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Between Life and Death - Fábio Magalhães

Found this article on the Brazilian painter Fábio Magalhães' hyperealistic oil paintings from his collection called Between Life and Death; I think they are very beautiful. I'll put just a couple of his works here but all of them can be found in the article that I've linked along with an interview.

"When I use my imagination to create what we could call metaphors of a body-image, I believe it deals with strategies that I use to bring the private universe and common sense closer to human nature. As I present these images in the painting format, I intend to draw attention to the actions, often incomprehensible, that man has been facing in various parts of the world, whether they are close, distant or in a virtual state."

NASTY Magazine

Fabio Magalhaes / Between life and death | NASTY Magazine

Brazilian artist Fábio Magalhães talking contemporary issues of humanity and his hyperrealist oil paintings in conversation with Maria Abram

Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy, 2004 vs 2025

There's something about the way Hannibal says "Love" so plainly and immediately because that's truly what it is. The way he just breathes it out almost like a sigh, "Love," like he adores just saying the word when it comes in the context of Will. And the way the notes of the piano punctuate his words... It's said plain and simple, but in reality it carries so much weight.

It carries the weight of their entire relationship prior to this- betrayal and forgiveness and all... "bones and all." Loving Will gives Hannibal great joy, but it has also caused him great sorrow. Here Hannibal acknowledges that his love for Will is "beyond his conscious ability to control or predict," which mirrors his words from earlier in the episode:

"You cannot control with respect to whom you fall in love."

This scene has always stood out to me, and it's still one of my favorite moments. When I was doing my anniversary post series and came up with the idea to do the quotes for each episode, what I immediately thought of was this-

"Love. He pays you a visit or he doesn't."

I think it's safe to say Love has certainly paid Hannibal Lecter a visit.

Hannibal 3x03 - "Secondo"

My Spectre letterboxd review

Mads Mikkelsen in Nu (Now) 2003

10 years ago today, "Antipasto" first aired (June 4, 2015).

"Once upon a time..."

"At this point, there is absolutely nothing I have to do. But I don't want to spoil the fairy tale, do I? You and your gingerbread house."

"Let it be a fairy tale, then. Once upon a time…"

Hannibal 3x01 - "Antipasto"

hannibal nbc where everything is the same but instead this is the intro

it plays out Friends style and has some upbeat romcom music over it

I don't think Will ever really knew how he'd be feeling until the very moment he found Hannibal. Sat next to him, watched his face struggling to believe he's really there and he doesn't need to hold onto an imagination of him. Realized what he feels for Hannibal is something more than a twisted codependent friendship. He literally struggles with a huge wave of feelings all during their talk and it's so heartbreaking.

Saw this on Reddit today

10 years ago today, "Primavera" first aired (June 11, 2015).

"Hannibal. I forgive you."

Hannibal 3x02 - "Primavera"

I always imagined this song during the scene in the catacombs: