#Gene Milford

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The Chase (Arthur Penn, 1966)

Cast: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie Dickinson, Janice Rule, Miriam Hopkins, Martha Hyer, Richard Bradford, Robert Duvall, James Fox, Diana Hyland, Henry Hull, Jocelyn Brando. Screenplay: Lillian Hellman, based on a novel by Horton Foote. Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle. Production design: Richard Day. Film editing: Gene Milford. Music: John Barry.

Bad movies are often fun to watch anyway, and most of the people involved with The Chase, including director Arthur Penn, screenwriter Lillian Hellman, and star Marlon Brando, agreed that it was a bad movie. Brando let his opinion show, giving a sluggish performance that validates the old criticism that he mumbled his lines. Hellman had her script taken away and rewritten, and Penn struggled to deal with an ill-conceived project. The chief interest the film generates today is seeing actors like Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, and Robert Duvall on the brink of major stardom. There's a good deal of miscasting, including E.G. Mashall as the boss of a small town that seems to be in Texas or Louisiana. Marshall lacks the ruthless aura that the character needs. Angie Dickinson is wasted as the loving and dutiful wife of the town sheriff played by Brando. And Redford feels out of place in the role of Bubber Reeves, the town bad boy who escapes from prison (it's never quite clear what he did to be sent there) and stirs a manhunt, a lynch mob, and a conflagration in a junkyard. The town itself is a hotbed where everyone sleeps with everyone else's spouse and goes orgiastic on the Saturday night when the news of Bubber's escape breaks. It's a silly and lurid movie, but a little too long to be entertainingly bad.

[icarusthelunarguard]

This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter.

Since you all made a mockery of last week’s theme, we’ve decided that there will be no theme.

Aries 

According to “The Cube Rule of Food”, A Sandwich is defined as having independent structural cabs on opposing sides to the filling; for instance a hamburger. HOWEVER a Club Sandwich, which is a double-decker BLT with poultry and an additional slab of bread in the middle, is correctly defined as… “Cake”. Have fun eating your BLT Cake this week.  

Taurus 

Start the countdown and buy your supplies now. It’s less than 250 days until Halloween and you need to make a splash this year. Plan on throwing a party, themed around Historical Figures - and you’ll be Amelia Earhart…. And when your guests arrive, you be in Hawaii.

Gemini  

Your capacity to remember commercial jingles from the 70’s is only as impressive with how localized those same commercials are. Nobody knows what the Milford Plaza is, or where Puppy City is, or what discounts on slacks are available at M&K. Turn all that knowledge into a trivia game! 

Cancer Moon-Child 

Yes, you can play a flight sim, or space sim, or racing sim with a mouse and keyboard, but they’re all more fun with a dedicated controller. But for you freaks driving Train Sims… those dedicated controllers look like something out of a Minuteman Missile Silo. Y’all are FREAKS!   

Leo 

Look up into the night sky. Somewhere, about 200 km over your head at over 27,000 kph, there’s a hunk of metal that, upon impact, would turn you into a finer mist than DOOM’s BFG 9000 could ever hope to accomplish. The next time you start feeling romantic, just remember it’s up there, waiting patiently while traveling three times faster than any bullet on Earth… just waiting for you to get into space so it can bite you. 

Virgo 

Have you watched “Smokey and the Bandit”? You better not watch Burt Reynolds in that movie because he just does NOT know how to operate a CB Radio Microphone. Ok, Ok, so. Just watch how he talks into it - he grips the mic switch and Never.. Lets… Go. CB’s Don’t Work That Way! Jerry shoulda taught you better!

Libra 

“Loop-DUJH, hohm-MLEEJ, Loo-TEHB, Garg-HMEH!” If you’d taken up learning Klingon like we told you to LAST week, you’d be laughing right now. You uncultured “Peh-TAHQ”!

