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Zasu Pitts as Trina McTeague in Greed (1924). Erich von Stroheim's masterwork is full of haunting images. But this scene of Trina obsessively laying her gold coins on her bed, taking off her clothes, and sleeping with them has stayed with me.

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Photo of Stanley Kubrick directing the record store scene in A Clockwork Orange, with a poster of T. Rex's "Ride a White Swan" in the background. Still taken from Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures.

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A shot of Sterling Hayden alongside a poster of Lenny Bruce headlining a burlesque show at the Gayety Club in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. Read this post for more on the shot.

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David Byrne in Musician, September 1983. Photo by Deborah Feingold.

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"Ladies United Violently" / Aphrodisia, Lili et Fury - Paris 1977 (Photo : Catherine Faux)

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Heatwave in SOUL Magazine, December 11, 1978.

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"Modern Renaissance" by allieu.

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Alma Hitchcock at home. Photo by Philippe Halsman. From Rolling Stone, July 29, 1976.

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Left to right: Paul Robeson, Anna May Wong, and Vincente Lombardo Toledano. Taken at Roberson's 44th birthday party. Courtesy of Bolerium Books.

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Spice 1 promo T-shirt from 1992. Photos taken from the bombhiphop account on eBay.

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Future party decorating idea. From “Qatar Dispatch: His Estate Has 3 Swimming Pools and a Stable. He Says He’s Not Rich,“ New York Times, December 10, 2022. Photo by Erin Schaff.

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No number one, though.

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Desert Hearts | Donna Deitch | 1985

Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver

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One Week (Short) | Buster Keaton / Edward F. Cline | 1920

Sybil Seely, Buster Keaton

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Psycho | Alfred Hitchcock | 1960

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I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)