The Foundations

etund: Jean Cocteau, photographed in 1925 by Man Ray.

etund:

Jean Cocteau, photographed in 1925 by Man Ray.

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kurosawa-akira: Once into production, work on Ran progressed so smoothly that even Mr. Kurosawa was surprised. In the summer of 1984, just when he was preparing to shoot the great storm scene in which Hidetora (his Lear) rushes deranged into the wilderness, a typhoon struck the shooting location in Kyushu perfectly on schedule. Later Mr. Kurosawa joked, “In Japan, journalists often call me ‘Emperor’ because they think I’m so tyrannical. Well, I guess I can now command even the elements!” [ Kurosawa Directs a Cinematic Lear | Peter Grilli — 1985 ]

kurosawa-akira:

Once into production, work on Ran progressed so smoothly that even Mr. Kurosawa was surprised. In the summer of 1984, just when he was preparing to shoot the great storm scene in which Hidetora (his Lear) rushes deranged into the wilderness, a typhoon struck the shooting location in Kyushu perfectly on schedule. Later Mr. Kurosawa joked, “In Japan, journalists often call me ‘Emperor’ because they think I’m so tyrannical. Well, I guess I can now command even the elements!”

[ Kurosawa Directs a Cinematic Lear | Peter Grilli — 1985 ]

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Every time Jack Torrance talks to a ghost, there’s a mirror in the scene, except in the food locker scene. This is because in the food locker scene he only talks to Grady through the door. We never see Grady in this scene. 

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Delphine Seyrig in ‘L’année dernière à Marienbad’, 1961.

Delphine Seyrig in ‘L’année dernière à Marienbad’, 1961.

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Thirst 「박쥐」

Park Chan Wook

2009

★★★★ out of 5

A vampire film in only the way that Park Chan Wook could make it.  Creepy, sexual, bloody, and stylistic cinematography, there is no doubt that this is one of his films.  They did an excellent job with casting and I enjoyed that the main actress (Kim Ok-bin) played her two personalities very well.  There were some CGI bits that felt a little silly from the rest of this well-shot film, but other than that I loved this one.