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Coming Attractions:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.
THE LADY EVE 1941 94m. bw.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.
SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS 1941 . 90m. bw.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
THE PALM BEACH STORY 1942 88m. bw.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2.
THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK 1944 98m. bw.
http://www.prestonsturges.com/filmog_miracle.html
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4; MONDAY, OCTOBER 6; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9.
HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO 1944 101m. bw.
Cast
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11; MONDAY, OCTOBER 13; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16.
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS 1948 105m. bw.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18; MONDAY, OCTOBER 20; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23.
EASY LIVING (1937 Mitchell Leisen) 88m. bw.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25; MONDAY, OCTOBER 27; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30.
THE GREAT MCGINTY 1940 82m. bw.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY 1940 67m. bw.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13.
THE GREAT MOMENT 1944 83m. bw.
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PRESTON STURGES' 110TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1937 1940 1940 1941
1941 1942 1942 1944
1944 1948
Official Preston Sturges Website
American Masters(PBS): Preston Sturges
Contemporary Authors Online
Criterion Collection: The Lady Eve
Criterion Collection: Sullivan's Travels
Criterion Collection: Unfaithfully Yours
Doak, Robert. "Preston Sturges's Vision of America: Critical Analyses of Fourteen Films." Journal of Popular Film and Television. 25.2 (Summer 1997): p90. Literature Resource Center. Gale. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY. 27 Aug. 2008
Harkness, John. "The Sphinx without a Riddle." Sight and Sound. 4.8 (1994, Aug. ) 7-9. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 108. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. 7-9. Literature Resource Center. Gale. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY. 27 Aug. 2008
Nochimson, Martha. "The Lady Eve and Sullivan's Travels. (Home Video)." Cineaste. 27.3 (Summer 2002): p40. Literature Resource Center. Gale. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY. 27 Aug. 2008
Ursini, James. "Preston Sturges." American Screenwriters. Ed. Robert E. Morsberger and Randall Clark. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 26. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984. Literature Resource Center. Gale. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY. 27 Aug. 2008
Wood, Robin. "Screwball and the Masquerade." CineAction. (Winter 2001): p12. Literature Resource Center. Gale. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY. 27 Aug. 2008
Adapted from an online bibliography at the Media Resource Center, University of California, Berkeley
Books
Most of this material is available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library (either in book form - call numbers included-, on microfilm, or online -some of these are higlighted with links).
Books
Bogdanovich, Peter
"Screenwriters and Preston Sturges." In: Pieces of time; Peter Bogdanovich on the movies. [New York, Arbor House Pub. Co., 1973]
PN1994.B563
Brill, Lesley.
"Redemptive Comedy in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock and Preston Sturges: 'Are Snakes Necessary?'." In: Alfred Hitchcock: centenary essays / edited by Richard Allen and S. Ishii-Gonzales. pp: 205-19 London: British Film Institute, 1999.
PN1998.3.H58.A725 1999
Corliss, Richard.
"Preston Sturges." In: Talking pictures : screenwriters in the American cinema / Richard Corliss; pref. by Andrew Sarris. New York: Penguin Books, 1975, c1974.
PN1998.A23C644
Curtis, James
Between flops: a biography of Preston Sturges / James Curtis. 1st ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, c1982.
PN1998.A3 S884
Dale, Alan S.
"Preston Sturges: girl in a jam, boy in a jam." In: Comedy is a man in trouble : slapstick in American movies / Alan Dale. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
PN1995.9.C55 D35 2000
Dickos, Andrew
Intrepid laughter: Preston Sturges and the movies / by Andrew Dickos. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1985.
PN1998.A3 S886 1985
Farber, Manny; Poster, W.S.
"Preston Sturges: success in the movies (1954)." In: Awake in the dark : an anthology of American film criticism, 1915 to the present / edited by David Denby. 1st ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1977.
PN1995.A86
Gassner, John.
Twenty-five best plays of the modern American theatre. Early series. New York, Crown Publishers [1949] xxviii, 756 p. 25 cm.
Contains “Strictly Dishonorable”
PS634.G4 Harvey, James
Romantic comedy in Hollywood from Lubitsch to Sturges / James Harvey. 1st Da Capo Press ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998.
PN1995.9.C55 H37 1987
Henderson,-Brian.
"Cartoon and Narrative in the Films of Frank Tashlin and Preston Sturges." In: Comedy/cinema/theory / edited by Andrew Horton. pp: 153-73 Berkeley: University of California Press, c1991.
PN1995.9.C55 C65 1991
Houston, Penelope
"Preston Sturges." In: Sight and sound : a fiftieth anniversary selection / edited and with an introduction by David Wilson. London : Faber and Faber in association with BFI Pub., 1982.
PN1995.S4936 1982
Jacobs, Diane.
Christmas in July: the life and art of Preston Sturges / Diane Jacobs. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1992.
PN1998.3.S78 J3 1992
O'Brien, Geoffrey
"The Sturges style." In: Castaways of the image planet : movies, show business, public spectacle / Geoffrey O'Brien. Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint, c2002.
PN1994 .O25 2002
Sarris, Andrew
"Preston Sturges." In: "You ain't heard nothin' yet" : the American talking film, history & memory, 1927-1949 / Andrew Sarris. New York : Oxford University Press,1998
PN1995.7 .S27 1998
Schickel, Richard
"Preston Sturges: elegy for the Wienie King." In: Schickel on film : encounters--critical and personal--with movie immortals / Richard Schickel. 1st ed. p. 57-69. New York: Morrow, c1989.
PN1993.5.U6 S327 1989
Strictly dishonorable and other lost American plays. Selected by Richard Nelson. New York : Theatre Communications Group, c1986. xi, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
PS634 .S86 1986
Sturges, Preston.