Scorpio 

Where did we go wrong with you, Aquarius? We’ve tried for months, seriously months, to be nicer to you. We bent the rules of the cosmos and worked on making you feel more included and supported and what d… OH! Sorry, Scorpio. Mistook you for Aquarius there. Forget about it. You just… go get an ophthalmological examination scheduled this week.

Sagittarius 

Lemme screw you all up. The original USS Enterprise on Star Trek should have looked more like the Reliant from The Wrath of Khan. The only reason it looked the way it did was because Walt Jeffries had the design upside-down across the table to Gene Roddenberry and he approved it that way. So turn your best work upside-down and someone else will stamp their approval on it.

Capricorn 

There is a company that sells pillows with specialized photo printing on them. You know what the hottest seller is? A picture of a Samsung Galaxy Note 7. It’s the perfect puffy size and shape. Why couldn’t you come up with something that fun to sell? Or maybe you can. So the same thing, only… make it self-heating for the winter months. And add a Bluetooth Speaker in it.

Aquarius 

Yeeaahhh. Sorry about the mix up there. Hey, look. We’re still in your star sign, so-o-o-o… eeeeyeeeaaahhhh. (*Long Exhale*)” Look, we all know how this is gunna end. Neither one of us is going to budge on this ‘Scope until the heat death of the Universe, so. Let’s just agree not to get into each other's way down the stairs. OK?

Pisces  

Here’s the naughty one that was held over from last week. Buy a container of K-Y Jelly, find the consumer helpline phone number on it and give a call. Let the person know that you are impressed with the spreadability of the product, but dissatisfied with the flavor, requesting information on any berry-flavoured versions. Just make sure you ONLY do this on April 1st! 

And THOSE are your Horrible-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Discord.

[videoangel]

hc dump? hc dump, this ain't our first rodeo, so let's go!

>born to upper class family, made up of bethany and fredrick martin‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ in milford, delware--the couple having separated when eugene was‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ pretty young, freddie never really being apart in the small child's life.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >after the divorce, bethany martin, an inspiring politician, moved ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ to seattle with her kid in tow. due to her work within the community,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ mostly in anti-conduit organizations, was quickly offered a role in‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ city council. eventually, she became the city's local representative.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >when eugene lashed out at school, when his conduit gene be‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ -came active, augustine offered her a deal: allow them to whisk‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ him off to curdan cay, and they would cover up the ordeal entirely.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ knowing this incident could harm her career, she, of course, agreed.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>as far as the public knows, eugene was just another helpless victim‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ that'd been killed, not the conduit himself. (though, rumors did still fly.)‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >to this day, bethany still 'mourns' the 'loss' of her child, now using‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ his apparent death as apart of her usual anti-conduit propaganda.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >feeling betrayed, once he escaped curdan cay, now free, he‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ dropped the martin name entirely, deciding on 'eugene sims'.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>he hasn't decided if he'll ever go public against his mother,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ considering his preference to stay behind the scenes, but…‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >at the least, he has a new family now, in delsin, and fetch.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>naturally, he has some lasting scars, both physical and mental, from curdun cay‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ and their experiments, being used as a training tool for other conduits, basically.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >most notably, two circular burn marks sit on either temple, with lightning-esque‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ scars branching out from it. going across his face, and down both sides of his‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ body. this was because of the electrified chair that was often used during long‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ days to continue forcing out his abilities, pushing him further and further.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>a few other issues developed because of this, such as‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ occasional seizures, memory issues, and a slight stutter.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >his powers are replication-based, shaping hard-light certain‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ objects/entities that’ve been mentally recorded, now re-played.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ such as his angels/demons, wings, swords, etc etc, which are‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ all based off things from heaven’s hellfire, a video game, ofc.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >he can also travel through screens, and make mini replica‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ worlds based off what’s displayed, pulling people into them.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >minorly, he can copy faces and voices from videos, too.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>his form/body in general can flicker and glitch, he seems‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ almost slightly too animated compared to his surroundings.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>in the early years of curdun cay, eugene was actually rather close‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ with celia penderghast, or. well, as close as two people could get,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ in their situation anyway. neighboring cells, slipped notes, etc etc.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >he was heartbroken by her apparent death, and now that he’s‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ aware she’s actually alive, has been trying to track her down.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >delsin gave him one of the paper doves she’d left behind.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>there's a stray cat that comes and goes from eugene's dominion, a little calico‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ with a bob tail. he's affectionally named them 'hethoenne' or 'hethie', a reference‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ to a character from heaven's hellfire. they usually appear on cold or rainy days,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ curling up in his lap as he plays games or works on programming/hacking jobs.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>The Gang(tm) regularly ends up in news coverage and in general‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ the media spot-light quite a bit, helping conduits and what not. eugene‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ofc, isn't. the biggest fan of this, and tries to step back, allowing delsin‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ and fetch the spotlight. to the point most people aren't even aware what‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ he looks like, outside of his he who dwells form, only used during battles.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >people still ask about him though, a bit curious, so. delsin and fetch,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ respecting eugene's wishes, have started making up the most random‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ shit about him, see what people actually believe, you know? asdfghjkl‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>augustine and eugene had… a weird relationship, in augustine's‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ eyes it was almost maternal. she saw it as a necessary evil, it was‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ for their own good, for young conduits like eugene, or celia. teaching‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ them, protecting them, raising them, that's how she saw it, anyway.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏��� ‎‏‏‎ ‎ >eugene did see his parts of his actual mother in augustine too,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ but not in a good way, of course. he was always terrified of her.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>a random funfact/hc abt gene that isn't rlly important, but i think ‏‏‎ ‎ is kinda funny anyway: the schools gene went to growing up were,‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ like. rich kid catholic schools, y'know? the really really private ones.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

