miss sunny side up

花樣年華

[alisaknipst]

[dogdayafternoon1975]

"The enigma remains obstinately in hiding, convinced that personal revelations get between audiences and whatever fiction he performs.....Pacino's canny about the way fame can turn an actor inauthentic, flaccid in the kind of interactions that tune imagination, identity, the performing instrument....

'I realized people were receptive to me. And I hadn't earned it. I had done nothing to earn their laughs, or their interest or anything. And it felt kind of cool to just sit there and not have to earn it. And I think it's a trap...'"

"Al Pacino" by Kathleen Murphy

Film Comment, MAR/APR 2000, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 18-20, 23-26, 28, 31

(Film Analysis Hours)

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[orangesinwinter]

midnight lovers

[harrisonfordi]

Al Pacino on the set of Scarecrow (1973).

[mbondei]

[stamp-it-to-me]

two 1963 Tunisian stamps from a series on regional costumes

[robert-hadley]

The New York home of Vogue editor Hamish Bowles. The World of Interiors, November 2014. Photo - Simon Upton

[gladyourenothere]

“Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 13, 1932. Dear Sally Ann: - Wouldn’t you like to roll down this big hill and land on the beautiful beach below and then perhaps dash into the ocean to wash off the sand? One time when we were here, we drove to this place and saw a little boy and girl whose father was the lighthouse keeper, and they had such fun playing in such a lovely spot. Is Mother home yet? I hope so. Love from Anna L. Saylor.”

[NOTE: For unknown reasons, at some point after posting, a Christmas Seal was placed over the original postage stamp.]

Edgartown, Mass. Postmarked 1932

[boydswan]

Now, you’re driving up the canyon. Your left hand’s on the wheel. She’s telling you she’d done nothing wrong. You pretend to believe her. You put your right arm around her neck. You get to a lonely place in the road, and you begin to squeeze. You’re an ex-GI. You know judo. You know how to kill a person without using your hands. You’re driving the car, and you’re strangling her. You don’t see her bulging eyes or protruding tongue. Go ahead. Squeeze harder. You love her, and she’s deceived you. You hate her patronizing attitude. She looks down on you. She’s impressed with celebrities. She wants to get rid of you. You squeeze harder. Harder. Squeeze harder. It’s wonderful to feel her throat crush under your arm... In A Lonely Place (1950)

[greyelven]

Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)

[connerys]

I’ve been looking for someone a long time… I didn’t know her name or where she lived - I’d never seen her before. A girl was killed, and because of that, I found what I was looking for. Now I know your name, where you live, and how you look.

In a Lonely Place (1950) dir. Nicholas Ray

[emmanuelleriva]

You knew he was dynamite. He has to explode sometimes.

In a Lonely Place (1950), dir. Nicholas Ray

[davidlynch]

Yesterday, this would have meant so much to us. Now it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter at all. 

In a Lonely Place (1950) dir. Nicholas Ray

[fyeahmovies]

In a Lonely Place (1950) dir. Nicholas Ray

[bookstofilms]

“I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.”

– In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes adapted into the 1950 film of the same name, dir. Nicholas Ray

[classicfilmblr]

In a Lonely Place (1950) dir. Nicholas Ray

[emmanuelleriva]

In a Lonely Place (1950) dir. Nicholas Ray