Preston Sturges / by Preston Sturges; adapted and edited by Sandy Sturges. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1990.
PN1998.3.S78 A3 1990
Sturges, Preston. A cup of coffee : a comedy about business. New York : S. French, c1989. 108 p. : plan ; 19 cm.
PAMPLAY
Original stage version of what later became the film Christmas in July.
Journal Articles
Brown, Geoff
"Preston Sturges, inventor." Sight and Sound v 55 Autumn 1986. p. 272-7
Geoff Brown finds links between the 'Davenola' of "Christmas in July", kissproof lipstick, waggling traffic signs and vertical takeoff airplanes.
Busch, N. F.
"Preston Sturges has led an eccentric, implausible life." Life v. 20 (January 7 1946) p. 85-6+
Canby, Vincent.
"Gaffes and gags of a shy dimwit." (Film Forum in New York, New York begins archival show called 'Harold Lloyd: A Centennial Retrospective') New York Times v142 (Fri, April 30, 1993):C1(L), col 4, 30 col in.
Canby, Vincent.
"The total Preston Sturges, preserved in hilarity." (six week retrospective at Film Forum, New York) (Living Arts Pages) New York Times v139 (Fri, Sept 7, 1990):B1(N), C1(L), col 1, 50 col in.
Carey, Alida L.
"This Cockeyed Caravan: A Preston Sturges Memoir." North American Review 273:4 (1988:Dec.) 60
Carey, Alida L.
"Then and now." [P. Sturges in Paris]. The New York Times Magazine (December 2 1956) p. 94+
Cavell, Stanley
"Pursuits of Happiness: A Reading of The Lady Eve." New Literary History Vol. 10, No. 3, Anniversary Issue: I (Spring, 1979), pp. 581-601
Cockrell, Eddie
"Sullivan's Travels." Variety August 20, 2001 v384 i1 p24 (666 words)
"Conversation with Preston Sturges."
Sight and Sound 25:4 (1956:Spring) 182
Crowther, B.
"When satire and slapstick meet." The New York Times Magazine (August 27 1944) p. 14-15+
Curtis, J..
"The great McGinty: from writer to director." American Film Vol VII nr 7 (May 1982); p 44-45,50-52.
Discusses the transition period in which screenwriter P.S. became a director. Emphasis is on his first directorial effort, "The great McGinty".
Doak, Robert.
"Preston Sturges's Vision of America: Critical Analyses of Fourteen Films." Journal of Popular Film and Television 25.n2 (Summer 1997): 90(1).
Drabelle, Dennis.
"Five Screenplays by Preston Sturges." (book reviews) Atlantic Monthly v277, n2 (Feb, 1996):108 (6 pages).
Drabelle, Dennis.
"Four More Screenplays by Preston Sturges." (book reviews) Atlantic Monthly v277, n2 (Feb, 1996):108 (6 pages).
Everitt, David.
"The man who lent screwball comedy a tough of class; Can anyone making romantic movies now measure up to the zany but literate Preston Sturges?" Probably not, but it's worth trying. (retrospective of his films at... New York Times v147, sec2 (Sun, July 19, 1998):AR11(N), AR11(L), col 1, 34 col in.
Farber, M.
"Satirist." The New Republic v. 107 (December 21 1942) p. 827
Farrelly, Peter; Jones, Terry; Kilner, Clare; Luhrmann, Baz
"Preston Sturges Changed My Life ..." Sight and Sound 105 [May 2000] 20
"Finding an audience: Sullivan's Travels." Journal of Popular Film and Television v 11 no4 Winter 1984. p. 152-7
Geng, Veronica
"Unfaithfully yours." (motion picture review) Film Comment 20:2 (1984:Mar./Apr.) 57
Compares the new movie with the 1948 Preston Sturges classic and you'll find a case of champagne comedy gone flat.
Gow, Gordon
"Conversation with Preston Sturges," Sight & Sound Spring 1956.
Hail Eddie Bracken
"Friend and Leading Man Talks About Working with Preston Sturges." MovieMaker 633 [April-May 1999] 42-43, 81
Harper, Dan
"Sullivan's Travels" Senses of Cinema 12:(no pagination). 2001 Feb-Mar
Hearle, Kevin.
"Sturges and The Grapes of Wrath: Sullivan's Travels as Documentary Comedy." Steinbeck Newsletter 1994 Summer, 7:2, 5-7.
Henderson, Brian
"Sturges at work." Film Quarterly v 39 Winter 1985/1986. p. 16-28
Technique and style of P.S. emphasizing his constant revision with special consideration of six of his films from "Christmas in July" to "Hail the conquering hero".
Hinson, Hal.
"Card sharks, con men, hustlers and dames." (American Film Institute begins retrospective on Preston Sturges' films at Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.) Washington Post v116 (Sun, July 04, 1993):G1, col 4, 56 col in.
Houston, Penelope
"Preston Sturges." Sight and Sound v 34 no3 Summer 1965. p. 130-4
Hunt, Paula
"Hail the Conquering Hero": Celebrating the Genius of Writer-Director Preston Sturges." MovieMaker 633 [April-May 1999] 40-42
"Innovation by Sturges." Newsweek v. 37 (May 7 1951) p. 84
Jacobs, Diane.
"Preston Sturges: the film maker seen whole; a six-week retrospective is to show the acclaimed writer and director's work in its entirety for the first time." (Film Forum, New York) New York Times v139, sec2 (Sun, Sept 2, 1990):H7(N), H7(L), col 1, 37 col in.
Kemp, Philip; Jones, Terry; Luhrmann, Baz; Kilner, Clare; and others.
"Ants in his pants." (Preston Sturges, filmmaker; includes related articles) Sight and Sound v10, n5 (May, 2000):18 (3 pages).