>ur random mini hc of the day: heaven’s hellfire, aka the game eugene’s rlly into + ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ his powers are based on, is like. a mix of world of warcraft and league of legends.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‎

>a silly/mini hc abt eugene: his eyes are sort of? screen-like? they can display‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ different things, basically! some examples being: tv static, usually when using‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ his powers. a blue/crash screen, usually when caught off guard. X’s or swirls‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ when tired, injured, or otherwise dazed. hearts when he’s fanboying about ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ something, etc etc. idk it’s not like… anything important, but i think it’s cute.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

[pinetreeanarchism]

This man has gone missing.

>Where Was He Last Seen?

The alert was issued by the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office for Eugene 'Gene' Buck, 68, of Milford. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss says Mr. Buck left his County Road home at approximately 4:00 Tuesday afternoon, bound for Greenbush. The Sheriff's Office was notified when he didn't show up, as planned, and the fear is that he may be experiencing some cognitive issues. Read More: Silver Alert Issued for a Missing 68-year-old Milford Man | https://q1065.fm/silver-alert-issued-for-a-missing-68-year-old-milford-man/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

>What Does He Look Like?

Gene is described as a white male, 6' tall, and 210 pounds, with hazel eyes, gray hair, and a gray beard and mustache. He drives a blue Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, with Maine license plate 6257YA. Mr. Buck was last seen wearing jeans, a blue flannel shirt, and a dark blue cap. Read More: Silver Alert Issued for a Missing 68-year-old Milford Man | https://q1065.fm/silver-alert-issued-for-a-missing-68-year-old-milford-man/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

[genevieveetguy]

- The taxes in this town pay your salary to protect the place. - Well, if anything happens to you, Lem, we'll give you a refund.

The Chase, Arthur Penn (1966)

[serafino-finasero]

Ronald Colman in a still from the drama-fantasy film Lost Horizon (USA, 1937, dir. Frank Capra) | Columbia Pictures

For his lavish sets for Lost Horizon, set designer and art director Stephen Goosson won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction at the 10th Academy Awards (1938). Gene Havlick and Gene Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for their work on the movie.

