Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’: A Tinseltown Allegory that Ends Unhappily Ever After

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Michael Sarrazin , Jane Fonda , 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' ( 1969 ). Harrowing Tale of Dance Marathons and the Depression-...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Scrapped: The Original Opening Sequence of “Sunset Boulevard” was Even Stranger than the Final Cut, and Audiences had a Peculiar Reaction to It

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Erich von Stroheim, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, "Sunset Boulevard" (1950). Test Audiences Were Stunned, Amused and Confused Jo...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

MAP CAN HELP YOU FOLLOW IN JAKE'S FOOTSTEPS

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Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in 'Chinatown.' T here's something about iconic films that make fans get dizzy. When a movie...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

A Taste of Death on Hollywood Boulevard

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A visit to the Museum of Death in Hollywood doesn't sound like a particularly cheerful take-in ... and believe me, it isn't. Bu...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Tarantino's Twists and Turns Add Up Perfectly

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Vincent, left, and Jules settle a score. S ome may quibble with “Pulp Fiction”’s herky jerky storyline. It dodges back and forth from th...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

'The Crimson Kimono': Big Crime in Little Tokyo

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Tawdry newspaper headlines bark out plot twists in 'The Crimson Kimono' (1959). D irector, producer and writer Samuel Fuller phot...