"While light-hearted irreverence was writer-director Preston Sturges's forte, his comedies also have a serious edge. For four years, from 1940 to 1944, he wrote and directed seven pungently exuberant comedies, pioneering the way for other writer-directors like John Huston and Billy Wilder. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine, careering along through slapstick, satire, farce, elegant verbal wit, and shameless sentimentality with unstoppable momentum. His films permanently loosened the stays of comedy--after him, anything went. Four directors, including Terry Jones, Baz Luhrmann, and Clare Kilner, comment on how Sturges influenced them." [Art Index]
Kilner, C.
"Preston Sturges changed my life ..." Sight and Sound, 2000 MAY, V10 N5:20+.
Kracauer, Siegfried
"Preston Sturges or Laughter Betrayed." Films in Review 1:1 (1950:Feb.) 11
Lane, Anthony.
"Ants in His Pants." New Yorker 1998 Sept 14, 74:27, 86-87, 89-90, 92.
Sturges' movies were some of the best sex movies though there was very little sex in them. The anniversary of the screenwriter-director's birth on August 29, 1898, was celebrated in New York with a screening of his movies. A Sturges festival was also screened at the L.A. County Museum of Art.
Luhrmann, B.
"Preston Sturges changed my life ..." Sight and Sound, 2000 MAY, V10 N5:20+.
Maslin, Janet
"Critic's Choice/Film: Antic Dolts and Schemers? Must Be Screwball Comedy." The New York Times [24 July 1998] B12
Moran, Kathleen; Rogin, Michael.
"'What's the Matter with Capra'? Sullivan's Travels and the Popular Front." Representations, 2000 Summer, 71, 106-34.
"Delves into the meanings of Preston Sturges's 1942 movie Sullivan's Travels beyond the genre of a screwball comedy. Analyzes each part of the movie for cultural significance and relationship to other popular directors, such as Frank Capra, and the leftist Popular Front movement." [America History and Life]
Nochimson, Martha
"The Lady Eve and Sullivan's Travels," Cineaste v. 27 no. 3 (Summer 2002) p. 40-2
"A review of the DVD release of Preston Sturges's 1940s movies, The Lady Eve and Sullivan's Travels. The former movie focuses on a fortune hunter who falls in love with her mark and must fight her father to free herself of his insistence that she exploits men's emotions for financial gain. The latter approaches head-on the ambiguous relations between box office and intuitive concerns by focusing on a successful Hollywood director of blockbusters who wants to forget about profits and make a movie that will announce his solidarity with suffering humanity. Both movies reveal the filmmaker's tendency to employ film as a way of investigating what filmmaking and Hollywood are about while parading his fond impatience with the vanity of human desires and his affectionate regard for the theatrical clown as well as the life-seeking, if bumbling, clown in all of us. The main features of this DVD release are accompanied by supplementary "extras" of mixed quality." [Art Index]
O'Brien, Geoffrey.
"The Sturges Style."The New York Review of Books, 1990 Dec 20, 37:20, 6-10.
"Paramount's one-man show." Newsweek v. 16 (August 19 1940) p. 44+
Parrish, Robert
"Johnny One Note. Souvenirs sur Preston Sturges." Positif nr 200-202 (Dec-Jan 1977-78); p 116-19.
Reminiscenes of American director R.P. of P.S.
Pinck, Dan.
"Preston Sturges: The Wizard of Hollywood." The American Scholar, 1992 Summer, 61:3, 402-08.
"Preston Sturges was responsible for writing and directing some of the best motion pictures in Hollywood. Sturges combined wit, satire, farce and slapstick, and directed it toward an educated audience in such movies as 'The Lady Eve' and 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.' Sturges' talent was partly the result of an unusual childhood that included a bizarre mother and many changes of schools and residences." [Magazine Index]
"Preston Sturges." (cover story) Entertainment Weekly, 4/19/96 Issue 323, p36, 1/6p,
"Preston Sturges." Cinema Magazine Spring 1972. 13 pages
"Preston Sturges." Positif nr 281-282 (July-Aug 1984); p 2-29.
Three articles on US director P.S., an extract from his autobiography, and a detailed filmgraphy.
"Preston Sturges: satirist." The New Republic v. 107 (December 21 1942) p. 827
"Preston Sturges: The Wizard of Hollywood." The American Scholar. Summer 1992. Vol. 61, Iss. 3; pg. 402, 7 pgs
Preston Sturges was the writer and director of 14 movies that are perhaps the best comedies of their kind ever made. Sturges, his career and his movies are profiled.
Rapfogel, J.
"The Screwball Social Studies of Preston Sturges." Cineaste v. 31 no. 3 (Summer 2006) p. 6-12
"An essay on American writer-director Preston Sturges, whose major works have been released on DVD in Britain and the United States. Sturges's achievement as a filmmaker is so considerable and lasting, his entrance onto the scene so assured and meteoric, and his production at its height so feverishly inventive, it is hard to believe that his career as a director is almost entirely framed by a single decade (the 1940s). A large part of the appeal of his films is their paradoxical nature and their cheerful combination of vulgarity and sophistication, of slapstick and the kind of refined verbal wit that bloomed in American movies of the 1930s and 1940s as never before or since. Sturges almost single-handedly created the role of writer-director, enjoying at his peak unprecedented creative control, but his career may have been doomed by his insistence on taking sole creative responsibility for his own films. The writer traces his life and work in detail." [Art Index]
Rebello, Stephen; Curtis, J.
"King of comedy, the rise of Preston Sturges." American Film v 7 May 1982. p. 42-5+
Considers the rise and fall of the movie career of screenwriter-director P.S. Discusses his first film as director "The great McGinty".
Rubinstein, E.
"The End of Screwball Comedy: The Lady Eve and The Palm Beach Story." Post Script 1982 Spring-Summer, 1:3, 33-47.
