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Category Archives: Movies and film
The White Sea, Parted
The view of our front walk this week. Doesn’t that wall of snow look a bit like the wall of water left by the parting of the Red Sea in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 version of The Ten Commandments? DeMille … Continue reading
Posted in Movies and film, Photography, Popular culture
Tagged parting of the Red Sea, The Ten Commandments film, winter
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Inspiring article on Reese Witherspoon to get you unstuck
Truly enjoyed this fascinating and substantial Hollywood Reporter profile of Reese Witherspoon, especially how she took charge of her career when the entertainment industry’s existing system offered limited opportunity. You can find the article here.
Posted in Life, Movies and film, Television
Tagged agency, entrepreneurship, self-efficacy, women's careers, women's issues, women's roles
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“Not so much costumes as a bit of plumbing and general automobile engineering”
So said John Mollo in his acceptance speech at the Oscars after winning the Academy Award for Costume Design in 1978 for his work on Star Wars. What reminded me of this marvelous quote was a vehicle I walked past … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Movies and film
Tagged Academy Award for Costume Design, John Mollo, Star Wars, Stormtroopers
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Michael Caine on life as a never-ending audition
While doing some background research for the academic article on movie trailers that I’m writing with a psychology professor in my department, I stumbled across a book by Michael Caine titled Acting in Film: An Actor’s Take on Movie Making … Continue reading
Posted in Books and reading, Life, Movies and film, Popular culture
Tagged acting, auditioning, karma, Michael Caine, Michael Ovitz, networking, screen tests, small act of kindness, success
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Warped Time
It’s fascinating to notice those weird moments when historical eras overlap. My husband, who is 10+ years older than I am, can remember seeing milk being delivered to homes in his neighborhood via horse-drawn wagons in the 1950s. Here is … Continue reading
Wham! “Freedom” in China
I heard Wham!’s “Freedom” on the radio while driving yesterday. I’ve always liked this song, but what I’ve especially always remembered about it was its official video, which details the 1980s duo’s groundbreaking trip to China. Wham! was the first Western … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, History, Life, Movies and film, Music, Photography, Political Analysis, Popular culture
Tagged 1980s, China, freedom, pop music, Soviet Union, The Beatles, Wham!
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Homage in The Shape of Water – Monsters who like candy
Colonel Strickland, the cruel government agent who pulled the amphibious fish/man out of the river muck in South America, continually crunches on green (lime?) hard candy throughout The Shape of Water. Strickland isn’t cinema’s only early-’60s antagonist with a sweet … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Movies and film, Popular culture
Tagged candy corn, Colonel Strickland, green candy, homage, Norman Bates, Psycho, The Shape of Water
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Homage in The Shape of Water – Odessa Steps
The last movie we watch in my film studies class every spring is always whatever has won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year. This year we’re watching The Shape of Water. This is a really brilliant movie, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Movies and film, Popular culture
Tagged "Odessa Steps", homage, Odessa Staircase, The Shape of Water
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Mesmerizing music visualization
I’m reading paper drafts from students in my film studies course, and one of them is writing about baptism/assassination montage in The Godfather. I was pretty sure the music playing through that scene is Bach, but I looked it up … Continue reading