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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 10d

Don't get me started on bisexual, androgynous heartthrob Pierre Clémenti, BOTD in 1942, died in 1999 at 57. The louche, sexually ambiguous, carnal Clémenti worked with so many great auteurs, including Bunuel, Bertolucci, Pasolini, Garel, Cavani, Costa-Gavras, Rivette, and Ivory

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 10d

Sexbomb Brigitte Bardot was BOTD in 1934, turning 91 today. I know, I know, she ended up an extreme right wing racist homophobic hag, albeit an animal activist. She still made some great movies, especially Godard's "Contempt" (Le Mepris) (1963), which is one of my fave JLG movies

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 10d

Posthumous HBD to Peter Finch (BOTD in 1926, died in 1977 at 60), immortal for his posthumously awarded Oscar 4 his electric turn as Howard Beale in Lumet's "Newtwork" (1976), but also 4 his groundbreaking gay kiss, w/ Murray Head, in Schlesinger's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1971)

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 11d

The wonderful actor Sada Thompson was BOTD in 1927 and died in 2011 at the age of 83. She played the ultimate mother on the 70's TV series "Family." She is also memorable in Frank D. Gilroy's "Desperate Characters" (1971), which I wrote about here: www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc...

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 11d

USA theatre & film director Arthur Penn was BOTD in 1922 & died in 2010 at 88 after having directed 13 feature films. His second film, "The Miracle Worker" (1962), won Oscars for actors Anne Bancroft & Patty Duke. His film "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) became a worldwide phenomenon

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 11d

Ambiguously gay Jewish composer & pianist George Gershwin was BOTD in 1898 & died of a brain tumour in 1937 at 38. In addition to his musical activities, George took over the management of the popular & famous gay bathhouse Lafayette Baths together w/ brother Ira when Ira was 20

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 12d

Ambiguously gay punk legend and Germs frontman Darby Crash was BOTD in 1958 and died of an intentional overdose of heroin in 1980 at the tender age of 22. John Lennon's assassination the following day upstaged his death, relegating him to the punk bin of history.

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 12d

HBD refreshingly cerebral actress Mary Beth Hurt, BOTD in 1945, turning 79 today. Although she has been in numerous notable films, she'll always be Joey in Woody Allen's "Interiors" (1978) to me as it remains one of my all time top 10 fave films, maybe because I have 3 sisters!

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 12d

A party of MCC favorites, incl @brucelabruce.bsky.social & @christinalefou.bsky.social chime in w/excellent short takes on their favorite Altman Deep cuts via Criterion Current
Much to admire here, but we're with @violetlucca.bsky.social and Jimmy Dean: www.criterion.com/current/post...

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 13d

HBD brilliant Spanish cinema auteur Pedro Almodóvar who was BOTD in 1949, turning 76 today

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 13d

Genius French auteur Robert Bresson was BOTD in 1901 and died in 1999 at the age of 98. He wrote and directed only 13 feature films in his career, and yet he has the highest number of films (seven) that made the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the 250 greatest films ever made

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 13d

"To celebrate Altman’s centennial, we invited five writers to each explore a favorite lesser-known gem from this overflowing filmography" @criterion.bsky.social
Includes my take on Altman's early masterpiece "That Cold Day in the Park" (1969) with Sandy Dennis
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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 14d

The wonderful Catherine Burns was BOTD in 1945 and died in 2019 at the age of 73. Cardinale worked with the great directors of cinema, including Visconti, Fellini, Leone, Brooks, Mackendrick, Edwards, Herzog, de Broca, Bellocchio, and de Oliveira

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 14d

The wonderful Catherine Burns was BOTD in 1945 and died in 2019 at the age of 73. She will forever be burnished in our brains for her extraordinary monologue as Rhoda in Frank Perry's "Last Summer" (1969), a performance that earned her a supporting Oscar nod

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 15d

Wonderful Austrian-born German/French film star Romy Schneider was BOTD in 1938 & died in 1982 at 43. Cause of death was officially a heart attack. Although sober when she died, she had drunk excessively after her 14 yr old son tragically died while climbing over a spiked fence

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 16d

HBD Joan Jett, former member of The Runaways, BOTD in 1958, turning 67 2day. She's hot in Paul Schrader's "Light of Day" (1987). While she hasn't confirmed or denied being bi, she's said anyone interested in her sexual identity should "read my lyrics & figure it out for yourself"

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 16d

Danish-French actor, wife & muse of Godard Anna Karina was BOTD in 1940 & died in 2019 at 79. She made 7 films w/ GLG: Une femme est une femme (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Le Petit Soldat (1963), Bande à part (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Alphaville (1965), Made in U.S.A. (1966)

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 16d

Danish-French actor, wife & muse of Godard Anna Karina was BOTD in 1940 & died in 2019 at 79. She made 7 films w/ GLG: Une femme est une femme (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Le Petit Soldat (1963), Bande à part (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Alphaville (1965), Made in U.S.A. (1966)

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 18d

HBD my dear friend the brill actor & director Asia Argento (daughter of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento), BOTD in 1975, turning 50 today! Photos of Asia by me; the one of us together was taken at the premier party at Cannes 4 her movie "Musunderstood"
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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 18d

HBD Sophia Loren, BOTD in 1934, turning 91 today! Her Oscar-winning turn in De Sica's powerful "Two Women" (1960) is a gut-wrenching portrayal of rape during war. Loren first met Carlo Ponti, producer of the film, in 1950 when she was 15 & he was 37 & they soon began an affair

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 18d

My fave poet, along w/ Sylvia Plath (I was a very morbid youth) when I was at Uni was the great Stevie Smith, BOTD in 1902, died in 1971 at 68. Although she had a couple of lesbian liaisons, sex wasn't really her thing. Glenda Jackson plays her in Robert Enders "Stevie" (1978)

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 19d

Gay Jewish Liverpudlian Brian Epstein, the manager of the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967, was BOTD in 1934 and died of a booze and dolls overdose, deemed accidental, at the age of 32. Epstein's homosexuality was an open secret amongst friends and business associates

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 19d

French novelist, screenwriter & actor Jean-Claude Carrière was BOTD in 1931 and died in 2021 at the age of 89. Best known for his collaborations w/ Luis Bunuel, he also wrote screenplays for Malle, Godard, Forman, Schlöndorff, Peter Brook, Wajda, Schnabel, Oshima & Jacques Deray

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 20d

British cinematographer & director Jack Cardiff was BOTD in 1914 & died in 2009 at 94. Most famous for his work w/ Pressburger & Powell, ("A Matter of Life and Death" (1946), "Black Narcissus" (1947) & "The Red Shoes" (1948)), he also directed & shot "Naked Under Leather" (1968)

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Bruce LaBruce @brucelabruce.bsky.social · 20d

The great Greta Garbo was BOTD in 1905 & died in 1990 at 84. One of the most famous women in the world in her time, the Swedish-American thespian & celesbian was, as a biographer described her, technically bisexual, predominantly lesbian & increasingly asexual as her life went on

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