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Tag Archives: 1960s
Couldn’t Do It Today: “Sweet Deceptions” (1960)
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via Wikipedia: The film tells one day in the life of a young adolescent girl who is discovering her sexuality. Francesca (Catherine Spaak), a 17-year-old girl, who has a vivid dream of making love to Enrico (Christian Marquand), a … Continue reading
Notes on “Eight Days a Week”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Eight Days a Week,” Ron Howard’s new documentary on the Beatles’ touring years, isn’t anything new, and yet it caused me to see its subject in a new light. Like similar works it uses the Beatles as a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Performers
Tagged 1960s, Beatles, documentaries, Eight Days a Week, Film, movies, rock music, Ron Howard
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RIP Billy Jack
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I saw that Tom Laughlin died the other day. He was mostly known for playing Billy Jack in a series of films, the most famous being the first two: the 1967 “The Born Losers” and the 1971 “Billy Jack.” You … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics
Tagged 1960s, Billy Jack, Delores Costello, Elizabeth James, Film, movies, The Born Losers, Tom Laughlin, westerns
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Shakin’: An Interview With De De Mollner
Paleo Retiree writes: Yesterday I expressed my enthusiasm for ’60s go-go dancing, which I consider to be a majorly underappreciated popular artform. Who doesn’t love the girls who dance behind rock acts? But how much do you know about them? … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Music, Performers
Tagged 1960s, De De Mollner, go-go dancing, Los Angeles, popular culture
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End of the Road (Aram Avakian, 1970)
Sax von Stroheim writes: My list of “Films that Belong to an American New Wave that Didn’t Really Exist” includes De Palma’s Greetings and Hi, Mom!; Norman Mailer’s Maidstone; Robert Downey, Sr.’s oeuvre; Shadows, Faces, and Opening Night; Robert Kramer’s Milestones; Mickey One, The Connection, Dusty and Sweets McGee, The Swimmer, and David Holzman’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, American New Wave, Aram Avakian, movies, robert downey sr, stacey keach, Steven Soderbergh
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