Category Archives: Film
Just a Tomboy: Marilyn Monroe Seen Beyond Stardom by Eve Arnold on the set of The Misfits
They say that sometimes you can see the soul of a film in a photograph taken on the set. But that only very rarely happens. On the set of The Misfits, Eve Arnold managed to capture not only the soul of the film, but the souls of its actors. Her memorable photographs of Marilyn Monroe are an intimate portrait of the biggest movie star of all time. Read More
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Simplicity: The Brevity of Film Costume in “Les Aventuriers”
”Les Aventuriers”, 1967. Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, Compagnia Generale Finanziaria Cinematografica Two guys and a girl try to make a life out of what they love doing. It’s this free willing that unites them in the first place. Manu … Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
In his book, The World Is Ever Changing, Nicolas Roeg writes one page about his personal life and upbringing, and the rest of the 236 pages about film and filmmaking. I love that. He tells the story of a true visual storyteller, one whose faith in the imagination nullifies all reasoning and who was always “willing to leap into the unknown – that way you’re investing in the future”. Read More
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September Newsletter: Rattle That Lock, Westerns Music and Writing on Paper
In the September newsletter: Rattle That Lock, Western soundtracks and writing on paper. Read More
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“She’s the Beast in the Jungle”: Anne Bancroft’s Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate
“Shiny blacks, animal prints, and wildly overgrown garden foliage for Mrs. Robinson’s lair.” She’s the beast in the jungle. Anne Bancroft’s multi-layered performance as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate reveals not only a tawdry seductress with a scheming exterior when dressed in animal print, but a vulnerable middle aged housewife when she is stripped of her clothes. Read More
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