Genre: Erotic/Romance
Rating: Un-Rated
Director: Peter Greenaway
Starring: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ewan McGregor
Synopsis: "The Pillow Book" is an erotic film about a woman, Nagiko, who has a fetish for men writing on her body. What started as an innocent tradition of her father writing on her for her birthday, evolved into an obsession with finding the perfect calligrapher / lover. Nagiko also aspires to be a writer like her namesake, Sei Shonagon, the author of The Pillow Book. After she is rejected by a book publisher who sexually assaulted her father she instead decides to walk the path of revenge.
Ewan Review: Ewan McGregor plays the character Jerome, a bisexual English translator. He is chosen by Nagiko to help with her revenge unbeknownst to him. He is completely nude several times in the film, has a female and male love interest, and sex scenes with both of them. He has an English accent for the movie and has a couple lines in French and Japanese. Another fun fact: you might notice that he's pretty slender in this role and that's because he was in the process of losing weight for his role in "Trainspotting".
Screentime Percentage: Ewan is on screen for a grand total of 28/127 minutes making his SP 22%.
To Ewan or not to Ewan: Is this movie worth watching for Ewan content alone? Yes! Did I mention the nudity? Is it worth watching in general? I say yes. I know this movie won't be for everyone. It's a weird story, highly erotic, and has slow pacing. Still, I enjoy it and wouldn't dissuade someone from watching.
Where to Watch: "The Pillow Book" is currently available to rent through YouTube.
Movie Warnings: There are some things that happen in the movie that you might want to be aware of before committing to watching it. Nudity nudity and more nudity! Women and men are naked and yes that includes seeing their genitals. There are a LOT of penises in this movie. There's blackmail via sexual assault as well as a suicide scene, skin cutting, blood, and defiling of a dead body.
Conclusion: The Pillow Book" is a beautiful work of art. Though it is a weird story, it's also interesting and captures your attention. Though it's highly erotic, the eroticism adds value to the story and isn't there just for shock. And while the pacing may be slow, it allows the viewer to absorb information and appreciate the visual storytelling. I encourage you to open your mind and give it a chance. Like Nagiko, you just might learn something new about yourself.
For the last week, I've been working on an Oliver x reader fanfic and tonight I finished it! I'll be posting it tomorrow. A wonderful coincidence that this came across my dash. 😁
Ewan McGregor & Mélanie Laurent
Beginners (2010)
I'm the DJ at work today!
Oh. My. GAWWD! I love it! You are sweeter than honey, my friend 🥹 I can't believe you thought of me and then took time to make one of your collages FOR me 😭 my heart is touched to the nth degree 💓 You are precious 🫂 it is honor to be YOUR friend! 🫶 I have nothing in my heart but love for you. Thank you thank you thank you! 💕💕💕
for my good friend @loycspotting , thank you for being my friend . You are the coolest user here(no offense to anyone else I follow) 🦢
Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)
40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)
Excellent basic crochet video series
Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)
Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)
How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)
Another drawing character faces video
Literally my favorite art pose hack
Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??
Introduction to flying small aircrafts
French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding
Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)
Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)
Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)
Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:
Calculus 1 (full semester class)
Learn basic statistics (free textbook)
Introduction to college physics (free textbook)
Introduction to accounting (free textbook)
Learn a language:
Ancient Greek
Latin
Spanish
German
Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)
French
Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)
I fucking love that name! And the meaning lol 😁
I've been wanting to come up with an oc but I also can't draw ☹️ I think I finally came up with a name though!
So Gerard once retweeted a fan who was asking for advice about peer pressure to drink alcohol and he called it "loserjuice" which I thought was a pretty sick name already tbh lol. I wanted to make a necklace with that word on it and then I thought, what if I replaced the "o"with an "a" to make it "laserjuice" 🤔 and BAM I knew that had to be a Killjoy name!
If I could draw, I'd absolutely draw our ocs together 🤙
Do you have a Killjoy oc?
No mostly cause I suck at drawing but my killjoy name is Hi-Def cuz I’m high sometimes and also can’t hear shit. I totally should make one, I think my color would be a slightly darker hot pink like Mike Milligram’s hair
https://www.tumblr.com/somethingsteff/775288280154505216
90s Ewan stuff for u
I'm in-fucking-love with you! YESSS this means so much to me that you saw this and thought of me and shared it! Ahhh! 🤗 Kicking my feet! Thank you, dearest moot!
𐙚 If you received this, you are a great mutual ⭑.ᐟ 🌷 Send this to 10 of your mutuals to spread love 𖹭
Love u 💓
Your questions are so good omg. I’ll get to the rest of them after I go for a walk XD
i know this was from a couple days ago but I still wanna say thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the questions. I had so much fun asking them and really loved reading your answers 😊
I thought it'd be helpful to make a list for the movies that I've reviewed so far. I will update it as new reviews are posted. Unfortunately, I'm not yet able to add links to direct you to the full review. The letters EMSP stand for " Ewan McGregor Screentime Percentage" which is how long he spends on screen in a given movie. It is ordered from his highest screentime percentage to lowest. I hope this helps those looking for a new Ewan movie to watch!
Young Adam (2003): 70% (69 / 1 hr. 38 min.)
2. Rogue Trader (1999): 69% (65 / 1 hr. 34 min.)
3. Nora (2000): 56% (60 / 1 hr. 47 min.)
4. Trainspotting (1996): 55% (52 / 1 hr. 34 min.)
5. Nightwatch (1997): 51% (52 / 1 hr. 42 min.)
6. A Life Less Ordinary (1997): 51% (53 / 1 hr. 44 min.)
7. Eye of the Beholder (1999): 47% (48 / 1 hr. 42 min.)
8. Down with Love (2003): 46% (47 / 1 hr. 42 min.)
9. Shallow Grave (1994): 44% (41 / 1 hr. 33 min.)
10. The Serpent's Kiss (1997): 42% (44 / 1 hr. 46 min.)
11. Moulin Rouge! (2001): 40% (51 / 2 hrs. 8 min.)
12. Brassed Off (1996): 24% (26 / 1 hr. 47 min.)
13. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002): 23% (33 / 2 hrs. 22 min)
14. Blue Juice (1995): 22% (22 / 1 hr. 39 min)
15. The Pillow Book (1996): 22% (28 / 2 hrs. 7 min.)
16. Nothing but the Truth (1995): 21% (21 / 1 hr. 41 min.)
17. Velvet Goldmine (1998): 17% (20 / 1 hr. 58 min.)
18. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999): 17% (23 / 2 hrs. 16 min.)
19. Little Voice (1998): 14% (14 / 1 hr. 37 min)
20. Doggin' Around (1995): 11% (10 / 1 hr. 29 min.)
21. Emma (1996): 11% (13 / 2 hrs. 1 min.)
22. Being Human (1994): 2% (2 / 2 hrs. 2 min.)
dear esteemed mutual-
you are invited to @m4yday-m4yday and my wedding. bring weed. or don't. we're kidnapping ray toro and lovingly turning him into a piñata
Hell to the yeah, I made the guest list! What an honor🥹 I'll bring whatever you want, buddy! I just can't wait to beat the shit out of the Rayñata (lovingly of course 😌🙏)