Anya ,'Touched'
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Hey, you can see it in action with some great hyperbole: [link]
In fact, the whole movie is on YouTube. If you have the patience, it's definitely worth it. It's a classic kung fu flick, full of cheesy fun and the occasional shocking cruelty. Plus the Neu! track that accompanies the Master of the Flying Guillotine when he's on the move is ultra-creepy, not to mention ultra-improbable, given that maybe 7 people outside of Germany knew who Neu! was at the time.
That movie just got added to the top of my Netflix queue.
Man, it's like Grindhouse: Japanese Edition.
It'll cut your head off, Jim.
I'd like to meet his tailor?
I'd like to meet his tailor?
Exactly. You can find him down at Trader Vic's. His hair is perfect.
But if you hear him howling around your kitchen door, better not let him in.
Also, pictures from the PS, I Love You premiere. They look like they had a grand old time, but I'm wondering what exactly Ms. Swank is wearing and hoping that JDM's mustache is for Watchmen.
Post on Dali's interest in film: [link]
Here's a quote from a 1937 letter Dalí wrote to surrealist André Breton: "I’m in Hollywood, where I’ve made contact with the three American Surrealists, Harpo Marx, Disney and Cecil B. DeMille." I also hadn't realized that Dalí created the dream sequence for Alfred Hitchock's Spellbound (1945). Apparently, a phantasmagoric ballroom scene was shot for this sequence but ended up on the cutting room floor. Dalí's artwork and notes for this part of the dream are quite remarkable. It's sad that the footage was lost.