Young Jimmie
There’s just one more thing about It Might Get Loud. Here’s an interview that I never saw before of Jimmy Page, god of guitar, being asked what he’s going to do with his life....
View ArticleLouise Brooks
I’ve been working my way through the silent film era in Germany recently, and I have to admit that silent film is one of those things that takes getting used to. The pictures are often grainy (1920’s...
View ArticleThe Dot and the Line
Okay, let’s review. Here’s how I look at art. The viewer starts out with a Status Quo (that’s ‘the way things are now,’ for the less Latin inclined). But the clever artist has identified a conflict in...
View ArticleI Spit On Your Grave II
I used to go to the drive-in a lot in high school and college, and the most disturbing movie I ever saw in my life was I Spit on Your Grave. I must have seen the movie five of ten times (I used to go...
View ArticleCadillac Records
I was watching Cadillac Records, a movie about Chess Record producer Leonard Chess (Adrian Brody) as he discovers first blues men and subsequently rock n roll. His first discovery was of Muddy Waters,...
View ArticleGun Crazy
I was reading today’s column by Mark Steyn, and in it he’s talking about Dalton Trumbo. He credits Dalton as “the screenwriter of Spartacus, Exodus, and Roman Holiday,” but he leaves out what I think...
View ArticleMy Last Leone
Towards the end of last year, I finished watching 150 westerns in preparation for a future project. But, as I did when I watched 150 film noirs, I saved a few choice bits for last because I knew that...
View ArticleEnnio Morricone
So the other day I was talking about my last Leone film, and I got caught up in the film’s score, which was written by my favorite movie scorer, Ennio Morricone. He, of course, scored my favorite...
View ArticleYour So-Called Cherished Life
I had a thought this morning, so I thought I’d share it with you. I was thinking about how I don’t want to get murdered, because if someone murders me, then my life is over. You probably are concerned...
View ArticleClass and Quality in the Bathroom Window
I’ve been working on my first scholarly book on Spenser’s Book of Holinesse in his six book (and still uncompleted) Faerie Queene (I know; how cool am I?). I am going to publish this serious academic...
View ArticleMy Dinner with André
What I Was Watching in 1983 I had dropped out of college in 1981, feeling that if I was not going to get a well-rounded education in college that I would pursue it outside. Two years later, I was still...
View ArticleNo Country for Old Men
I thought I’d post my thoughts on the movie No Country for Old Men after I forgot to list it on a list of favorite movies on Facebook this morning. I found a copy of the original script, and one of the...
View ArticleMitchell
Kathy and I used to love Mystery Science Theater 3000. Although I liked Mike Nelson as host a little more than I liked Joel Robinson, our favorite episode by far was entitled “Mitchell.” This was...
View ArticleBuster Keaton Moment
Another one of my favorite bits of comedy. This one is from Buster Keaton’s Seven Chances. After this, it’s all downhill. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSTM3knaao
View ArticleSerge Update: They Made A Movie
I didn’t know until this week that they’d made a movie of Serge Gainbourg‘s life called Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque): //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3qI6gVrm8 Obviously, their take on Serge’s ‘heroic’ life...
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