Rubinstein, E.
"Hollywood travels: Sturges and Sullivan." Sight and Sound v 47 no1 Winter 1977/1978, p. 50-2
Rubinstein, E.
"Sturges' folly: the fate of Unfaithfully Yours." (Sturges' penultimate Hollywood film) Sight and Sound v 50 no4 Autumn 1981. p. 268-71
Sarris, Andrew
"Preston Sturges in the Thirties." Film Comment 6:4 (1970/1971:Winter) 80
Salmon, Julie.
"Preston Sturges: the director close up." (film director) Wall Street Journal (Wed, Sept 12, 1990):A16(W), A16(E), col 1, 20 col in.
Schickel, Richard
"Preston Sturges: alien dreamer."Film Comment Vol XXI nr 6 (Nov-Dec 1985); p 32-35.
On the publication of his screenplays, an assessment of the work of writer/director P.S.
Scott, A.O.
"Sturges's subversive wartime humor." (Miracle of Morgan's Creek, (Weekend)_(movie review) The New York Times May 10, 2002 pB26(N) pE28(L) col 1 (10 col in)
Shokoff, J..
"A Kockenlocker by any other word: the democratic comedy of Preston Sturges." Post Script Vol VIII nr 1 (Fall 1988); p 16-28.
Defends the film comedies of P.S. against accusations of superficiality.
Spoto, Donald.
"Preston Sturges." (writer and film director) Architectural Digest v49, n4 (April, 1992):156 (5 pages).
"Sturges grew up in glamorous circles and traveled extensively throughout Europe with his mother during his boyhood. He became a highly respected director and screenwriter whose credits include 'The Power and the Glory.' Biographical information and a description of his Hollywood Hills, CA, home are given." [Magazine Index]
Sterritt, David
"Unfaithfully Yours." Cineaste v. 31 no. 2 (Spring 2006) p. 70-2
"A review of Preston Sturges's film Unfaithfully Yours (1948) on the occasion of its DVD release. This film focuses on a self-absorbed musical artiste who suspects his beautiful young wife of cheating on him. Raging with jealousy, he fantasizes about wreaking vengeance during a concert; he then tries this for real but fails. The film failed financially for a number of reasons, including the fact that as a very dark comedy in the atmosphere of 1948--when wartime anxieties were giving way to postwar aspiration, at least momentarily--it appeared too dark for many viewers. To today's viewer, it speaks as well as any film ever made by this extraordinary filmmaker." [Art Index]
Stevens, Brad.
"Vertigo with a twist." Sight and Sound 15.9 (Sept 2005): 88(1).
Stevens reviews eight video recordings directed by Preston Sturges, including The Great McGinty, Christmas in July, and The Lady Eve.
Strohm, Claire
"Les voyages de Sullivan." (motion picture review) Cahiers du Cinema no426 Dec 1989. p. 60-1
"Sympathetic satirist of sacred conventions directs his second conspicuous film hit of the year." Life v. 17 (August 28 1944) p. 43+
Thomas, François
"De mille facettes un choix restreint." Positif nr 281-282 (July-Aug 1984); p 20-23.
Analysis of the comic means employed by P.S., and the importance of the lesser roles in his films
Tolchinsky, David E.
"Three More Screenplays." (Review) Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television v19, n3 (August, 1999):411 (2 pages).
Tonguette, Peter.
"The Lady Eve." Senses of Cinema: an Online Film Journal Devoted to the Serious & Eclectic Discussion of Cinema. 25:(no pagination). 2003 Mar-Apr
Wall, James M.
“Sullivan travels again.” Christian Century, 03/21/2001, Vol. 118 Issue 10, p53, 1p
Weinberg, H. G.
"Lost films of America." Sight and Sound v 31 no4 Autumn 1962. p. 172-5
Wineapple, Brenda.
"Finding an Audience: Sullivan's Travels." Journal of Popular Film and Television, 1984 Winter, 11:4, 152-157.
On "Sullivan's travels" which demonstrates how a film's structure works to maintain a sense of social stability.
Wood, Robin
"Screwball and the masquerade: The lady Eve and Two-faced woman." CineAction nr 54 (Jan 2001); p 12-19.
A comparison of the two films emphasizing critical appraisal, with reference to the theme of female masquerade. Offers a detailed description of the lost, longer version of the Cukor film "Two-faced woman".
Zone, Ray
"Wrap shot." American Cinematographer v 81 no10 Oct 2000. p. 128
"Sullivan's Travels, a film directed by Preston Sturges, is discussed. Released in 1941, the film follows a successful director of comedies who wants to make a "serious" film about poverty based on a book called O Brother, Where Art Thou? During the film, Sturges offers different views of the moviegoing audience, as well as witty fast-paced dialog that pointedly satirizes Hollywood's economic anxiety and its pretensions to high art. Cinematographer John Seitz captured the film's wildly varying moods in shimmering black-and-white cinematography." [Art Index]
Best things I've see (together with Opening Night) at Silverdocs so far:
In the Family
Lots of google-links to Joanna Rudnick
<+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kalinovski Square
This brave filmmaker wants his film out there - the only reason I don't have qualms about putting up Pt. 1 of the complete film on YouTube. I wonder how many people in Belarus see YouTube. Yuri Chashchevatsky is circulating this in Belarus as a samizdat
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Seaview
Just as I ended yesterday with a great musical documentary experience with "All Together Now," tonight I ended the day with "Throw Down Your Heart," a film of Bela Fleck's tour of 4 countries in Africa to meet and play with musicians in those countries. The extra treat was a few minutes of Bela playing with a master musician from Mali. You can see a couple of Cheick Hamala Diabaté's concerts online at Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage.
Gotta go now; need a few hours sleep before heading back down to Silver Spring.
First see my friend Tom Warner's entry on Roman de Gare on Accelerated Decrepitude (this is my comment - I don't want to catch any flack from M. Pinon, should I meet him in a Rive Gauce cafe, or in some dark alley):
First of all, I don't think I called Dominique Pinon ugly, only that he had an interesting face ala Michael Pollard, who should be cast in the US remake, if he's still working and not too decrepit.
Lots of interesting comments on Rendezvous at Amazon - , especially
esp:
9 Minutes of Mayhem, May 12, 2006
By Comet Zipper (Texas) - See all my reviews
On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until this DVD release. ==================================
Find it hard to believe that the folks at Cannes wouldn't have seen through Lelouch's "nom de movie" pretty quickly as he used variations on his "Rendezvous" shot throughout Roman de Guerre, and I'm pretty sure that he's used it in other films - I seem to remmember a cop film , where he had the camera mounted on the handlebars of a motorcycle(probably Cat and Mouse - 1975).
My apolgies for recycling my post to Tom, but don't want to think anybody who may actually look at this blog think I'm totally asleep.
Hope to post something on the great Silverocs fest in Silver Spring. I'll be down there all this week (better get some sleep soon, so I can get down there this morning - it is 4AM already!) Got back at midnight from the opening night film and party. The doc, All Together Now, made me want to listen to the whole Beatles catalog, see their films again, and hop on a plane to Las Vegas to see the Cirque du Soleil production of LOVE, about the making of its' Beatles show.
Ran into fellow Baltimore filmgoer Jay Berg and Silver Spring filmmaker Jeff Krulik at the party.You can see a lot of Jeff's really neat films on his YouTube page.
Somehow I got my friend Cheryl safely back to her car in Baltimore (almost missing a couple exits and red lights on the way back - seems I'm having trouble driving and talking enthusiastically about film at the same time!
For those of you who can't get enough (mostly free) films, there's something for almost every day of the week (everyday, if you include regular shows at the Charles, Senator & Rotunda, Landmark, and all the suburban multiplexes).
Here's info on series I've been able to track down (let me know any I've missed):
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Of course, I have to mention films at Pratt Library first:
FILMTALK
Film Talk viewing and discussion group
Central Library - Wheeler Auditorium Saturdays 10:00 AM
June 14
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
In their second collaboration (after 1938's You Can’t Take It With You), director Frank Capra and star James Stewart create the character of Jefferson Smith, an altruistic, naïve small-town newspaperman who becomes an erstwhile Senator forced to deal with corruption in politics. The film received an Academy Award (Best Original Story), a New York Film Critics Circle Award (Best Actor), and was placed on the Library of Congress's National Film Registry in 1989. (USA, 1939, 130 min., b&w)
Links:
Movie Review Query Engine
Internet Movie Database
Pacific Film Archives
TCM/AFI Movie Database
July 12
Young and Innocent (The Girl Was Young)
Film Talk viewing and discussion group
One of the most charming of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers treating the "wrong man" theme, in part due to the performance of Nova Pilbeam, who had played the kidnapped daughter in the original The Man Who Knew Too Much in 1934. Some of Hitchcock's regular players (Mary Clare, Basil Radford, Percy Marmont) appear; Hitch himself has one of his funniest cameos. Charles Bennett, one of Hitchcock's best writers (who also worked on Blackmail, The 39 Steps, and Secret Agent, among others), co-scripted. (U.K., 1937, 80 min., b&w)
Links:
Movie Review Query Engine
Internet Movie Database
Pacific Film Archives
August 16
Le Corbeau (The Raven)
Film Talk viewing and discussion group
Though not as famous as his later thrillers The Wages of Fear and Diabolique, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Le Corbeau is an equally bleak masterpiece. In one of the great portrayals of collective hysteria, anonymous poison-pen letters circulating in a French village make the entire citizenry suspicious of each other. Cinematography reminiscent of German expressionist films, superb acting (from a cast led by the marvelous Pierre Fresnay), and a great screenplay take this film far beyond a simple thriller. Because it was made during the Occupation by a German-controlled production company (and used by the Nazis as anti-French propaganda), Le Corbeau was banned for several years in France and not released in the U.S. until 1948. Clouzot himself was barred from filmmaking until 1947. (France, 1943, 92 min., b&w, English subtitles)
Links:
Criterion
Internet Movie Database
Movie Review Query Engine
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"RARE REELS: The Best Films You've Never Seen" film series
Central Library - Wheeler Auditorium Saturdays 2:00 PM
June 14
Chinese Super Ninjas
Legendary martial arts director Chang Cheh (Five Deady Venoms) directs this chop-socky classic from Hong's Kong's illustrious Shaw Brothers studio. Following a humiliating defeat in a martial arts tournament between two rival clans, the losing side hires the "Five Element Ninjas" from Japan - whose fighting styles are based on the five Chinese elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth - to even the score. They do and then some, wiping out the entire "good" clan save for Shi-Shang (Five Deadly Venoms star Lo-Meng). Lone survivor Shi-Shang vows revenge and, with the help of some new friends, manages to outwit the sneaky ninjas, leading up to a climatic clash with their leader that must be seen to be believed!
July 12
Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah Talai Jone)
(dir. Wisit Sasanatieng, Thailand, 2000, 110 minutes)
This film, whose Thai title Fah Talai Jone translates as "the Heavens strike the thief," has been called a high-camp merging of Douglas Sirk melodrama with Sergio Leone Western. But critic Brad Fetzer nails it best when he writes: "Imagine John Ford, Jean-Luc Godard, and John Waters collaborating on an insane 1950s melodrama, drenched in succulent Technicolor...and you're just barely encompassing the cinematic delirium of Tears of the Black Tiger.
