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Little Woods (Nia DaCosta, 2018)
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Diane Keaton 🖤
Something's Gotta Give
(Nancy Meyers, 2003)
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«No vendas tu memoria
a la triste costumbre y a los años.
Nunca olvides el bosque
ni el viento ni los pájaros.»

~ Rosario Castellanos

🎨 Janus La Cour (1837 - 1909)
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"The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members"

-Pearl S. Buck
a photo taken at a lake although not much of the lake is shown in it. there are grasses, bushes and trees all around small bits of water.
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Little Woods (Nia DaCosta, 2018)
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Some shots from my week..
#Photography 🔲🉑
💮 #Sunset
#Birds 🦩
Reflecting on the day.. The sun in repose.. The puddle mirrors the autumn air.. Breakfast time..a majestic Grey Heron crouching under a willow tree..
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The critically acclaimed hit drama ‘All About Eve’ starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, George Sanders, and Marilyn Monroe premiered in New York City this week in 1950 🎭 🤩 👥 #OTD

"𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚜, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝!"
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Yi Yi, Edward Yang (2000)
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"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
~ James Baldwin
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Yves Montand (with Édith Piaf) - BOTD
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Diane Keaton (1946 - 2025)
D.E.P.

The Godfather (1972)
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Edward Scissorhands (1990) Directed by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest and Alan Arkin.
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RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔
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Almost Famous (2000)
dir. Cameron Crowe

Today's post is brought to you by the letter U 💫
Because sometimes one letter really does make all the difference 😉
#FilmSky #Monday
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"I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point." ~ Gena Rowlands
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Sofia Coppola directing The Virgin Suicides (1998)
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For 1970's Bridge Over Troubled Water, the front cover photo by Abbott Mills & Peter Powell is very fine, but it's the back cover shot that's special.
Album cover
Simon and Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon stands, wearing a coat & plaid scarf. The much taller Garfunkel stands behind him. Album back cover, with credits & lyrics

Profile shot of the two walking; Garfunkel walks tall, leaning slightly backwards, while Simon, behind him, leans his head on Artie's back.
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And the Simon & Garfunkel LP covers got even better as we got into the later 60s:

📷 Guy Webster's great shot for Sounds of Silence,

and to top things off,
📷 Richard Avedon's portrait of Paul & Artie, for Bookends
Album cover
Simon & Garfunkel
Sounds of Silence
The two walking up a rural road; they both turn back to look at the camera. Album cover
Bookends / Simon & Garfunkel

Black & white head & shoulders shot of the two
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I have very fond memories of the first four Simon & Garfunkel LPs. Great music, of course, but also great album photos.

Wednesday Morning, 3 am: 📷 Henry Parker
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme: 📷 Bob Cato
Album cover
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

Paul with his guitar, Artie behind him; both stand in a subway station. Album Cover
Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

The two pose admidst flowers & plants.
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Paul Simon by Michel Delsol, 1986

"He trusts himself & he pushes himself. That’s a very good combination. If one part of that equation isn’t there, then you’re in trouble."
- Philip Glass
Closeup of Simon in colour
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Happy birthday Paul Simon 🎂
📷 Michael Putland, 1986

"His songs’ narrators are often lonely & isolated, teetering between estrangement & a longing for connection, between hope for the next generation & intimations of doom."
- Jon Pareles
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Simon in a blue t-shirt & sport coat.
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Children Of Men (2006)
dir. Alfonso Cuarón
#Cinema 🎟️
📽️🎞️ #FilmSky
Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki Clive Owen as Thelonius "Theo" Faron, a former activist embittered by the death of his son.. “As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices.” The greatest tragedy of the human condition is the ability to see beauty and wonder, yet be blind to the suffering that surrounds us…
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Yves Montand in "Wages of Fear" - BOTD
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“GRAND PRIX” (1966) dir. John Frankenheimer

James Garner, Yves Montand, Eva Marie Saint, Adolfo Celi

🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 🚘