April 2011
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'Men in Black', 1997
The film titles were designed by legendary artist Pablo Ferro, sharing the style of one of his most famous works - the opening sequence of ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’, 1964.
March 2011
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Film Index #002
’The Best Years of Our Lives’, 1946
Starring Frederic March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell and Myrna Loy
Written by Robert E. Sherwood and MacKinlay Kantor
Directed by William Wyler
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“Never be in a hurry. You’ll miss the best parts of life.”
– Saloon Hostess, ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, 1956
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“A man who tells lies, like me, merely hides the truth. But a man who tells...”
– Mr. Dryden, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, 1962
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'Twins', 1988
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Hulk Hogan have all revealed in interviews that Schwarzenegger and DeVito were given the option of doing this film or ‘Suburban Comando’ (1991). Had the two chosen to do the latter, Hogan and Christopher Lloyd would have been the stars of ‘Twins’.
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'All Quiet on the Western Front', 1930
During the film’s German release, the Nazis (not yet in power) interrupted screenings by shouting martial slogans and releasing rats into the theaters.
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The Film Index
When I started this blog, I didn’t want it to be about anything other than cinema in all its forms. So, while it may be counterintuitive for a blog, I didn’t want to make it about me. However, I feel like I should say a few things about the series I started today entitled ‘The Film Index’.
My goal with the film index is to showcase films that hold special places in my...
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Film Index #001
‘The Exorcist’, 1973
Starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Linda Blair
Written by William Peter Blatty
Directed by William Friedkin
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Cinematically Speaking
That Novemberist: If you could open your own high-in clothing store, what would you call it?
This Novemberist: The Chic Sense
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“That’ll do, Pig.”
– Farmer Hoggett, ‘Babe’, 1995
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'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', 1966
The only Best Picture Academy Award nominee to be nominated for every award category in which it was eligible.
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“I’ve been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years, and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.”
-Henry Fonda
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'Chariots of Fire', 1981
The ‘Male Military Band’ features several women disguised with false mustaches.
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“I don’t ever remember feeling this awake.”
– Thelma, ‘Thelma & Louise’, 1991
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“All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time it...”
– Narrator, ‘Peter Pan’, 1953
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'I ♥ Huckabees', 2004
Jason Schwartzman’s character, Albert, is loosely based by director David O. Russell on himself, and the themes of the film were inspired by Russell’s mentor, Robert Thurman, Uma Thurman’s father. In fact, Dustin Hoffman’s character, Bernard, was modeled directly after Thurman.
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'From Russia with Love', 1963
During the helicopter sequence toward the end of the film, the inexperienced pilot flew too close to Sean Connery, nearly killing him.
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Winning Words
“I don’t really know how to express my gratitude, for this and for everything. I guess all I can do is say thank you. Thank you with all my heart.”
-Accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1960’s ‘BUtterfield 8’
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“Let’s go while the going’s good.”
– Charlie Allnut, ‘The African Queen’, 1951
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Cinematically Speaking
That Novemberist: If you could open up your own shoe shine business, what would you call it?
This Novemberist: Little Miss Shoeshine.
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“There’s only one proper way for a professional soldier to die: the last...”
– General George S. Patton, ‘Patton’, 1970
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'In America', 2003
The child actors (Sarah and Emma Bolger) called ‘cut’ and ‘action’ in every scene. This was decided by the director, Jim Sheridan, and the girls early during filming, so that it would make the acting easier for them.
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Winning Words
“And I don’t think that this means that I am somebody, but I guess I’m on my way.”
-Accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1987’s ‘Moonstruck’.
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“It’s not the having, it’s the getting.”
-Elizabeth Taylor
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Cinematically Speaking
That Novemberist: If you could open up your own beignet shop, what would you call it?
This Novemberist: The Curious Café of Beignet-jamin Yumton.
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'Manhattan', 1979
Woody Allen disliked his work in this film so much, he offered to direct another film for United Artists for free if they kept ‘Manhattan’ on the shelf for good.
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“That woman deserves her revenge, and we deserve to die.”
– Budd, ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 1’, 2003
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Oh, What a Difference a Letter Makes
“Toto, She Might Still Be In Kansas.”
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