Two Dead Magpies ??!
And Magpies was the real deal..
rip toodead
dead. died. reborn. dead.
By a Voorhees he is born, by a Voorhees he must die.
- Creighton Duke
Two Dead Magpies was truly a magnificent member of this site. Hopefully she’ll come back and keep rewarding us with her amazing knowledge.
i miss her!
She was the only one I could talk to about Juraj Jakubisko
Is Two Dead Magpies a she? I was never certain…
She introduced me to Dusan Hanák )O: but she has erasen her whole profile now
I sure miss the lovely pictures on her profile, her unique witticisms, and those lovely little black hearts! Sad…
I never got to discuss the films of Ning Ying with her…
She was always one of my favorite people here.
She was so friendly and passionate.
She was like a second mother to me :(
i don’t exactly know what magpies eat, but here is some souvlaki. for the winged woman in space..
We had sex once in an office behind the forums data base. I can’t tell you the tricks she learned from all those Easter European and Baltic goose-down beds. I like her scat writing, that weird stream of conscious rat-a-tat-tat which revealed her artistic noggin breaking past grammar and conjunction, almost through language into the concise “heart” of things (black heart perhaps). I wouldn’t want to argue with her in close quarters, where I couldn’t run like hell. Some odd fierce doyen who never suffered fools well, but was witty, funny, schmart, knowledgeable, swoon-like in her praise, seen a zillion films from countries I don’t think have existed since the Moldavian Magnate Wars, hissy when angry, and filled us all with something like a fuse to ignite our own ascetic possibilities. The way she knocked those words around made my eyes sparkle or close tightly, depending. A dark grace seemed to hover around her site, not black, merely somber tones and textures—wine colored, with great shocks of electrical guitar chords piercing then fading. I saw her dancing once with Marina Tsvetaeva in a club on the Dalmatian coast, but I knew I shouldn’t ever mention it to anyone. Christ were they happy.
u conjure her better than anyone brother. no surprise there ♥♥
Awesome description, Brother Deacon. That´s how I like to remember her.
(:
You’re all a bunch of idiots. She’s not dead- she prefers existence without you.
Outstanding Brotherdeacon. :)
Well she’s dead to us. I mean of course I never even knew her real name, its just too bad cause the roster of reliable users whose opinions I trust is running thin.
I haven’t been on the forums for long times in a long while, but during those 2-5 minutes I spent lurking through her profile, she came across as someone with a fucking fantastic taste in films and I followed her. Always a great reassurance with that kind of knowledge floating the forum and a mighty miss when they pull the plugs on profiles.
Where was she from? O:
yorkshire uk. i remember how upset she was once when someone thought she was american. lol
aww that’s wonderful! ^
nice work everyone. much better than the santino thread
i can’t come here anymore. too emotional
Endlessly knowledgeable and deeply charismatic. This is an awful loss. I hadn’t realized she had cancelled her account.
I will speak in the present, not past tense, because no matter whether she has an acount here or not, she is still a vibrant presence on Mubi. I hope she is at least aware of her own impact on this site. Whether she returns or not is strictly her own decision, and I respect it either way.
I think the thing I most appreciate with magpies is her enthusiasm for discovery. She loves to share a book or film she has found with others. One of my first wall posts from her, when coming on the site, was a nice take on Guerin (a filmmaker we had in common) and films from Spain and Portugal. She has endless curiosity for things which is infectiouis. I was fortunate enough to have her share some of her own love of books with me, finding some similar interests in writers who should be better known.
Wherever she is, I know she will be spreading that same joy, passion, brilliance, and wit that she displayed here. She is a great resource for knowledge in under-appreciated books and films. All the best and thanks for your recommendations.
I remember her enthusiasm at the beginning of the WC and how much I was looking forward to learning from her and enjoying her unique turn of phrase and mysterious observations – mysterious because mostly I didn’t understand what she was talking about, I like that. It makes me feel in the presence of greatness;)
a tribute to magpies, the last song she posted on the music clips thread♥
David Grillo
Mubi is so whack now. At least the great films are still around.. (not so much on the forum lately) but all my Two Dead Magpie posts and messages gone ):