midsummer — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:midsummer @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:41:30 +0200 Jaanipäev [St. John's Day] (Andres Sööt, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jaanipaev-1978 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Jaanipäev [St. John's Day] (Andres Sööt, 1978)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" Bonfire Night/div div class="img" Jaanipäev (1978)/div div class="caption" The neatly stacked pyre on jaanipäev with Tallinn's dreary socialist Plattenbau on the horizon. DP: Andres Sööt./div div class="txt" ##### As long as they can remember, jaaniõhtu is when Estonians gather to celebrate midsummer. It started, they'll tell you, 4000 years ago when Kaali appeared. Ever since, come rain or shine, come socialism or capitalism, the people gather and light bonfires in its remembrance. Some sing the songs of the elders, memory willing. Others see this as their moment to shine. As a great musician perhaps. A faithful worker. Or a lover, for jaanipäev; #midsummer night. "Come, this party is for hard-working people!" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #BonfireNight #AndresSööt #ShortFilm #documentary #Tallinn #Estonia #SovietUnion #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Jaanipäev [St. John's Day] (Andres Sööt, 1978)

Nov

5

Bonfire Night

Jaanipäev (1978)

The neatly stacked pyre on jaanipäev with Tallinn's dreary socialist Plattenbau on the horizon. DP: Andres Sööt.

As long as they can remember, jaaniõhtu is when Estonians gather to celebrate midsummer. It started, they'll tell you, 4000 years ago when Kaali appeared. Ever since, come rain or shine, come socialism or capitalism, the people gather and light bonfires in its remembrance. Some sing the songs of the elders, memory willing. Others see this as their moment to shine. As a great musician perhaps. A faithful worker. Or a lover, for jaanipäev; #midsummer night.

“Come, this party is for hard-working people!”

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #BonfireNight #AndresSööt #ShortFilm #documentary #Tallinn #Estonia #SovietUnion #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jaanipaev-1978 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:23:42 +0100 A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle + Max Reinhardt, 1935) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1935 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle + Max Reinhardt, 1935)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" Superman Week/div div class="img" A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)/div div class="caption" Oberon (Victor Jory) – King of the Fairies – on his horse with Puck (Mickey Rooney) – a trickster sprite. While they ride of, Oberon's cape flows behind them through the trees, supported by the fae. A lot of the other-worldly fairy sparkle was accomplished by generous amounts of DuPont(R) cellophane/a and cinematographer Hal Mohr's contribution of trimming the trees with aluminium paint, cobwebs, and small metal particles. DP: Hal Mohr./div div class="txt" ##### Capes, cloaks, and mantles are everywhere in Dieterle and Reinhardt's lavishly outfitted A Midsummer Night's Dream. The dreamlike #CostumeDesign by Max Rée and the uncredited Milo Anderson is as much as a personality as #Shakespeare's characters are. "Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray…" ### – Oberon, Act 5, Scene 1\ Any reports of Kenneth Anger's presence as the Changeling Prince are greatly exaggerated./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #SupermanWeek #WilliamDieterle #MaxReinhardt #MaxRée #MiloAnderson #HalMohr #WilliamShakespeare #VictorJory #MickeyRooney #JamesCagney #DickPowell #OliviaDeHavilland #BookAdaptation #FelixMendelssohn #HalMohr #capes #fashion #dance #ballet #fantasy #theatre #fairies #fae #midsummer #fashion #comedy #romance #USA #1930s/div /section ]]>

A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Dieterle + Max Reinhardt, 1935)

Jun

10

Superman Week

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Oberon (Victor Jory) – King of the Fairies – on his horse with Puck (Mickey Rooney) – a trickster sprite. While they ride of, Oberon's cape flows behind them through the trees, supported by the fae. A lot of the other-worldly fairy sparkle was accomplished by generous amounts of DuPont® cellophane and cinematographer Hal Mohr's contribution of trimming the trees with aluminium paint, cobwebs, and small metal particles. DP: Hal Mohr.

Capes, cloaks, and mantles are everywhere in Dieterle and Reinhardt's lavishly outfitted A Midsummer Night's Dream. The dreamlike #CostumeDesign by Max Rée and the uncredited Milo Anderson is as much as a personality as #Shakespeare's characters are.

“Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray…”

– Oberon, Act 5, Scene 1

Any reports of Kenneth Anger's presence as the Changeling Prince are greatly exaggerated.

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