THE SATURDAY BOY

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (2000)

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:11:49 +0100

First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors and colleagues, the film explores Kitano’s rise from working-class poverty to superstar of Japanese radio, TV, comedy and journalism, and follows the making of his US-Japanese gangster film, ‘Brother’.

"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my..."

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:12:20 +0100

“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”

- Maurice Sendak

It’s the end of cinema as we know...

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:50:46 +0100

It’s the end of cinema as we know it.

lifedeathtoptips:

“It’s fun to act out scenes!” say Chizzy. DO LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER THAT’S IT KEEP READING OH YES ACT HARDER THAT’S RIGHT.

strangewood: Sergio Leone on the set of The Good, the Bad and...

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:16:36 +0100

strangewood:

Sergio Leone on the set of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

criminalwisdom: Stasi operative taking a picture of a CIA...

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:14:50 +0100

criminalwisdom:

Stasi operative taking a picture of a CIA operative taking a picture of him, circa 1960.

Images From The Secret STASI Archive | Simon Menner

(Source: mappeal)

“Aspires to be a businessman …” Martin...

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:12:13 +0100

“Aspires to be a businessman …”

Martin Scorsese, senior yearbook picture.

silfarione: Amazing photos of a family in the 1970’s that lived...

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:37:42 +0100

silfarione:

Amazing photos of a family in the 1970’s that lived with a lion by Michael Rougier. (LIFE Archive)

strangewood: “You know what I did this morning? I played the...

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:39:14 +0100

strangewood:

“You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy. I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I’m destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen.” [x]

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Welles was 70 at the time and in poor health. His last released film was 1987’s “Someone to Love,” but that was shot before Welles lent his voice to “Transformers.” Late in his career, Welles often took to commercials and narration work as a source of income.

Author Barbara Leaming spent many days with Welles in his last three years for her book, “Orson Welles: A Biography.” She recalls Welles telling her shortly before he died that he had spent the day “playing a toy.”

“That was for him a way of earning a living and a way of trying to finance the films that he wanted to make,” says Leaming. “Obviously in those years, there’s a tremendous sadness except that the thing he used to always say to me was, ‘The one thing that’s helped me to survive is that I’m not bitter.”’ [x]

Fucking hell, Captain America’s looking rough. Joss...

Sun, 06 May 2012 12:10:42 +0100

Fucking hell, Captain America’s looking rough.

Joss Whedon filming The Avengers (2012)

leasthelpful: “These Marines were cursing like sailors!”

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:10:16 +0100

leasthelpful:

“These Marines were cursing like sailors!”

Fucking hell, Hugh Laurie’s looking rough. pulptone: I...

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:59:34 +0100

Fucking hell, Hugh Laurie’s looking rough.

pulptone:

I wonder how many people ask him if he could fix their pipes. For God’s sakes Jim I’m a doctor, not a plumber!

"At a certain point, even if you keep up-to-date with new releases (books, records, films), even if..."

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:25:28 +0100

“At a certain point, even if you keep up-to-date with new releases (books, records, films), even if you keep broadening your horizons, even if you manage to keep up with the latest things, you realize that these latest things can never be more than that, that they stand almost no chance of being the last word, because you actually heard-or saw or read-your personal last word years earlier”

- Geoff Dyer, Zona (via russmarshalek)

Photo

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:48:22 +0100

Mother Night.

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:17:34 +0100

Mother Night.

ingridhoeben: Jacques Tati, Paris, october 1955. Photo Ben van...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:54:43 +0100

ingridhoeben:

Jacques Tati, Paris, october 1955. Photo Ben van Meerendonk. Copyright: IISG/AHF

Photo

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:29:02 +0100

strangewood: Sergio Leone filming Once Upon a Time in the...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:41:46 +0100

strangewood:

Sergio Leone filming Once Upon a Time in the West.

Not today. It was pissing down. melsanie: Every year.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:40:19 +0100

Not today. It was pissing down.

melsanie:

Every year.

“[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I’m actually not that...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:07:12 +0100

“[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I’m actually not that worried. I wouldn’t give up on it completely. Once in a while there are strange, rich people who like to invest in odd things. You’re going to have people in the corners of garages making cartoons to please themselves. And I’m more interested in those people than I am in big business.”

-Hayao Miyazaki

(shakes fist) HOFFMAN!

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:39:09 +0100

(shakes fist) HOFFMAN!