[dweemeister]

Lost Horizon (1937)

Asia and Europe were about to plunge into warfare when Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon was released in American theaters. The Chinese, mired in civil war between the Communist Party and the nationalist Kuomintang, were about to find a common enemy in the Japanese. Meanwhile, Nazi Germany continued its saber-rattling, leaving other European states looking nervously towards the continent’s increasingly militarized center. At this time, Americans, still reeling from the Depression and not yet too concerned about enforcing Wilsonian human rights elsewhere, longed for escape, for being sheltered from the news and conflict and suffering. A utopia, a Shangri-La, must have seemed appealing. The Shangri-La depicted in Lost Horizon – based on James Hilton’s 1933 novel of the same name – might fit the bill, without closer inspection.

It is 1935 and soon-to-be Foreign Secretary Robert Conway (the reliable Ronald Colman, performing solidly in this outing) is a diplomat working to evacuate as many white people as he can from a city under attack from Mao’s Communists. The Chinese heathen can fend for themselves, I guess. Among those climbing aboard the diplomatic plane to Shanghai are Conway’s younger brother George (John Howard), paleontologist Alexander Lovett (Edward Everett Horton), criminal Henry Barnard (Thomas Mitchell), and the terminally ill Gloria Stone (Isabel Jewell). Their plane has been hijacked and crash lands somewhere in the Himalayas. A Shangri-La native, Chang (H.B. Warner; one of many white actors playing an Asian character), rescues the British subjects and leads them to his home, a lush valley where the residents age much slower and are shielded from the brutal Tibetan weather. There, George is enchanted by a lady named Maria (Margo) and Gloria’s ailments have disappeared. Conway also meets the High Lama (Sam Jaffe), who eventually reveals that their arrival in Shangri-La has not been by chance. When the British characters raise questions about contacting the outside world, their questions are left unanswered.

With an original runtime of six hours, then trimmed to three-and-a-half hours, and finally settled for a runtime of just over two hours (today, the film is considered partially lost, but more on that later), Lost Horizon’s screenplay – penned by Capra regular Robert Riskin (1934′s It Happened One Night, 1941′s Meet John Doe) – appears to be an amalgam of ideas, tossed like a salad, that combine into an unfocused end product. The notion of Shangri-La and its inhabitants is proclaimed to be universalist, for the bounty of all those looking to coexist with others. But Riskin’s adaptation of Hilton’s novel adheres to Hilton’s conception that Shangri-La was once inhabited by native Tibetans, and that those Tibetan leaders were replaced by European wanderers who introduced Western knowledge for themselves, not for the Tibetans who could no longer attain an elite status. A “Christian ethic” where, “the meek shall inherit the Earth” is considered superior to other structures of social organization, according to the High Lama (as sociology, that’s just lazy writing). Riskin makes little attempt to either critique the existing organization of Shangri-La nor does he – outside of one lengthy soliloquy by the High Lama – use the shining example of Shangri-La to effectively juxtapose life in the Himalayas with life in places soon to be reduced to charred, damaged battlefields. However, as a fantasy film, Lost Horizon wonderfully constructs the awesome settings described in the Hilton novel.

Though few in 1937 criticized Lost Horizon for its Atlanticist imperialism upon release, those features are more apparent eighty years later. Considered a masterwork from Frank Capra, the film has aged poorly on how it treats the Asian setting and individuals that it depicts. Though the High Lama and Chang mention the diversity of Shangri-La, we only see white actors in yellowface playing the leaders as the actors of Asian descent play the speechless grunts patrolling the settlement. The High Lama’s functions are an embodiment of the perceived religious, cultural, and technological superiority of the West combined with an awkward mysticism that stems from exotic places. The backwardness of any Asian characters reduces them to grinning, violent caricatures.

Yet where Lost Horizon succeeds as a film – though despicable in its racialized writing and portrayals – is in its technical components. Cinematographers Joseph Walker and Elmer Dyer are allowed immense backgrounds to work with, allowing for an incredible scope to the production not often seen after the free-spending epics in the later silent era. Editors Gene Havlick and Gene Milford play with the film’s practical visual effects in groundbreaking fashion for the time. Some of their visual tricks, borrowing heavily from the later silent era, make any miniatures or matte paintings that appear to seem realistic. With a then-astronomical budget of $2 million (~$34 million in 2017′s USD), Capra lavished much of that money from Columbia Pictures – in 1937, Columbia was not quite a major studio on the level of Warner Bros. or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) yet – on the production design by Stephen Goosson. Goosson and his staff built sixty-five sets, constructing the walls and buildings of Shangri-La at Columbia’s ranch in Burbank. Extensive research also produced replications of upwards of 700 props used in Tibetan life. This expansive collaboration of cinematographers, editors, and production designers help Lost Horizon to transcend its Orientalist trappings, its troubled writing, if only to a limited extent.

Lost Horizon presented a breakthrough for composer Dimitri Tiomkin, who would become Frank Capra’s favored composer through You Can’t Take It with You (1938), into Capra’s Why We Fight WWII propaganda series, and until It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). Over this next decade, Tiomkin’s concentration on piano and European classical music expanded to grand orchestral works with American influences thanks to his friendship with Capra. But for this first score for a Capra film, the strings dominate the faux Eastern-sounding melodies – there is a long history of European composers trying to imagine Asia through their music. Although in too many places (especially in the opening half of Lost Horizon), Tiomkin’s brass is too harsh where he should be more delicate with his passages. Yet there are gorgeous cues contained within Tiomkin’s composition, most notably during the swimming sequence and the resolving sequences of the film – this includes the funeral procession (perhaps the most memorable cue of the score, thanks to a wordless choir) and an attempted flight from Shangri-La. This is one of Tiomkin’s greatest works, with a curious orchestration and thematic development that would be recalled for his work in Land of the Pharaohs (1955).

Existing prints of Lost Horizon are partially lost. The print that I saw for this write-up was on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and is the most complete edition available. This print is the one recommended for those interested in seeing Lost Horizon – the 1986 restoration by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the UCLA Film and Television Archive which runs 132 minutes and contains 125 minutes of footage. The seven missing minutes are accompanied by the film’s soundtrack (which thankfully exists in its entirety), but includes still images of the missing scenes. Do not watch any other prints other than the AFI/UCLA version – exceptions can be made, of course, if you stumble upon the original six hour print only shown to Columbia executives.

For Columbia’s co-founder and president Harry Cohn, Capra’s indiscretions of shooting excessive takes and ballooning production costs damaged his relationship with Capra. Unhappy with preview footage screened in January 1937, Cohn – believing that audiences would not be patient enough with a lengthy feature film despite the fact that some silent films ran over three hours or longer (1916′s Intolerance is 210 minutes; 1923′s La Roue is 273 minutes) – eventually seized Capra’s film from him and cut Lost Horizon down to the familiar 132 minutes seen in its roadshow format. Decades later, Capra still would not forgive Cohn for how he treated the final cut of Lost Horizon.

Confounded by too much exposition and an outdated portrayal of its Asian characters and cultures, Lost Horizon –  like fellow 1937 release The Good Earth (a better movie with a more sensitive take on Asian characters, despite the rampant yellowface) – has the imagination of its artisans and craftspersons to make it one of the grandest Hollywood productions of the 1930s. The eleventh-highest grossing film at the American box office in 1937, Lost Horizon provided a temporary utopia for Depression-era audiences yearning for such an escape. The Library of Congress’ National Film Registry - a collection of American films regarded as national treasures, and marked for preservation - recognized this, inducting Capra’s film into the Registry just last year. For some characters in Lost Horizon, Shangri-La is paradise found. For others, a prison. Modern audiences might scoff without much thought when considering the elements that constitute Shangri-La. But for a certain people in a different time, whatever troubled Shangri-La probably was more easily forgiven.

