Fandom Promo!

[crantz]

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:

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PHANTOM THREAD (2017)

[minebyrights]

FANDOM NAME: Phantom Thread (2017) TRAILER

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Lads, ladies, and lollipops, this is that prestige Paul Thomas Anderson film you saw previews for, with Daniel Day Lewis being an Asshole Brooding Genius and emotionally abusing his girlfriend, and went "lol nope not that shit yet again." This is indeed a tale of Daniel Day Lewis being an asshole brooding genius couture dress designer in circa 1955 London, too self-involved to even bother to break up with his own girlfriends/muses once he gets bored with them. He leaves that to his sister, Big Dick Energy champion and eternal spinster Lesley Manville, who runs the business side of the entire fashion house and enables DDL's nonsense so long as it doesn't hurt the bottom line. And then DDL one day sees the apparently very innocent and naive immigrant Vicky Krieps, insta-falls in fascination with her, and begins to use her as his doll/fuck with her head/etc. A very staid traditional period piece indeed—

—until it isn't. Oh, the exquisite cinematography and Oscar-winning period costumes never change, the award-nominated score never gets less swoony and sweeping, but good lord, this film goes to some absurd, bizarre places. Too much detail is a spoiler, but suffice it to say that Vicky Krieps is made of much sterner stuff than she initially appears, Lesley Manville gives absolutely withering line readings, and the entire thing takes on a darkly comedic edge. It's part deeply black period comedy, part twisted romance, part psychological horror/almost ghost story/dark fairy tale, part "what in the hell goes on at breakfast over there," part folie a deux, and (albeit likely somewhat accidentally) a surprisingly interesting, at least partially self-aware airing out of toxic heterosexual nonsense. And Film Twitter (tm) has produced a number of memes on it because it's a shockingly absurd, quotable, and memeable film wrapped up in the appearance of a boring Masterpiece Theater-esque thing.

It has emotional/psychological abuse of all sorts up the wazoo, and if you have certain food issues it may not be for you? (Googling the "big twist" involved will give more details; I actually went into the film knowing the twist and still fucking loved the ride by the end, but I assume it's also good if you don't know the exact details.) But if you're up for the ride and into this sort of thing, it's expertly crafted and acted, Manville's character is pretty easily read as a big ole 1950s lesbian/hard femme domme [this may just be me being too gay], and I love it. I will absolutely be requesting basically any and all fic involving Cyril (Lesley Manville's character). If you need assistance in deciding she's awesome, there are thinkpieces on why Cyril Woodcock is a boss (contains spoilers).

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: I don't think it's on Netflix, but it's easily bought/rented at any streaming service you like.

Re: PHANTOM THREAD (2017)

[jiokra]

psychological horror/almost ghost story/dark fairy tale,

sold! lol

I remember watching the trailer awhile ago and had completely forgotten about it, but your promo is very convincing. :D