A child’s journey through the best picture nominees
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The Cinematic Cameos of the Twin Towers
Cartoonist Dan Meth created this epic mashup of movie scenes featuring the Twin Towers. Spanning 1969 to 2001 with a perfect, decade-by-decade soundtrack, it’s a love letter to New York, and the towers that once defined its skyline.
Well done, son.
RIP James Arness, May 26, 1923 - June 3, 2011
James played Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years. He was 6’7”, and that helped him to portray the monster in the 1951 version of The Thing. Great actor.
Marshal Dillon never got the girl, did not love his horse, wore only one gun and fired it reluctantly, usually drawing last but shooting straightest in dusty street duels. Over the years, the marshal was shot 30 times.
“I absolutely believe any pantheon of enduring, well-crafted and memorable television characters would have to include James Arness,” David Bushman, then the television curator at what is now the Paley Center for Media in New York, told The Times some years ago. “He became part of the national psyche.”
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Some bring home a paycheck. Others….?
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He was a rebel. He made offers you couldn’t refuse. He yelled for Stella. And he was on the waterfront. He was Marlon Brando. And today, April 3, would have been his birthday. So we thought we’d share this photo of him from our Billy Rose Theatre Collection to celebrate. Happy birthday, Godfather.
NPR’s on a Godzilla tear today:
Movie Mutants Give A Face To Our Nuclear Fears
and guest DJ Panda Bear’s tracks feature “Godzilla” by Zomby.
Just one of those days
To have his autograph would be a dream come true. Buster Keaton is amazing, whenever I’m in need of a laugh or smile, I watch him.
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On the set of Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock shows Anthony Perkins how to look menacing when he’s standing still (1960)
Nuclear Radiation: Filmmakers Try To Make The Invisible Visceral : NPR
What about that post-tsunami threat in Japan — nuclear radiation? Hollywood has spent more than a half-century trying to figure out how to put that on screen. A nuclear blast it can show — shows all the time, in fact. But radiation is invisible, which is tricky for a medium known as motion pictures.
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It’s the best failed art film ever. It’s called ‘Boom!’… It stars Elizabeth Taylor as Sissie Goforth, the richest woman in the world. It is the ultimate drag queen role.
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“Elizabeth Taylor’s performance is just staggering. It really influenced Divine and I, we used to watch it all the time when we were young. I finally met Elizabeth Taylor, I went to her house for a cook-out, and I think I was invited because she has an all-gay staff and they like my work. I walked in and I said to her Oh, I love ‘Boom’… she said that’s a TERRIBLE film….she got really angry at me and thought I was insulting her, I thought she was going to throw me out. She looked like Divine, kind of. I don’t mean that badly. I mean, Elizabeth Taylor was Divine’s idol, Divine even smoked Salem cigarettes because Liz smoked them.
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“Elizabeth Taylor’s performance is just staggering. It really influenced Divine and I, we used to watch it all the time when we were young. I finally met Elizabeth Taylor, I went to her house for a cook-out, and I think I was invited because she has an all-gay staff and they like my work. I walked in and I said to her Oh, I love ‘Boom’… she said that’s a TERRIBLE film….she got really angry at me and thought I was insulting her, I thought she was going to throw me out. She looked like Divine, kind of. I don’t mean that badly. I mean, Elizabeth Taylor was Divine’s idol, Divine even smoked Salem cigarettes because Liz smoked them.
Not another replicant, please.
Did you know that SEVEN versions of the Blade Runner film have been released? Now there’s talk of prequels and sequels. Really?
