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Crisp Precision: Lindsay Crouse in House of Games
Her outfits are mannish; her words are enunciated with cold, distant, crisp precision; her presence is uptight and cautious; her sculpted face never crumples. Some have criticized Lindsay Crouse’s performance in House of Games as robotic, a total absence … Read More
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One Day That Summer: Shirley MacLaine on the Set of “Can Can”
Summer may be over, but the series One Day That Summer continues on the blog with my conversations with photographers and photography collectors to bring you exclusive stories from behind the lens, whether travel photography or pictures from the … Read More
in Film, Interviews, One day that summer, Photography
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The Art of Film Posters: Interview with Designer Dylan Haley
Original poster for the Buster Keaton film “The General” (1926), restored and rereleased by Kino Lorber. About the importance and role of movie posters, I have talked before. That they are meant to talk to the audience before the … Read More
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Denim on Film: Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Before summer’s end, let us indulge in the most simple, democratic, sincere, sexy and authentic piece of clothing, blue jeans, and everything denim. At first look, Little Fauss and Big Halsy is notably forgettable. Forget about plot and … Read More
Made in Milan
Martin Scorsese and Giorgio Armani In 1990, a Martin Scorsese short documentary about Giorgio Armani, titled Fatto a Milano (Made in Milan) was released to little fanfare and had been practically forgotten until it was brought back to the … Read More
