méliès

Posted on December 16, 2009 | 2 comments

Georges Méliès’s studio in Montreuil just before its destruction.

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cute band alert

Posted on December 15, 2009 | 1 comment

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers. 1956.

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press conference 1965

Posted on December 14, 2009 | Leave a comment

Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot in Mexico for a press conference to promote Louis Malle’s Viva Maria. 1965.

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f for fields

Posted on December 13, 2009 | Leave a comment

Fields and Bolan and Ringo. 1972.

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truffaut directs

Posted on December 12, 2009 | 4 comments

François Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani filming The Story of Adèle H. 1975.

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modesty blaise in japan

Posted on December 11, 2009 | 2 comments

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festival time!

Posted on December 10, 2009 | Leave a comment

Flyer for Cambridge Film Festival. July 1982.

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alphaville

Posted on December 9, 2009 | 3 comments

Anna Karina in Alphaville. Godard. 1965.

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museum piece

Posted on December 8, 2009 | 3 comments

Piece: The skull of Mrs. Bates in “Psycho”.

Where: The Cinémathèque française. Paris, France.

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il conformista

Posted on December 7, 2009 | Leave a comment

Jean-Louis Trintignant in Il conformista. Bertolucci. 1970.

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