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Kenneth Anger’s Missoni

YouTube – Missoni F/W 10-11 (HD) film by Kenneth Anger, 2010 Somehow I hadn’t heard that over the last ten years, Kenneth Anger has returned to film making. His Wikipedia page, however, lists no less than twelve new films since … more…

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pink terror

YouTube – Pink Terror More slo-mo goodness. I must say I’m not over-keen on the soundtrack, but if you are, it’s over here. (via 3quarksdaily)

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links for 2010-01-08: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski The Big Lebowski retold in Shakespearean English, beautifully done. (tags: Shakespeare Lebowski humour film literature)

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Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine

100-year-old footage of Wilbur Wright’s flying machine demonstration in France, including some shots filmed from the air — the first time this was ever done. (Europa Film Treasures, via kottke)

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Harry Crews

I re-read Harry Crews‘ A Childhood: The Biography of a Place a few months ago, and this clip is a radically shortened re-telling of a story in the book. I don’t know why I didn’t post about it at the … more…

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alternate repetitions in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining

I don’t remember why I was browsing on The Shining originally — possibly I was thinking of doing Jack up as a lolmaniac ….ah yes… — but amongst the trivia on an otherwise rather turgid write-up at House of Horrors, … more…

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links for 2007-09-03: early Scorsese

The Big Shave – Martin Scorsese Long, long time since I saw this last. I’d forgotten, if I ever knew, that Scorsese credits Herman Melville for Whiteness… (tags: film Martin-Scorsese Herman-Melville shaving)

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Labour Day Special at The Blue Raccoon: Eugene Debs, Louise Brooks

Harry Kollatz at The Blue Raccoon has posted a very respectable outline of the career of labour activist Eugene Debs by way of a Labour Day observation, and a terrific picture of Louise Brooks, too, from the movie Now We’re … more…

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links for 2007-08-17: Antonioni

The one who went before | Features | Guardian Unlimited Film Martin Scorsese pays tribute to Michaelangelo Antonioni (tags: film Martin-Scorsese Michaelangelo-Antonioni)

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The Boston Strangler (1968)

Last night I found myself watching The Boston Strangler (Richard Fleischer, 1968) at the urging of a friend who isn’t much given to emphatic movie recommendations. I remembered hearing of it before, and I knew it had a reputation, at … more…

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