News: Information, Construction

Leo Tolstoy: “The highest  wisdom has but one science, the science of the whole.” James Madison, letter to a friend, Aug 4, 1922 “A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both.” Dorothy Green Friendly, 1958: “What  the American […]

Expressions: Gains and Pains–Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin: “There are no gains without pains.”

Modernist Cinema: Issue of Failure

Failure is a major issue of modernist cinema:

Movie Genres: Cult Movies–Characteristics

Research in Progress (May 17, 2021) Cult Movies: Characteristics Harold in Harold and Maude: The character’s sensibility indicated something shy and withdrawn behind all the bravado Henry in Eraserhead Chuck, stocky character in “The Projectionist” who spends days and nights locked in dreams Midnight Movies G. Romero John Waters David Lynch Twin Peaks: the ultimate […]

Indie Cinema Forces: Stars–How It Resurrected Careers of Major Actors

Indie Cinema: Stars–How It Resurrected Careers of Major Actors: My Indie Cinema Book: Frances McDormand (Coen Brothers, Choe Zhao) Bill Murray (Jarmusch, Sofia Coppola) Tom Hanks (Wes Anderson) Meryl Streep (Spike Jonze) Jack Nicholson (Alexander Payne) Nicole Kidman (Jonathan Glazer and others) John Travolta (Tarantino) Jennifer Jason Leigh xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ […]