Montage_Matt
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Old films, history books, hiking in the rain and visiting museums.
Psyched that I just got Hal Harley’s latest film [blu-ray] ‘Where to Land’ in the mail today from his Kickstarter campaign.
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Psyched that I just got Hal Harley’s latest film [blu-ray] ‘Where to Land’ in the mail today from his Kickstarter campaign.
The French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte exhibit at The Getty Center is well worth seeing. On view until May 25, 25. www.getty.edu/exhibitions/...
March 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte exhibit at The Getty Center is well worth seeing. On view until May 25, 25. www.getty.edu/exhibitions/...
Cinematographer Owen Roizman is not well known but he had an impressive career. Some films he shot: The French Connection (71), The Exorcist [73] The Taking of Pelham 123 (74), Three Days of the Condor (75), Network [76], Straight Time [78] and Tootsie [82]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Ro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Ro...
Owen Roizman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cinematographer Owen Roizman is not well known but he had an impressive career. Some films he shot: The French Connection (71), The Exorcist [73] The Taking of Pelham 123 (74), Three Days of the Condor (75), Network [76], Straight Time [78] and Tootsie [82]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Ro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Ro...
It’s a Stooges, Fun House kind of afternoon.
January 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It’s a Stooges, Fun House kind of afternoon.
Raining, finally, in Los Angeles!
January 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Raining, finally, in Los Angeles!
I’m a little late to this one but ‘The Monk and the Gun’ is a terrific satire/ comedy/ drama from Bhutan about the fragile nature of Democracy. It has a lot to say but chooses to give us a fable rather than an outright political screed and is quite effective. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mon...
The Monk and the Gun - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’m a little late to this one but ‘The Monk and the Gun’ is a terrific satire/ comedy/ drama from Bhutan about the fragile nature of Democracy. It has a lot to say but chooses to give us a fable rather than an outright political screed and is quite effective. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mon...
David Lynch is one of the few filmmakers in the history of the medium whose name can be used as an adjective to describe a particular trait of a movie. E.g.
"The movie is Lynchian".
It's sad we will not get any more movies from this master filmmaker. But he left us a lot to explore. RIP
"The movie is Lynchian".
It's sad we will not get any more movies from this master filmmaker. But he left us a lot to explore. RIP
January 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
David Lynch is one of the few filmmakers in the history of the medium whose name can be used as an adjective to describe a particular trait of a movie. E.g.
"The movie is Lynchian".
It's sad we will not get any more movies from this master filmmaker. But he left us a lot to explore. RIP
"The movie is Lynchian".
It's sad we will not get any more movies from this master filmmaker. But he left us a lot to explore. RIP
The Getty Villa and Center built a fire resistant fortress. Let’s hope it survives the current fires. www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
Fire Comes Dangerously Close to the Getty Center and Villa—How It Built a Fire-Resistant Fortress for Its Art
As fires rage in Los Angeles, are the priceless art collections contained in the Getty Museum safe? Yes, according to the museum.
www.realtor.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Getty Villa and Center built a fire resistant fortress. Let’s hope it survives the current fires. www.realtor.com/news/trends/...
A good article that shows and explains the different aircraft fighting the fires around Los Angeles. www.reuters.com/graphics/CAL...
How California fights fires from the skies
Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.
www.reuters.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A good article that shows and explains the different aircraft fighting the fires around Los Angeles. www.reuters.com/graphics/CAL...
Jimmy Carter had the best post-Presidency of any President in American history. His humanitarian work around the world for over 40 years made him a man to be admired. Rosalynn Carter was right there with him for all of those years. As a team they were the best of America. RIP.
December 30, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Jimmy Carter had the best post-Presidency of any President in American history. His humanitarian work around the world for over 40 years made him a man to be admired. Rosalynn Carter was right there with him for all of those years. As a team they were the best of America. RIP.
“Television watching should more properly be called television starring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming.” - Witold Rybczynski ‘Waiting for the Weekend’
December 17, 2024 at 3:18 AM
“Television watching should more properly be called television starring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming.” - Witold Rybczynski ‘Waiting for the Weekend’
One of the underappreciated American independent film classics is 'Return of the Secaucus Seven' [1980] directed and written by John Sayles. It holds up after all these years and it has got that cool, grainy, indie look you got from films of that era not to mention a great cast.
December 13, 2024 at 1:24 AM
One of the underappreciated American independent film classics is 'Return of the Secaucus Seven' [1980] directed and written by John Sayles. It holds up after all these years and it has got that cool, grainy, indie look you got from films of that era not to mention a great cast.
Doctor Strange, 180, May 1969. Trippy cover art by Gene Colan and Steve Ditko. #comicbook
November 26, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Doctor Strange, 180, May 1969. Trippy cover art by Gene Colan and Steve Ditko. #comicbook
g.co/arts/cSJqQ4h... I don't have a future in playing the cello but I might have a future in getting this animated bird to play the cello...
Viola the Bird - Google Arts & Culture
Play a cello inspired instrument with Viola the Bird and the help of
machine learning! An experiment by David Li.
g.co
November 25, 2024 at 9:02 PM
g.co/arts/cSJqQ4h... I don't have a future in playing the cello but I might have a future in getting this animated bird to play the cello...
