a perfect viewer

i am so easily fooled. i NEVER think a set is a 'set.' whether the budget is big or small, i am a believer. i know that entire towns are built to shoot movies but i seem to stick to the suspension of disbelief.




Billy Wilder on the Soundstage for his film 'Irma la Douce' (1963)

wise and working

shirley maclaine just filmed a movie whereby she is the one woman among about a dozen guys! being warren beatty's sis must give her plenty of know how regarding holding ones own among the opposite sex.

included in the new film are both jack black and rip torn. i think she is having a blast. it will be shirley's 66th screen credit. look what a darling she is here in this snap.

the three sisters

sullen (catherine deneuve) , suspicious, and sly (francoise dorleac) sandwiched between the dorleacs.

el sid

peace, while it lasts. the great sidney poitier has had two long marriages. Juanita Hardy (1950-1965) Joanna Shimkus (1976-present). he has four daughters with his first wife and two with his second



the man has been seriously outnumbered living in a world of women. imagine all the love.

gordon parks - sidney poitier and his (first) wife at home, nyc, 1959

poster girl

second hand smoke.

unbeatable

'is that what you married him for?'

'maybe i like the way his thumbs hold up the wool.'

'anytime his thumbs get tired...'





'double indemnity' will never let me down.

the laughs on him

kubrick's kids.

huge details

STANLEY KUBRICK DIRECTING “2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY,” 1968.

through thick and thin

bad films, great films, sons, lovers. these two wonderful thespians have been married since 1978. sinead comes from an acting dynasty. jeremy's heart, once ravished by the flytes in 'brideshead', has gone on to create a legacy of his own.

sight for sore eyes

'A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all. Doing cinema is not about watching yourself.' -Charlotte Rampling

the woman would not have gotten anything done.

working with royalty

a first time director named stephen brown is making a movie with charlotte rampling AND sinead cusack (jeremy irons wife) called 'the sea.' how that guy's head must be swimming.

the film is based on a novel by john banville. it all sounds too good.

would you purchase a fridge from this man?