My rating: 8/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found here.

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Do people know about Maggot Brain magazine, edited by Mike McGonigal, published by Third Man Records? Mostly a music magazine, with some comics or art related content. New one’s dedicated to Karl Wirsum, reprints 12 pages from issue 2 of the Zongo series of Gary Panter’s Jimbo, has an illustration of an article on Milford Graves by Christine Shields of the nineties alt-comic Blue Hole. Also interviews with Terry Riley and Hamid Drake about Don and Moki Cherry, two members of The Raincoats, Headroom, etc. Issue 4 had a two-page Shrimpy And Paul comic from Marc Bell and a reproduction of a John Meijas zine, alongside an interview with Tom Scharpling and a reprint of the liner notes to the “Blue” Gene Tyranny/Peter Gordon Trust In Rock reissue. Not necessarily worth tracking down for the comics content alone but as a music magazine that talks about archival record-nerd stuff it is very much up my alley. Also neat to look at the ads and see that friends of mine have LPs coming out I had no idea about.

[virfujiwara]

Robbie’s roommate, Gene (is his nickname genie? who knows), totally makes him go watch the game with him, Robbie is not interested at all and he is very unhappy because they’re standing next to the loudest person in the place, Bessie, who is there to support Milford’s team: the university’s team that had recently lost its coach because he decided he wanted to switch to fishing??? Anyways Milford can certainly make progress with the little league team but can he make it with a team that doesn’t want him as the coach? And what of the new additions he made to the team? His best friend Oliver and the guy with the funny accent (totally not named Alex and nicknamed Sportacus), what will they bring to the team?

[byneddiedingo]

Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, 1961)

Cast: Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Sohra Lampert, Fred Stewart, Joanna Roos, John McGovern, Sandy Dennis, Phyllis Diller. Screenplay: William Inge. Cinematography: Boris Kaufman. Production design: Richard Sylbert. Film editing: Gene Milford. Music: David Amram. 

This overheated melodrama, released the year after the introduction of the Pill, could almost be a valedictory to the 1950s. Deanie Loomis (Natalie Wood) and Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty) are two hormone-drenched Kansas teenagers in 1928 -- though the attitudes toward sex were still prevalent thirty years later -- unable to find an outlet for the passions they are told they should repress. He is under the sway of a bullying, motormouthed father (Pat Hingle in an over-the-top performance that's alternately frightening and ludicrous), while she has a frigid, convention-ridden mother (Audrey Christie). She goes mad and is sent to a mental hospital. He goes to Yale and flunks out. Such are the consequences of not having sex. The truth is, Splendor in the Grass is not quite as silly as this summary makes it sound. Kazan's direction is, as so often, actor-centered rather than cinematic: The performances of the four actors mentioned give it a lot of energy that at least momentarily overrides any reservations you might have about the psychological plausibility of William Inge's screenplay, which won an Oscar. There's also Barbara Loden as Bud's wild flapper sister, and Zohra Lampert as the earthy Italian woman Bud winds up marrying. In the end, the movie becomes almost a documentary of a moment in American filmmaking, when censorship was beginning to lose ground, and things previously unmentionable, like abortion, became at least somewhat tolerated. The film itself could almost serve as an indictment of the attitudes that produced the Production Code, which hamstrung American movies from 1934 to 1968. What distinction the movie has other than as a showcase for performances comes from Boris Kaufman's cinematography, Richard Sylbert's production design, and Gene Milford's editing.

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Brian Salyers is the head cross country coach at Highland Milford High School in Michigan. His squads have competed and earned 5 state titles over the past two decades.

High School Harrier: Your boys squad has had success in recent years, winning 3 straight titles in Michigan in Division 1 from 2011-13. What do you account for the success over that time?

