Monthly Archives: July 2008

New York, New York [1977] 1. Liza Minnelli, complete with jazz hands: “Girls! Girls! Girls!”2. Tommy Dorsey taking a trombone solo, his wrist deftly making the changes on his plunger. Wriggling around to get that vibrato.3. The long corridor of … Continue reading →

Thoughts on my new user icon?

Another for the quote file: “Love is space and time made perceptible to the heart.” –Marcel Proust

19 JUNE 1997 I dreamed I was having an affair with George Sanders in Rebecca. He called me up, asked me to spend the weekend at Manderley. I said, “Can you pick me up? It might be hard since I … Continue reading →

Giant [1956] 1. Mercedes McCambridge: “Yer gonna meet some folks! Yer gonna meet some folks!”2. Extreme long shot: she’s riding the bucking horse, trying to get it under her control. Cut to close up: her spur digs into the horse’s … Continue reading →

Demon Seed [1977] 1. The sizzling fragments of egg on the floor, smoking. The gas jets burning high. Julie Christie draped over the kitchen table, her sweaty nightgown clinging to her.2. Proteus: “Nothing is the answer to the question.”3. The … Continue reading →

Wooooo yeah! President Bush Boosts Porn Industry With Economic Stimulus Plan

Don Davis, 1942-2008We’ll miss you, Major Briggs. 

The Damned [1969]  1. A lecture hall is filled with students. At the podium a professor reads off a list of names, including Helen Keller, George Bernard Shaw, Marcel Proust. Cut to an outside courtyard where a massive book burning … Continue reading →