Reason No. 384 why I love the 21st Century: Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin in Steve Reich’s CLAPPING MUSIC
Via Metafilter it’s POINT BLANK’s Angie Dickinson and Lee Marvin performing Steve Reich’s CLAPPING MUSIC.
The Greatest “Love at First Sight” Scene in the Movies
Yes, from the absurdly wonderful 1940 THIEF OF BAGDAD it’s The Greatest “Two People Fall in Love With Each Other Instantly Scene” in Movies.
Happy Halloween!
Here a little Halloween movie for you – recorded on the way to the 2010 Big Bear Horror Film Festival,
Why Did No One Tell Me About This? Orson Welles Did a Talk Show Pilot
Looking for work can be a depressing prospect, (as listeners to the show will know I’m leaving Nashville for other climes), so thank goodness today that I stumbled across this amazing find – the unaired Orson Welles Talk Show Pilot. I love these clips for so many reasons – but the one I’ll highlight is [...]
"It Was All Forgery" – Your Monday Dose of Werner Herzog
Whenever I’m feeling down I find a few minutes of Herzog perks me right up – in this video I recommend watching closely at Werner’s reaction to the interviewer’s suggestion that Nicolas Cage might be a ‘bad actor’, (about 3 and a half minutes in).
This Post Is Not About Avatar
Oh, sure I’d like to go all Avatar here - discuss in detail my response to this most Camerony of films – but that’ll have to wait till this weekend’s podcast Dear Reader. Instead I proffer some experiences of the last few days and a some selected gems from this week’s trawling of the webs: First off – [...]
Hollywood vs. New York
Presented without comment via: Goodie Bag – Four decades of celluloid New York annihilation distilled into one musical montage. – – – Ok, I will comment – you can’t go wrong with ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. In fact I used it in a wee vid four years ago, (cribbing from Woody Allen’s Manhattan of course). The [...]
2012 – Raising Arizona Mashup
Yes – I’m glad to see my theory about John Cusack and 2012 is confirmed!: In 2012 John Cusack Realizes He’s in a Comedy
Long Thought Lost Hour Long Interview with Alfred Hitchcock
Above – a long thought lost hour long interview with the master, Alfred Hitchcock, (part 1 of 6); [via Metafilter].
Who's the Best Impersonator of Orson Welles?
Inspired by the realisation that there is yet another film that features a fictionalised Orson Welles I’m compelled to ask what may not be the most vital question of our age, but a fun parlour game nevertheless for for a drizzly Nashville morning: In all of Moviedom – who’s the best impersonator of Welles?
Harry Dean Stanton and Art Garfunkel Sing to Jack Nicholson
It’s Saturday, I don’t feel like serious posts right now – so here, via Reddit, is Harry Dean Stanton and Art Garfunkel singing to Jack Nicholson at an AFI tribute. This clip brings out in me some sort of ‘future nostalgia’ – I have a vision of 700 years in the future – when all [...]
'Up in the Air' vs. 'Armored' – The Collapse of Imagination and the Cowardice of the Market in Trailers
Watch the trailer below for ‘Armored’, (Spoiler Alert – the trailer is the entire film, presented in a linear and condensed format): Now watch the trailer for ‘Up in the Air’: See the difference? I have a fond memories as a kid attending a 5 hour trailer marathon at the old UC Theatre in Berkeley. [...]
