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ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD

July 26, 2019 By Leave a Comment

ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD

The 9th film from Quentin Tarantino, aka ONCE UPON A TIME . . . IN HOLLYWOOD, takes us back to 1969, and a land of fragile dreams, transactional relationships, and the manifestation of the dark side of it all in the form of Charles Manson (Damon Herriman). Manson himself has but a cameo in the… Read More »

Tagged With: 1969, Charles Manson, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Sharon Tate, Spaghetti western, stuntman

WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED — Gillian Armstrong Interview

August 8, 2016 By Leave a Comment

WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED — Gillian Armstrong Interview

Gillian Armstrong knew little if anything about George Orry-Kelly when she started making her zesty and intimate documentary about him, WOMEN HE’S UNDRESSED.  The Australian with enormous talent and even more guts, hopped a boat to New York City when he was 24, where he met and fell in love with Archie Leach, and became… Read More »

Tagged With: Australia, Cary Grant, clothing designer, costume collectors, costume conservation, costume design, Darren Gilshenan, Gypsy, Hollywood, Kiama NSW, Larry McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, movies, Natalie Wood, Orry-Kelly, studios, watercolor

CAFÉ SOCIETY

July 23, 2016 By Leave a Comment

CAFÉ SOCIETY

There is a theological bent to Woody Allen’s CAFÉ SOCIETY. It’s there in the constant bickering between the hero’s parents about whether or not a relative has a Jewish-shaped head. And, furthermore, if he doesn’t, how can he be a proper Jew? Such questions are a Midrash on the actual story, which concerns a young… Read More »

Tagged With: 1930s, Family, film business, gangsters, Hollywood, night clubs, romance

HAIL, CAESAR!

February 5, 2016 By 1 Comment

HAIL, CAESAR!

If Douglas Sirk had directed a film noir written by Billy Wilder, it might have looked something like HAIL, CAESAR!, the latest thoughtful tangle of philosophy and whimsy from the Coen Brothers. Taking place in a 1951 Hollywood not entirely unlike the one that actually existed, it mixes Cold War paranoia, carefully managed studio PR… Read More »

Tagged With: aquatic ballet, biblical epic, choreography, film business, Hollywood, kidnapping, studio fixer, studio system

Gurinder Chadha’s Imaginative BRIDE AND PREJUDICE

September 1, 2014 By 1 Comment

Gurinder Chadha’s Imaginative BRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Gurinder Chadha, like her films, has a lot to say on a great many topics. Also like her films, she’s entertaining while she’s saying it.  When I spoke to her on January 27, 2005, she waxed loquacious on Bollywood meeting Hollywood on and off the screen, her responsibility as a filmmaker to her audience, and why… Read More »

Tagged With: bollywood, cinema, comedy, film, Gurinder Chadha, Hollywood, Jane Austen, movie, narrative, Pride and Prejudice, romance

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