Brian Salyers: Our boys won in 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013 and our girls won in 2016.  We feel our success comes from 4 core elements.  1) Consistency within the program.  We have only had 2 coaches at Milford since 1970, Gene Balawajder coached from 1970-1995 and I have been at the helm since 1996.  2) Geographic advantage.  We have many great places to run in our area; dirt roads, grass parks, and trails.  3) Outstanding Feeder programs.  We have two Middle Schools (Muir & Oak Valley) that feed our school and the Coaches there do a great job of generating interest among the younger runners. 4) Culture is key to any sustainable program.

HSH: After the state meet, what cross country races are your athletes considering?  

BS: Typically if our kids compete in the Post Season they run at the Footlocker Midwest Regional in Kenosha.  We also encourage our Seniors to be part of the Midwest Meet of Champions if they are of that caliber.

HSH: What is your opinion on the fact that the state association won't let teams compete at NXN and what is your argument if you think it should change? 

BS: I have long held mixed emotions regarding our State's position. We have controlled the things we can control and not worried about what we could not.  We would have been competitive candidates in 2004 (which I believe was the inaugural year) and in 2012. 

HSH: How does your team approach goal setting?  

BS: Our team approach is a 3 part process at our varsity camp.  We first identify the strengths, weaknesses, and obstacles we will face this year.  We then determine our 10 core pillars of this team and the commitments we are willing to make.  Lastly we discuss our goals and what will be required to accomplish those goals.  I guide the process but it must be their goals if they are to assume ownership.

HSH: Compared to last year, where do you see your program this fall?  

BS: Our boys are similar to slightly better, we lost one key returnee to another sport, and that may limit our ability to compete up front at our State Finals.  Our girls are in rebuilding mode, but we are excited about some of the new talent in the Freshman class.

HSH: Do you have any big regular season meets your team will be participating in this fall?  

BS: We will run in the Holly Invitational early in September but our County Championships the first Saturday in October is first real guidepost.  Our County is large (over 50 schools) and highly competitive on a State level.  For instance the past three girls State Championship teams have been from Oakland County.

HSH: What is your philosophical approach to coaching that shapes how you run your program?  

BS: Take pride in being part of the Milford Cross Country Team.  There is a place for everyone who is committed to being the best teammate they can be.  

HSH: What is a sample week of training for your program during the cross country season? 

BS: Monday, Pre-meet 3-4 miles and strides, Tuesday Double Dual Meet, Wedneday AM Aquajoging and PM 4-5-6 miles and Circuit Training, Thursday Tempo work (either 20-30 minutes on the road or 1,000 cruise intervals).  Friday Pre-Meet, Saturday Invitational.  Sunday off or Maintenance Run.

HSH: What type of mileage does your average top 7 runner do during their base phase? 

BS: The summer our top boys find themselves mid 40's to low 50's, our girls will be mid 40's on the high end.  Our topography is undulating, so mileage is just part of the equation.

HSH: Do you have a staple workout you like to do with your program? 

BS: We run 1,200 intervals with 3:00 rest on our home course (Hilly) 5 weeks out from the State Finals.

HSH: How does your track training differ from your cross country training? 

BS: We rarely run on pavement or the track during the fall.  All of our training is on soft surfaces in the fall.  Workout wise there is a little bit of length and volume addition due to the length of the race (5,000 meters compared to something shorter on the track).  But the ancillary stuff and sequencing are very similar.

HSH: What type of ancillary training does your team do?  

BS: We do drills & plyometrics, weight training & circuit training, and swimming and aqua-jogging. Add to that core work and hip mobility in a number of different sequences.

HSH: What do you think is the most important aspect of your training program? 

BS: Progression.  I say that because while all elements are present in our general training, we certainly emphasize a strength-to-speed philosophy.

HSH: What is one habit of your athletes that you wish you could change?  