8 fashion trends of the Roaring Twenties.
www.thecollector.com/fashion-tren...
www.thecollector.com/fashion-tren...
November 24, 2024 at 5:55 PM
8 fashion trends of the Roaring Twenties.
www.thecollector.com/fashion-tren...
www.thecollector.com/fashion-tren...
Five more great movies from 1954:
Rear Window – Hitchcock
Sabrina – Wilder
Sound of the Mountain – Naruse
La Strada – Fellini
Touchez Pas au Grisbi – Becker
Rear Window – Hitchcock
Sabrina – Wilder
Sound of the Mountain – Naruse
La Strada – Fellini
Touchez Pas au Grisbi – Becker
November 24, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Five more great movies from 1954:
Rear Window – Hitchcock
Sabrina – Wilder
Sound of the Mountain – Naruse
La Strada – Fellini
Touchez Pas au Grisbi – Becker
Rear Window – Hitchcock
Sabrina – Wilder
Sound of the Mountain – Naruse
La Strada – Fellini
Touchez Pas au Grisbi – Becker
Three great movies from 1954...
Senso – Visconti
Seven Samurai – Kurosawa
Salt of the Earth – Biberman
Senso – Visconti
Seven Samurai – Kurosawa
Salt of the Earth – Biberman
November 23, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Three great movies from 1954...
Senso – Visconti
Seven Samurai – Kurosawa
Salt of the Earth – Biberman
Senso – Visconti
Seven Samurai – Kurosawa
Salt of the Earth – Biberman
Old rare film book. “Claude Chabrol” - by Robin Wood and Michael Walker, edited by Ian Cameron, Praeger Film Library, 1970.
November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Old rare film book. “Claude Chabrol” - by Robin Wood and Michael Walker, edited by Ian Cameron, Praeger Film Library, 1970.
I'm sure it's a coincidence but part of Pet Shop Boys song 'It's a Sin' [1987] has a section that sounds a little like Cat Stevens song 'Wild World' [1970]. At least I hear it....
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 AM
I'm sure it's a coincidence but part of Pet Shop Boys song 'It's a Sin' [1987] has a section that sounds a little like Cat Stevens song 'Wild World' [1970]. At least I hear it....
Reposted by Montage_Matt
A brief lesson in change from 1912...
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
A brief lesson in change from 1912...
Readers in a study unable to differentiate between AI poetry and poetry written by real poets. Some prefer the easily readable AI poems. Are we doomed? What doth Shakespeare say? www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
ChatGPT or Shakespeare? Readers Couldn't Tell the Difference—and Even Preferred A.I.-Generated Verse
A new study suggests people might like chatbot-produced poems for their simple and straightforward images, emotions and themes
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Readers in a study unable to differentiate between AI poetry and poetry written by real poets. Some prefer the easily readable AI poems. Are we doomed? What doth Shakespeare say? www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni is a film I have watched every decade since 1990 and each time it’s an enriching experience. I see something new [or something I forgot] in each viewing. It may be the apotheosis of a career full of masterpieces.
November 18, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni is a film I have watched every decade since 1990 and each time it’s an enriching experience. I see something new [or something I forgot] in each viewing. It may be the apotheosis of a career full of masterpieces.
‘Bizzarie di varie figure’ is a book by Giovanni Battista Bracelli of 50 amazing etchings done in 1624. Four hundred years ago but remarkably modern. bit.ly/3ydNgQo
November 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
‘Bizzarie di varie figure’ is a book by Giovanni Battista Bracelli of 50 amazing etchings done in 1624. Four hundred years ago but remarkably modern. bit.ly/3ydNgQo
Autumn reflection in Colorado [taken years ago near Durango CO].
November 16, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Autumn reflection in Colorado [taken years ago near Durango CO].
Five favorite film noir titles from the classic Hollywood period 1940 - 1958:
Out of the Past – 1947 - Jacques Tourneur
Act of Violence – 1948 – Fred Zinnemann
Criss Cross – 1949 – Robert Siodmak
The Set-Up – 1949 – Robert Wise
The Big Heat – 1953 – Fritz Lang
Out of the Past – 1947 - Jacques Tourneur
Act of Violence – 1948 – Fred Zinnemann
Criss Cross – 1949 – Robert Siodmak
The Set-Up – 1949 – Robert Wise
The Big Heat – 1953 – Fritz Lang
November 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Five favorite film noir titles from the classic Hollywood period 1940 - 1958:
Out of the Past – 1947 - Jacques Tourneur
Act of Violence – 1948 – Fred Zinnemann
Criss Cross – 1949 – Robert Siodmak
The Set-Up – 1949 – Robert Wise
The Big Heat – 1953 – Fritz Lang
Out of the Past – 1947 - Jacques Tourneur
Act of Violence – 1948 – Fred Zinnemann
Criss Cross – 1949 – Robert Siodmak
The Set-Up – 1949 – Robert Wise
The Big Heat – 1953 – Fritz Lang