May 062013
 
Andy & Hitch

Warhol kneels before Hitchcock. 2 geniuses: 1 brilliant filmmaker, 1 terrible filmmaker. Warhol’s 1971 interview of Hitchcock is all about murder. The most interesting part is when the artist refers to having been shot in 1968: Andy Warhol: Well I was shot by a gun, and it just seems like a movie. I can’t see [...]

Apr 052013
 
The Lone Ranger & Tonto 1949 & 2013

Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, the legend evolves… Tonto gives the Lone Ranger a mask and his name in 1949 TV pilot. They heal a sick horse: http://bit.ly/16rraD3 In the 2013 trailer Tonto becomes the hero http://bit.ly/16rndyp

Apr 052013
 
INGMAR BERGMAN interview

“The whole job of the director is to create an atmosphere of complete security around the actor” (part 3) In this 6-part, hour-long 1971 conversation with Dick Cavett, the genius filmmaker talks about: his childhood (part 1), leaving home at 18, seeing his first movie “Black Beauty” (part 2), working with actors, his debt to [...]

Apr 132012
 
Alain Derobe 1936-2012

- ALAIN DEROBE – French father of 3D – Le stéréographe pionnier est décédé hier, mes condoléances à sa fille Joséphine et à sa famille. Alain était brillant, éloquent, artiste, innovateur, élégant, avec une grande humanité. The pioneer stereographer died yesterday, my condolences to his daughter Josephine & his family. Alain was brilliant, eloquent, artistic, [...]