The film features rival gunslingers, a poor farmboy and the daughter of a wealthy landowner, a murdered father, bloody revenge, a forced marriage, and a half-dozen other cliches stitched into a preposterous yet weirdly engaging story. But the story isn't the point; director Wisit Sasanatieng takes every opportunity to dive into a different style or device, ranging from delicate shots of a lovely girl in a mint-green gazebo to spewing gore and full-on battle with machine guns and grenade-launchers. The sets are often blatantly theatrical, the lighting exaggerated, and the acting ranges from wooden to maniacal. In short, this Thai movie is like nothing you've ever seen, born of a deep moviemania and unbridled chutzpah.
Cast: Chartchai Ngamsan (Dum/Black Tiger), Stella Malucchi (Rumpoey), Supakorn Kitsuwon (Mahasuwon), Arawat Ruangvuth (Capt. Kumjorn), Sombat Metanee (Fai). In Thai with English subtitles.
August 16
Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un Ciclista)
part of the "RARE REELS: The Best Films You've Never Seen" film series
A special screening of Juan Antonio Bardem's long-lost masterpiece, Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un Cliclista), a rarely-seen indictment of 1950s Spanish society under Franco's rule that was unavailable for over 50 years until its release on DVD this year by the Criterion Collection. Bardem, uncle of Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), was in jail for political dissent when this film won the International Critics Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Even Franco's censure could not repress its influence and artistic merit.
Death of a Cyclist is a neo-realist noir melodrama that tells the story of two well-to-do lovers -- college professor Juan (Alberto Closas) and wealthy adulterous trophy wife Maria Jose (Lucia Bose) -- who accidentally hit a bicyclist while driving in the Spanish countryside. In order to cover up their illicit affair, they leave the man to die on the roadside. The crime goes unnoticed until a blackmailer (Carlos Casaravilla) suddenly turns up to threaten their privileged lives.
Under Bardem's stylized direction, characterized by tight framing and imaginative "match cuts" (in which the film jumps back and forth between two different scenes with the same compositional elements), Bardem turns the death of an anonymous cyclist into a scathing indictment of decadent Spanish society and the gulf between the rich and the poor. Despite being made during Franco's regime, it manages to get in its share of political barbs about life in Spain 15 years after its bloody Civil War. Glenn Erickson says, "Death of a Cyclist has Italian actors, a French producer and a Hollywood style, but it's distinctly Spanish in theme and characters."
This Criterion DVD print, meticulously remastered and restored, represents the first time this movie has been released in America since its brief theatrical run here in 1958 under the title Age of Infidelity. Though this film was screened last fall at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD, today's screening marks the Baltimore premiere of Death of a Cyclist.
Directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, Spain, 1955, 88 min., b&w
Cast: Alberto Closas, Lucia Bose, Manuel Alexandre, Carlos Casaravilla, Antonio Casas. In Spanish with English subtiles.
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At the Southeast Anchor Library:
Saturday, Jun 14, 2008 (3:00 p.m.)
East Baltimore Heroes and Legends
Baltimore cannot boast Times Square or the Hollywood Hills, but we're home to more eccentric icons and enigmatic celebrities than any other city in America. Come meet a few of East Baltimore's "heroes and legends" on film:
Love Letter to Edie (1975) -- You'll be star-struck by B-movie queen, Edith Massey, unlikely star of numerous John Waters' films.
My Ethnic Meighborhood (1976) -- Have an intimate conversation with Barbara Mikulski atop marble steps as she describes the character and vitality of Baltimore's east side communities.
The Great Dantini (1968) -- You'll be razzled and dazzled when a Fells Point magician offers you an audience with his devoted pigeon pals.
*****
Saturday,Jul 12(1:00 p.m.)
Saturday Matinee at The Grand: "From Russia With Love"
For years, the Grand Theater stood proud and true in the heart of Highlandtown, offering much-deserved distraction for hardworking residents. Celebrate bygone days as the Southeast Anchor Library presents the James Bond classic, From Russia With Love (1963). Popcorn, cartoon shorts, and theater minstrels will all be on hand to bring the classic theater experience to life.
*****
Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 (3:00 p.m.)
Treasures from the Vault
Baltimore International Film Festival Award Winners
See these award-winning films from the 1970s and '80s :
About That Time (1973) -- A 22-year old filmmaker struggles to discover his raison d'etre.
Refrigerator (1983) -- A man battles a refrigerator that is trying to run his life.
The Wild Goose (1973) -- An endless round of octagenarian birthday parties, insipid poetry readings, boring meals, and confrontations with no-nonsense nurses make the "wild goose" determined to escape from his nursin
For more information, including links for many of the films at Pratt:
http://www.prattlibrary.org/calendar/series.aspx?folder=514&mark=film
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The Charles
ALFRED HITCHCOCK REVIVAL SERIES
Showtimes: SATURDAYS AT NOON. MONDAYS AT 7PM, THURSDAYS AT 9PM.
THURSDAY 5/29 9pm.
PSYCHO
SATURDAY 5/31. MONDAY 6/2, THURSDAY 6/5.
THE BIRDS
SATURDAY 6/7, MONDAY 6/9, THURSDAY 6/12.
MARNIE
SATURDAY 6/14, MONDAY 6/16, THURSDAY 6/19.
FRENZY
SATURDAY 6/21, MONDAY 6/23, THURSDAY 6/26.
TO CATCH A THIEF
http://www.thecharles.com/schedules/now.asp#1250
Call 410-727-3456 to verify.
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Baltimore Hostel
17 W. Mulberry St., Baltimore, MD 21201
Baltimore Film Series
Every Tuesday Night, 8pm
Back by popular demand! The Baltimore Film Series features films made
by Baltimore Directors, that were filmed in Baltimore, or are about
Baltimore culture. All films will be shown on our projector screen in
our basement common room or outside on our back patio weather
permitting.
