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- Juxtaposin’: Wisdom Literature
- Couldn’t Do It Today: “Sweet Deceptions” (1960)
- “The Mountain Cat”
- Lessons from Across the Pond?
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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Emergency Laughter Archive
Eddie Pensier writes: The past week has been an unpleasant one around Rancho Pensier. I found myself needing cheer and laughter in large quantities. I had no choice but to turn to that cache of fail-safe funny things that never fail … Continue reading
Monday Art Rock Selection: Mouse On Mars / They Know Your Name
Sir Barken Hyena writes: This tag “art rock” has the virtue of near meaninglessness. Today it means “weird as fuck”, a good blanket term for German duo Mouse On Mars, as this recent video demonstrates. All of their work is … Continue reading
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Art Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Saint Michael, Northern Spain, ca. 1460-1490. Original here. Click on the image to enlarge.
Bridging Distances
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A filmmaker like Lubitsch makes you feel privileged for taking part in his naughtiness — like you’re in on the joke. But the naughtiness in this clip, from Renoir’s “French Cancan,” is of a different sort. Renoir … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers, Sex
Tagged Film, France, French Cancan, Jean Gabin, Jean Renoir, Moulin Rouge, movies, Musicals
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Sunday Jazz Selection
Fenster writes: Moody in the mood.
Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: Are bottled cocktails worth the cost? (Link thanks to Eddie Pensier.) Has the fake Holocaust memoir become a literary genre of its own? Want to tell the FCC you don’t want it fucking with net neutrality? Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
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Movie Poster Du Jour: “Il Grido”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: French poster for Antonioni’s “Il Grido.” Design by Boris Grinsson, one of the major French poster designers of the period. Related More on Grinsson.
Posted in Commercial art, Movies
Tagged Boris Grinsson, Film, Il Grido, Michelangelo Antonioni, Movie Posters, movies
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