Category Archives: context

godard directs

Posted on October 18, 2011 | Leave a comment

Jean-Luc Godard directs Fritz Lang, Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli and Jack Palance in Le Mépris. 1963.

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Posted in cinema, context, jlg

on your sleeve

Posted on October 17, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Twist in a generic Parkway Records sleeve. Chubby Checker. 1961.

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Posted in context, music, on your sleeve

promoting fiend

Posted on October 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

A horrific display outside a Manhattan cinema (across the street from a Walgreens) entices passersby to check out screenings of Fiend Without a Face. 1958.

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sensation of sensations

Posted on October 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

The bullshit brigade is out in London promoting The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. Circa 1953.

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Posted in advertising, cinema, context

we dare you

Posted on October 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

Aggressive advertising for I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Those people lining up were bound to leave disappointed. 1957.

Photo and original caption: Sight and Sound. Spring 1958.

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record labels

Posted on October 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

Sticky Fingers. Rolling Stones. 1971.

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Posted in context, Jagger, music, record labels

paris shop window

Posted on October 12, 2011 | 2 comments

Louise Brooks on display. 1930.

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Posted in advertising, cinema, context, decorative sex

cover art

Posted on October 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

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Posted in cinema, context, cover art, that pile of stuff from the 20s

catching up with the chaplins

Posted on October 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

Sight and Sound. July-September 1952.

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Posted in catching up with the chaplins, cinema, context, old magazines

the stickers on records

Posted on October 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

Dutch press of Brainwashed. George Harrison. 2002.

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Posted in context, music, stickers on records, years after the event