Ivo Vynckier - My So-Called Blog

Technical writer-web writer. Student of Steven Spielberg's movies. Author, developer and web master of 3 web sites.

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John Williams' soundtrack for "Minority Report" (Steven Spielberg).

The British actress Samantha Morton played the precog Agatha.

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We're going to need the precogs of "Minority Report" (Steven Spielberg) to stop the current crime wave.

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James Newton Howard's score for "Grand Canyon" (Lawrence Kasdan).

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Is there a movie that describes the current situation?

There is. It's called "Grand Canyon" (1991), a masterpiece written and directed by Lawrence (Larry) Kasdan.

(Kasdan also wrote "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (the first Indiana Jones movie) and cowrote 4 Star Wars movies.)

Claire (Mary Mcdonnell): There are people ready to shoot you if you look at them. And we're getting used to it.

Ambulant car mechanic Simon (Danny Glover): Man, the world ain't supposed to work like this. I'm supposed to be able to do my job without having to ask you if I can. That dude is supposed to be able to wait with his car without you ripping him off. Everything is supposed to be different than it is.

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Black folks lack successful people they can emulate, look up to.

I'm thinking sports figures, TV celebrities and the likes.

Tupac. Sean Combs. Bill Cosby.

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Never mind.

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Film composer Conrad Pope wrote the soundtrack of the art documentary "Tim's Vermeer".

(Pope assisted John Williams as orchestrator for many years.)

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David Hockney and Penn and Teller are part of the documentary on Johannes Vermeer "Tim's Vermeer".

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The Revolutionary I.B.M. Selectric Typewriter | Spielberg, Abagnale and OCR

Why check forgers loved the IBM Selectric, the revolutionary electric typewriter.

Pop artist David Hockney played a very brief role in Steven Spielberg's movie "Catch Me If You Can".

It's explained here...

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RIP artist David Hockney. Here's a great documentary on his recent portraits.

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Jack Huston played a "gueule cassée" (broken face) in the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire".

(Jack Huston is the grandson of director John Huston. Actors Danny and Anjelica Huston are his uncle and aunt.)

The treatment of "gueules cassées" by military doctors was the start of prostheses and aesthetic surgery.

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Are you familiar with the World War I concept "gueule cassée" (broken face)?

That's what the Sudanese did in Belfast. And it didn't take any exploding shells.

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Sadiq Khan (drum roll): "DIversity is our strength."

DEIversity is how a civilisation DIEs.

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Letting black murderers walk because you share their skin color is hardcore racism.

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Rep. Crockett is a crock of shit.

Entitlement queen Jasmine and her lot are the reason the Republicans keep winning.

JD Vance and Marco Rubio are smiling from ear to ear.

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Blacks who defend Karmelo Anthony are as nuts as Hamas-loving Palestinians.

My hashtag is #FuckKarmelo.

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Black folks root for the murderer Karmelo Anthony?

Nothing new under the sun: remember O.J. Simpson - guilty as hell - and his lawyer Johnnie Cockroach?

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Ceremonial knives belong in Indiana Jones movies, not on our streets.