate..oh, now a stranger.

- 8th July 2021

All of us ineffable strangers

I'm still using my MIKE'S BIKE on Roblox!!

this movie is taking over my brain holy shit

ANDREW SCOTT as Adam & PAUL MESCAL as Harry All of Us Strangers (2023) dir. Andrew Haigh