Because when you remove his clothes he's not so anonymous anymore. brought to you by @shane-moriarty and @p4x-639
In the scene where Neil leaves Eady in the middle of the night (like a thief), we can see 4 (4!!) tattoos, very briefly. In this here brightened image, there are the two most visibles on his left and right shoulder:
Sadly number 1 on his right arm/shoulder is pretty mysterious and we don't get more than this:
so we can guess its size but not really more than that. Too bad.
On his left shoulder though, there's his more visible tattoo, number 2, the one we usually remember. I nuked some images, and since we know (from michael mann) that Neil was in the army, we can make the link between his tattoo and a common US marine corps tat:
details still aren't great but it's the most probable option, so i'll go with that.
now?? on that top left frame, you can vaguely see some black pixels on neil's back. and that's yes indeed tat n°3. Just like number 1 though, we don't really see a lot of it:
yeah we can't see shit. too bad there isn't another scene with neil shirtless, like, say, a sex scene with al pacino, that way we could've gotten more pics... but well.
onto tattoo n°4, the vaguest but also most intriguing one:
so depending on which frame i nuke i get different results. wild stuff.
but it's either a coat hanger (yes: neil is an abortion right activist), which as a jail tat can apparently mean freedom from an enclosed space (makes sense), or it's 2 black bands, which can be strength and courage or loss (could make sense). Pick your favorite i guess?
since you are the master of all things michael mann, @power-chords, i'd be very curious to know what you think about what i see as a surprising amount of tattoos and about this coat hanger/black band thing? If there is anything to say about it at all lol.
Griffith Observatory, 2000. First sunrise. (from my au)
useless trivia/explanations below ↓
Neil gets out of prison June 14 and this is the morning after, June 15. It was a Thursday and the sun rose at 05:42.
Neil has to get in touch with his parole officer that day, meeting upon which he'll get his nightime curfew; meaning that morning was pretty much his only chance to go out this early (5 or so am...) for a while.
Griffith Observatory is, well, an observatory in LA. You get a pretty nice view of the city from up there. The building itself may be closed that early but you can still get to wherever they are.
The reason Vincent went to that place "more than once in the past few years" is not because he likes it or whatever, it's because Neil told him (in ~96) that he used to go there sometimes for the view (for the lights). So Vincent went too (just to see what it was like, and not at all to feel closer to Neil)
Vincent drives a custom 1992 Ford Crown Victoria, custom as in custom wheels + chrome trims painted in black (...) (...of course). License plate is 3GQD942 (and this is all movie-canon).
They go for food after, a "Hey, this time I'll buy you breakfast on top of coffee" type of thing (said like a joke by a voice that can barely believe it)
Title is written with Cinetype from Grilli Type, a caracter that is "based on a design engineered for a cinema subtitling machine. By using a laser to erase the color layer of the film, very small and brilliantly white letters appear. The laser can only move in straight lines, so the typeface contains no curves." Then Arial for the subtitles (much more neutral, which is what, imo, subtitles should be).
This was my October project, so I guess... It's done. Thanks for reading.
Tony Stark Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.
Some sketches of Jack Torrance
I absolutely love your The Terror oil paintings, and I was wondering if you could do a painting or perhaps just a drawing of Captain Crozier?
Thank you shane!! this will certainly be first of many
Doodles dump #2 (traditional art)
Some long-haired John that I did in my new sketchbook because I never draw him enough (love the one on the bottom middle 🥺)
Stupid doodles I did on the tablecloth with a marker at the New Year’s dinner because I was bored.
candid pic Lauren took of her dad <3 well, no, because they don't do the crown thing in the US. But that's ok. Vincent is still king for me <3
First time using charcoal in a long while.
I love that it doesn't shine from the light like graphite does.
He/Him | Artist | I draw a lot of film, movie or historical inspired art
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