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namin’ names: red scares
1952. Of the House Un-American Activities Committee and then Richard Nixon’s rise from there to the vice-presidency, of the black-listing of movie people, of the people like Elia Kazan and Robert Taylor, and Clifford Odets who went before the committee … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Fortas, Arnie Riesman, clifford odets, Dalton Trumbo, Daniel Halpern Jr., Dashiell Hammett, Elia Kazan HUAC, Guilty by Suspicion movie, John Huston, John S. Wood HUAC, Joseph Rauh HUAC, Lillian Hellman HUAC, Lillian Hellman Scoundrel Time, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Dies, Martin Scorsese, Richard Nixon HUAC, Robert De Niro, Robert Taylor HUAC
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weddings and babies
The story of Weddings and Babies, Morris Engel’s last feature which was filmed with portable camera and sound equipment, a novel synchronized sight-and-sound- process that was developed by Engel himself, starts off a little lamely, with a woman who wishes … Continue reading
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Tagged Eddy Manson, Francois Truffaut, Francois truffaut "auteur theory", john cassavetes, John Myhers, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Scorsese, Morris Engel Lovers and Lollipops, Morris Engel Weddings and Babies, Richard Leacock, ruth orkin, Ruth Orkin and Morris Engel, Viveca Lindfors
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going it alone: solitary wave
What then became called New Wave actually began in the early 1950’s when Morris Engel of New York began producing his own motion pictures with the assistance of his wife, Ruth Orkin, a leading photographer in her own right, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cathy Dunn, Francois Truffaut, french new wave cinema, Gerald O'Loughlin, Jean-Luc Godard, Lori March, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Scorsese, Maysles brothers, Morris Engel, Morris Engle Lovers and Lollipops, ruth orkin
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just another hack
by Art Chantry: while researching his role in martin scorsese’s film “taxi driver”, robert deniro actually went out and drove cab for a while. this is his official NYC taxi cab driver’s license.
AN OBSESSION WITH UNREASON: Absolute and Faithless Doubt
Caravaggio has become the ultimate old master superstar; his only real rival is Vermeer. It was a great if sadly short career. Caravaggio’s work was an expression of awareness of the precariousness of a reason that can at any moment be compromised, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Malraux, Andrew Graham Dixon, Annibale Carracci, Araminta Wordsworth, Bernard Berenson, Caravaggio, David Eskerdjian, E.H. Gombrich, Ernst Gombrich, Francine Prose, Francis Schaeffer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Giordano Bruno, Helen Langdon, Jan Vermeer, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Ruskin, Martin Luther, Martin Scorsese, Maurizio Calvesi, Michael Fried, Michel Foucault, Nicolas Poussin, Philip Sohm, Roberto Longhi, Simon Schama, Thomas Aquinas, Vermeer
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MUSIC & MADNESS: AN IMP OF A LIBRETTO
A cursed libretto is not your typical campfire ghost story.Its not a joking anecdote to be easily dismissed either. Its one helluva an imp who has displayed wildly inconsistent behavior over the years. The specific association of music and madness … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Brian Wilson, Bruce Elder, Buddy Holly, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Daniel Kreps, Denis Diderot, Django Reinhardt, Donizetti, E.T.A. Hoffman, Echo Lamb, Elfriede Jelinek, Elvis Presley, Etienne Carjot, Foucault, Francesco Piave, Francis Toye, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schiller, Gunter grass, Hegel, Heinrich von Kleist, Jack Unteweger, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Lennon, John Malkovich, Kate Connolly, Kurt Vonnegut, Lana Clarkson, Leonardo Da Vinci, Martin Haselbock, Martin Scorsese, Melchiorre Delfico, Merelli La Scala, Michael Sturminger, Mick Brown, Norman Mailer, Phil Spector, Renata Tibaldi, Robert Johnson, Rossini, Shakespeare, The Ramones, Tina Turner, Victor Hugo, Vikram Jayanti, Voltaire
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