* June 3rd - Pecker, John Waters
* June 10th - Liberty Heights, Barry Levinson
* June 17th - Cry Baby, John Waters
* June 24th - Diner, Barry Levinson
* July 1st - Hairspray, John Waters
* July 8th - Ladder 49
* July 15th - Boys of Baraka
* July 22nd - Tin Men, Barry Levinson
* July 29th - The Accidental Tourist
* August 5th - Avalon, Barry Levinson
see the hostel web page for film links, hostel photos & more info:
http://www.baltimorehostel.org/explore.shtml
For more information, call (410)-576-8880
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Office of Cultural Affairs
Summer 2008 Directors Series
The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen
Wednesday Evenings June 4- June 25, 2008
Mountcastle Auditorium 7:15PM
June 4 No Country for Old Men (2007)
June 11 Blood Simple (1984)
June 18, Miller's Crossing (1990)
June 25 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/jhoca/events.html
For more information, contact:
Office of Cultural Affairs
2024 East Monument Street
Suite 1-100
Baltimore, MD 21205-2223
PH 410-955-3363
FAX 410-614-2828
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Hopkins Summer Outdoor Films
FRIDAY NIGHTS
Live Music at 7:30 pm | Movies start just after sunset
Location: All screenings to be shown at Johns Hopkins
University Homewood Campus Upper Quad in front of
Gilman Hall
Rain Location: In case of rain, films will be shown in
Shriver Auditorium
June 20
"THE SIMPSONS MOVIE" | ARTIST: FASTER FASTER HARDER HARDER
June 27
"October Sky" | Artist: August
July 11
"Ratatouille" | Artist: Special Entertainment
July 18
"Stardust" | Artist: Fools and Horses
July 25
"Some Like It Hot" | Artist: Felicia Carter
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American Visionary Art Museum
FLICKS from the HILL: OUTDOOR FILM series
Thursdays, June 19–August 7, 9PM
Grab a blanket, picnic under the stars, and watch a great film inspired by the current exhibition ALL FAITHS BEAUTIFUL.
Rain location: Jim Rouse Visionary Center
Museum is open & free between 5 and 9 pm on Flick nights (donations welcomed).
June 19, Sound of Music
June 26, Rebel Without a Cause
July 3, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? [in case you miss it at JHU(see below) on June
25, but then,one can never have enough of the
Coen Brothers]
July 10, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
July 17, The Gods Must Be Crazy
July 24, Quiz Show
July 31, Harold and Maude
August 7, Casablanca
http://www.avam.org/cgi-bin/Events.cgi
For more information, call 410.244.1900
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First Thursday Film Series
Film @ the BMA
Enjoy the opportunity to see a rare or new film at the BMA on the first Thursday of each month. Films are shown in the Meyerhoff Auditorium on the 2nd floor, and are free and open to the public.
The First Thursday Film Series is curated by Eric Allen Hatch, Maryland Film Festival Programming Administrator.
Please note: Some films may contain adult content.
Thursday, June 5
8 p.m.
Film: The Landlord
(Hal Ashby, 1970, 110 min.)
Wealthy young white man Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) buys a home in the then low-income African-American neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn, becoming landlord to a variety of vibrant characters quickly bringing issues of race, class, and gender to the forefront.
Thursday, July 3
8 p.m.
Film: Falkenberg Farewell
(Jesper Ganslandt, 2006, 91 min.)
This dream-like yet dark Swedish film vividly captures the post-graduation confusion of a group of high-school friends trying to decide whether or not to remain in their small home town.
Thursday, August 7
8 p.m.
Film: Together
(Lukas Moodysson, 2000, 106 mins.)
Set in a commune during the 1970s, the genuine narrative introduces a group of like-minded idealists trying to fashion a sustainable way of life that is out of step with their time and place.
For more information: http://www.artbma.org/calendar/films.html
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Screenings at the Creative Alliance
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224.
For more information, call 410-276-1651
www.creativealliance.org
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LITTLE ITALY OPEN-AIR FILM FESTIVAL 2008
FILMS BEGINNING at 9 P.M. FRIDAY EVENINGS
INTERSECTION of HIGH and STILES STREETS in the heart of Little Italy
July 11 Moonstruck
July 18 Seabiscuit
July 25 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
August 1 Hairspray
August 8 Life is Beautiful
August 15 The Blues Brothers
August 22 Cinderella Man
August 29 Cinema Paradiso
For more information: http://www.littleitalymd.com/openair.htm
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Main Street Outdoor Movie Series
the Dundalk Renaissance Corp
The outdoor movies will be shown in the parking lot behind the Patapsco Masonic Lodge on Trading Place, directly across from Heritage Park, where they were viewed last year.
Preshow starts at 7:30 p.m. Feature presentaion begins at dusk. Bring a chair or blanket, and money for food and drinks (or bring your own).
Main Street Movies
June 7: Shrek III
June 21: My Fair Lady
July 12: Spider-Man III
July 26: Hairspray
Aug. 9: Ratatouille
Aug. 23: Bee Movie
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In Columbia:
Columbia's Lakefront Summer Festival Movies
Columbia Town Center
10320 Little Patuxent Pkwy.
Columbia, Maryland
1-877-713-9674
Bring chairs or blankets; starts at dusk
Food available from adjacent Clydes
in general: Friday - for the family Mondays - for the little kids
Weather Hotline: 410-715-3154
JUNE
20 Bourne Ultimatum
23 Curious George
27 The Bucket List
30 Horton Hears A Who
JULY
7 Bee Movie
11 Batman Begins
14 The Spiderwick Chronocles
18 Bringing Up Baby (Cary Grant)
21 Misty of Chincoteague
25 The Golden Compass
28 Nim's Island
AUGUST
1 Hairspray
4 The Witches
8 Stardust
11 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
15 Transformers
18 Charlotte's Web
22 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
29 Pirates of the Caribbean 1
30 Pirates of the Caribbean 2
31 Pirates of the Caribbean 3
SEPT
5 Enchanted
6 Ratatoullie
12 Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
13 Harry Potter & the Prisioner of Azkaban
19 Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
20 Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
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Also check out, a little farther afield:
Films at the National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/
!!!!! Japanese film lovers, note - Tatsuya Nakadai (Kagemusha, Ran, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low, The Human Condition, Rebellion, HaraKiri, Sword of Doom and many others) in person on Sunday, June 22 !!!
