Skirting The Blackhole of Cinema

Value in the void.

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The Fire Within (1963)

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News Correspondent, Godzilla

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Movie Poster of the Day

The Three Colours trilogy, designs by Victo Ngai

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First Frame / Last Frame

Punch-Drunk Love

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Harry Tuttle, Brazil

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Movie Posters of the Day

Chungking Express, design by Yuri Kim

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Jaws crew with Bruce the Shark

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Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

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First Frame / Last Frame

Donnie Darko

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The Darjeeling Limited

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Movie Poster of the Day

Man on Wire, design by Pete Majarich

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Auteur Motifs / Protagonist Introduction Shots → The Coen Brothers

The Dude (The Big Lebowski) Marge Gunderson (Fargo) Norville Barnes (The Hudsucker Proxy) Everett, Pete, and Delmar (O Brother Where Art Thou) Larry Gopnik (A Serious Man) H.I. McDunnough (Raising Arizona) Mattie Ross (True Grit) Llewelyn Moss (No Country for Old Men) Barton Fink (Barton Fink) Llewyn Davis (Inside Llewyn Davis)

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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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Film Crafts

Inception-inspired coffee tables, crafted by Stelios Mousarris

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Facts and Celluloid [5]

In preparation for the reveal that Arch Stanton’s grave was not the one containing the coveted treasure, Set Decorator Carlo Leva had a hard time producing a prop skeleton that met Sergio Leone’s standards. Convinced the counterfeit would not sell on screen, Leone directed Leva to try and find authentic human remains. While on this search, Leva heard of a woman in Madrid who had a real skeleton for hire. Upon inquiry he learned it belonged to the woman’s mother, who in life had been an actress. Shortly before passing, she had expressed the wish that her body be used in movies so that she could continue acting even in death. Needless to say, Leva rented the skeleton, and it is her body you see in this scene.

via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com

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Perfect Zooms

The Untouchables

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Postered Movie of the Day

American Beauty, designs by Massimo Carnevale, Lefteris Koulonis, Tatyana Borodina, and Adam Juresko. Enlarge photos for credits.

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