Psycho (1960)dir. Alfred Hitchcock
These are the Damned (1963)dir. Joseph Losey
Monday, January 31, 2011
The Prison Break
Raising Arizona (1987)dir. Joel Coen
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)dir. Frank Darabont
The Enigma
"Suits hand-made by a tailor in Chicago in 1928. The tailor went out of business in 1933, then took his own life. The man carries no identification; no wallet, no driver's license, no credit cards. Fingerprint check proved negative, no identification possible."Being There (1979)
written by Jerzy Kosinski & Robert C. Jones
The Dark Knight (2008)
written by Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, & David S. Goyer
Sunday, January 30, 2011
The Prisoner
A Clockwork Orange (1971)dir. Stanley Kubrick
The Dark Knight (2008)dir. Christopher Nolan
The Victim and the Gang
The Court
The Docks of New York (1928)dir. Josef von Sternberg
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)dir. Robert Mulligan
The Repression
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
dir. Elia Kazan
Black Swan (2010)
dir. Darren Arronofsky
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Signature Entrance
The Shadow Chapter 1: "The Doomed City" (1940)dir. James W. Horne
Batman (1989)dir. Tim Burton
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Alcoholic
Portrait of the Composer Modest Mussorgsky (1881)Ilya Repin
Chimes at Midnight (1965)dir. Orson Welles
The Doorway
Arrowsmith (1931)dir. John Ford
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)dir. Steven Spielberg
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Federal Dead
"Federal Dead on the Field of Battle of First Day, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania” (1863)Mathew Brady
Granddad (1913)dir. Thomas H. Ince
The Swimmer
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
dir. Leonard Nimoy
The Tracey Ullman Show "The Aquarium" (1988)
dir. Matt Groening
The Big Empty Room
The Shadow over the Grave
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)dir. John Ford
The Searchers (1956)dir. John Ford
The Chase
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980)dir. Steven Spielberg
Jurassic Park (1993)dir. Steven Spielberg
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Space Opera
Message from Space (1978) (and detail)dir. Kinji Fukasaku
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)dir. Irvin Kershner
Message from Space
Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983)
dir. Richard Marquand
Message from Space
Return of the Jedi
Kinji Fukasaku's Message from Space was one of untold dozens of cheap Star Wars knockoffs released in the late 1970s. Its plot, characters, and mise-en-scen all borrow heavily from Lucas' film. Interestingly enough, a few of the unique visuals this cash-in offered, in turn, found their way into the Star Wars sequels. It was at once an imitation and an inspiration.
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