Category Archives: Photos

Flag Day

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

The Standard Color Reference of America is a book of fabric swatches of different colors, produced by The Color Association of America.  The exact red, white and blue (only officially required for flags produced for the federal government) are specified … Continue reading →

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He’s Their Daddy Or, What Mort Wrought*

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

Near the conclusion of the entertaining, provocative new documentary, “Évocateur The Morton Downey Jr. Movie,” Bryant Gumbel, shown in an archival clip from the 80s, wonders if Downey’s wild TV show is a one-off or the tip of a wave. … Continue reading →

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Ken and Flo (and Nisi and Aza)

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

The great, ground-breaking avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs headed up the film department when I was at Harpur College/SUNY Binghamton (now Binghamton University).  I was studying literature and creative writing but friends equipped with 16mm or Super 8 cameras were in … Continue reading →

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What Makes Duddy Itch

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

A young man in a hurry in 50s Montreal, the eponymous (anti-ish) hero of Ted Kotcheff’s 1974 “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,” is a blue-eyed bundle of anxiety and manic energy, speed-talking, in constant motion, constantly putting his hand down … Continue reading →

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Celine and Jesse. 4-Ever?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

In the timeless landscape of the Messinia region of Greece, Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), drive and walk and talk (and talk) about their lives and love for each other and how things change. Director Richard Linklater’s wonderful … Continue reading →

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On the Road

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Two drifters with dim prospects meet on an empty western road (complete with tumbleweed) and throw in together in Jerry Schartzberg‘s great (and not well-enough known) 1973 Palme d’Or winner, “Scarecrow.” A road movie that in many ways created a … Continue reading →

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Hell Décor

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

11/22/11: Ellen, attentive and kind, head RN at the nursing home said, “Your father is passing.”  I thought, but didn’t say, “Failing, actually,” not sure if a pun was appropriate. We moved Daddy to Calvary Hospital (in the Bronx not far … Continue reading →

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Before There Was Industrial Light + Magic

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

there was Ray Harryhausen, who died in London on Tuesday at 92.   The original genius of special effects and stop-motion animation, Harryhausen famously created the fantasy sequences in movies including “Jason and the Argonauts,” “Clash of the Titans,” “The Beast … Continue reading →

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“Don’t Go Mistakin’ Paradise…”*

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Austrian auteur/provocateur Ulrich Seidl’s new films, his “Paradise” trilogy, reveal how Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel–in a fearless performance, really), her Catholic missionary sister, Anna Maria (Maria Hofstätter), and her overweight 13-year-old daughter, Melanie (Melanie Lenz), spent their (separate) summer vacations.  And … Continue reading →

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My Obsession

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

The first filmmaker I photographed was Douglas Sirk.  The second, Alain Resnais.  And a few hundred later (including actors, producers, writers, cinematographers, programmers and critics), the most recent, Shane Carruth. I’d been writing brief pieces for “Voice Choices,” the weekly … Continue reading →

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