eat his peach

"He'd pitch a project, hook you and then when you were hooked, he'd back off and you'd have to sell it to him and beg him to do it, even when in fact he was the one who initiated it."-from biskind's bio on beatty

passive aggressive, right?

"i want tommy"

it is so sad when candy clark's character in 'the man who fell to earth' says those words. as patti smith might say, "tommy's gone gone."

meet tom hardy, the new kid on the block.

gena under the influence

'I can't just go out and make what I want. I have to go through a whole big process of crap, talking to people, proving to them that whatever we are going to do is going to make money. If I can prove to them that my intentions are to make money, then they will let me make any film I want. But it becomes increasingly more difficult to tell them that since I'm not concerned with making money.'-john cassavetes

click here for the terrifically inspiring interview: http://thisrecording.com/today/category/film

we're both right

I did things like Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait. I don't know what those films were about. The women I played in them were not very empowered. -Julie Christie

i seriously adore julie christie and respect her. however, 'shampoo' is ridiculously fun and 'heaven can wait' is fantastic. how many films deal with reincarnation?? when julie tells the football player that he seems 'familiar' i get chills. and the way she says the word 'familiar'.....

cinema is life!

the spirit of the french new wave created unforgettable films. the brilliant young men of movies: Truffaut and Godard.

what goes around

Edith Head, the American costume designer who won eight Academy Awards looks like gaga! with her is glorious gloria swanson.

t.w.

I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love-the cure

come together

wow. anybody remember 'berlin alexanderplatz'? it was epic and i loved it. fassbinder made beautiful films. lou reed has also created some beauty. my all time favorite lou song is 'candy says' which was in fassbinder's 14 part television mini-series that aired in 1980.

cagney

bushed not beaten. what a trooper.

who knew?

i remember the gorgeous ornella muti from 'swann in love' back when i was crazy for all things jeremy irons. i see she is one of many cool people to be making the new woody allen film. go muti!

this image is from decades ago so surely she will not look like this in the terribly titled allen film, 'the bop decameron.'

power outage

on the tail end of our week long lack of electricity i chose to watch 'little dorrit', not even associating the fact of no electricity in the days of dickens. i simply wanted to re-watch a terrific drama.

matthew macfadyen leads the brilliant cast through one of the best dickens dramatizations ever. not only does the writer stand the test of time but it is a thoroughly enjoyable experience to dive into the world of dickens over and again thanks to the colorful characters. how the brits must love bringing his work to the screen.

sylvie testud

this astonishing actress is best known for playing the sister of piaf in 'la vie en rose.' quel visage!