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Silverdocs at the Silver Theater - Silver Spring June 16-22
http://www.silverdocs.com/
Tickets went on sale starting May 27, and some shows are already sold out.
This is a great festival for documentary lovers - I've gone every year.
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And if you're travelling to LA, there's thethe outdoor films at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. The New York Times article mentions some other outdoor film series and an outdoor film web page
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Please let me know about any other local film events that I've missed.
And please pass this on to any film-loving friends on Myspace, Facebook, elseswhere on the Internet ether, and in the real world.
The Toe Tactic
Emily Hubley at SXSX
Emily and Georgia Hubley at SXSX
Emily Hubley & Kevin Corrigan at SXSX
Emily Hubley with Man about Town Tom Warner at the Maryland Film Festival 2008:
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Profit motive and the whispering wind
BAFICI 2008: John Gianvito
First 3 minutes with apologies to the director, if this was youtubed without permission
Distributor information
Here I am with one of my Favorite film critics, Ann Hornaday:
Thanks, angela for mentioning this in a Myspace bulletin!
Korean drummer takes the show (from YouTube)
Gene Krupa in Ball of Fire (from YouTube)
Elisha Cook, Jr. in "Phantom Lady"(from YouTube)
Tuesday, August 07, 200
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here, other than waiting for my laundry to be done (at almost 2AM)? What is a blog anyway? I guess this'll be, at least for now, closer to the antecedent of the present-day blog - the online diary, since I seem to have a block at sustaining a hard copy, i.e. pen and ink diary. Of course, since this is ostensibly a public thing, a certain amount of self-censorship will be necessary (names changed to protect the innocent, etc.).
Reasons:
*A possible form of therapy for long term writers' block? - Seems like a safe way to try to get started, as I figure nobody's going to bother looking at it for awhile (although it seems that I unknowingly posted a video of celebrity mugshots that somebody showed me months ago and it's been viewed 38 times).Hold on a minute - have to move stuff to the dryer.OK - the clock's ticking - 1/2 hour til I have to empty the dryer, if I don't want to look too wrinkled tomorrow.
*A place to jot down random thoughts on music**, film, life, etc. Maybe plug some of my favorite websites. Explain the clips on my Myspace page, or better yet link to the clips , so that my page won't take forever to load (or until I find a better way to do the whole page). I wouldn't dare trying a coherent "blog" like my friend Tom Warner's Accelerated Decrepitude. I don't know where he gets the time (perhaps he's a little more focused then I am ).While I'm under this heading, let me suggest a look at one of my favorite webpages, HiMonkey, suitable for young and old alike. Every new co-worker of mine, eventually is forced to take a look, but generally enjoy.
And music ** Just relistened to Skip James "Washington DC Hospital Center Blues" While hearing it on my iPod (a whole story in itself) this afternoon I, was especially taken by the verses near the end of the song:
The doctors and nurses
They shakin' my hand
Say, 'You can go home now,
SkipYou's a sound, well man'
Because you's a good man
You's a po' man
We can understand.
I'd taken my doctor
And I was shakin' his hand
I'm gon' play these, 'Hospital Blues''
Till you's a wealthy man.
You took me as a good man
You know'd I was a po' man
You could understand.
You know'd I was a good man
But I'm's a po' man
You-ooo can understand!
Made me think back to when I saw Sicko a couple weeks ago, and made me think about health care for everyone, dignity, and what doctors are about. And about how when he was alive, I didn't appreciate Skip James. I saw him at a concert at the American Folklife Festival in DC a year or so bfore he died, and didn't take to him. I'm sure he was in ill health at the time:
The doctor came, lookin' very sad
The doctor came, lookin' very sad
The doctor came, lookin' very sad
He diagnosed my case and said it was awful bad.
He walked away, mumblin' very low
He said, "He may get better but he'll never get well no more."
[Sick Bed Blues]
He does take a little getting used to, but is really worth it.
A few clips of Skip James:
Crow Jane - one of his more "upbeat songs" (everything's relative).
I'm So Glad- covered by Cream on their first album (I think without credit, but I don't want to hurl unwarranted accusations - I don't have the album, or I'd check)
Unfortuneately, I can't find video clips of Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (here's one of John Hammond doing it), Cherry Ball Blues, or his great, idiosyncratic piano playing - you'll have to check out recordings for those.
Nice picture of Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James
James was a loner and didn't hang out much with other bluesmen, but I can't imagine anyone not wanting to hang out with Mississippi John.
It's addictive (at least to a librarian, frustrated folklorist and DJ in another lifetime) to stick in all of these links - maybe someone while appreciate them. Ain't hypertext grand (especially when you don't have to do all the HTML yourself).It's 3:30AM; luckily I don't have to be to work til 12 noon today. But that stuff is still in the dryer (luckily I put the timer on for 90 minutes)I hope my stream of conscious ramblings haven't turned a potential audience off - It's been very therapeutic for me. I'd love constructive criticism.I'll say goodnight and apologize for poor formatting (hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon). And I didn't even get past my second reason for blogging/flogging.Didn't even get to mention notes for my forthcoming(June 2050) autobiography, "Women, Music, Movies and Me." Stay tuned!
Currently listening : Vanguard Sessions: Blues From The Delta By Skip James Release date: 11 August, 1998
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