John Blanco
@johnblanco.bsky.social
Likes movies, especially art, foreign, golden age, trash, silent, precode, noir.
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Remembering Charles Schulz on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Remembering Charles Schulz on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
📷 Ted Streshinsky
"All the loves in the strip are unrequited; all the baseball games are lost; all the test scores are D-minuses; the Great Pumpkin never comes; and the football is always pulled away."
- Sparky
Bleak, but fair.
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'Le Conformiste'
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
'Le Conformiste'
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'Le Conformiste', Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970.
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'Le Conformiste', Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970.
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"Je n'ai rien a déclarer à part que je suis génial. "
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Je n'ai rien a déclarer à part que je suis génial. "
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
Oscar Wilde
© Erwin Blumenfeld
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“Tout portrait se situe au confluent d'un rêve et d'une réalité.”
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Tout portrait se situe au confluent d'un rêve et d'une réalité.”
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
Georges Perec
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
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Happy Thanksgiving, swampies. Have a fun family time.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, swampies. Have a fun family time.
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Joan Blondell in Central Park (1932)
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Joan Blondell in Central Park (1932)
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Albert Maysles (with scenes from his documentary "Grey Gardens", codirected with his brother David) - BOTD
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Albert Maysles (with scenes from his documentary "Grey Gardens", codirected with his brother David) - BOTD
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THE TOLL OF THE SEA, directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Anna May Wong, premiered at the Rialto in New York City #OnThisDay in 1922. This is the earliest surviving feature in the two-color Technicolor process.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THE TOLL OF THE SEA, directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Anna May Wong, premiered at the Rialto in New York City #OnThisDay in 1922. This is the earliest surviving feature in the two-color Technicolor process.
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A II (Construction A II) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A II (Construction A II) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553
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Composition T 1962-E15 by Hans Hartung, 1962
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Composition T 1962-E15 by Hans Hartung, 1962
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137925
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The Garden Gate at Vetheuil - 1881
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Garden Gate at Vetheuil - 1881
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9587
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Louis John Rhead
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Louis John Rhead
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
Harper's Bazar Thanksgiving
1894
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In 1935, surrealist artist/filmmaker Joseph Cornell became obsessed with Rose after buying a print of East of Borneo in a junk shop. He then created a 19-minute silent short dreamscape of spliced scenes of Rose filtered through blue glass and named it Rose Hobart (1936).
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In 1935, surrealist artist/filmmaker Joseph Cornell became obsessed with Rose after buying a print of East of Borneo in a junk shop. He then created a 19-minute silent short dreamscape of spliced scenes of Rose filtered through blue glass and named it Rose Hobart (1936).
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Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Seventeen Magazine, August 1965 #FallFashion
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Australian Home Decorating by Babette Hayes (1970)
January 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Australian Home Decorating by Babette Hayes (1970)
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Édouard Manet
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Édouard Manet
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
Le Chemin de fer, 1873
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Henri Matisse
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Henri Matisse
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
Femme lisant dans un jardin, 1902 - 1903
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Dominique Sanda
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dominique Sanda
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
'Une femme douce', Robert Bresson, 1969
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Dominique Sanda
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Dominique Sanda
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Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier at Home: 15 Photos of the Midcentury Power Couple’s London Life www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/vivi...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier at Home: 15 Photos of the Midcentury Power Couple’s London Life www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/vivi...
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