BS: To enjoy the beauty of running and disregard the notion that you are always "Training"

HSH: If you could improve one area of your training program what would it be? 

BS: Always looking to refine our recovery elements. The balance between work and rest and how to teach the kids to allow their bodies to recover.

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Say NO to the HPV Vaccine!

The HPV vaccine is supposed to be a vaccine that is given to someone before they become sexually active. The recommended ages is between 11-26 for women and 11-21 for men. HPV is a sexual transmitted disease that affects the genital areas, mouth, and throat. HPV will go away on its own in 2 years without symptoms or health issues. In worst case scenarios, if the HPV infection continues and does not heal on its own, it will cause genital warts, cervical cancer, oropharyngeal cancer (throat cancer), anal cancer, vulvar and vaginal cancer, and penile cancer.  I am concerned about the risks, dangers, and cons about this vaccine, because of the history behind it. A lot of girls and boys are being affected negatively by this vaccine. Doctors and nurses keep pushing young teens to take the vaccine no matter what the risks are. The HPV vaccine should be discontinued, because of the the dangerous health risks, the negative impact the vaccine has caused to the person and his/her families, and what it is portraying to our upcoming generations. The vaccine should be taken off the market until they can provide a vaccine that will not cause damage to a human.

Because I am looking at the cons and dangerous health risks, my research does verify that the HPV vaccine does have mild and/or extreme side effects. The mild side effects are pain at first injection, fever, and fainting. The extreme side effects are autoimmune and neurological disorders, anaphylaxis and death. Some have experienced chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and sudden premature menopause. Although the HPV vaccine does not contain any live, killed, or weakened virus, it contains tiny proteins that look like the outside of the real human papillomavirus. If you have a weak immune system, the antibodies will not be able to fight off the proteins. It is believed that the HPV vaccine might cause the Immune System to attack the body. It is similar to molecular mimicry which is the possibility that the immune system will mistake a self-structure with a foreign (usually pathogen derived) peptide; therefore, causing auto-immune harm to the body. I found a case report of the HPV vaccine that killed a teen girl. A lab scientist found HPV DNA fragments in the blood of a teenage girl. The girl died in her sleep six months later after receiving her third and final dose of the HPV vaccine. “Sin Hang Lee with the Milford Molecular Laboratory in Connecticut confirmed the presence of HPV-16 L1 gene DNA in the girl's postmortem blood and spleen tissue. These DNA fragments are also found in the vaccine. The fragments were protected from degradation by binding firmly to the particulate aluminum adjuvant used in the vaccine.”  

The HPV vaccine has caused numerous negative impacts to the receiving person and the family. Here are three true stories about those who took the vaccine and it ruined their lives. In the first article i read, a mother is concerned about her daughter. The daughter took the HPV shot, and she noticed some changes in her daughter. The daughter is a honors student and an athlete. She is always fatigued and achy, and her menstrual cycle started becoming irregular. They went to countless doctors, but no results or diagnosis. A couple of doctors believe that the vaccine has triggered something in the autoimmune response. “The family plans to file a claim with the Department of Health and Human Services' National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which has recorded 88 injury and 8 death claims related to the HPV vaccines and two legal settlements.” Although the mother is not against the HPV vaccine, she justs wants it off the market until the vaccine has safer reviews.

The second article I read, a healthy child took the vaccine. The parents were told the only symptoms the child will receive will be flu-like symptoms. A couple of days later half of the girl’s face was paralyzed. They rushed her to the doctor but the doctors could not find the reason why her face was paralyzed. The parents assured the doctors that it was the HPV vaccine, but the doctors would not listen. The doctors were convinced that the problems are mentally caused, because her grandmother died a couple of months before. The doctors believed the death triggered the symptoms. As time goes on the child started to have poor memory, heart palpitations, stabbing pain in her chest, and sometimes breathing difficulties. She has pain all around her body, and is bedridden. Her legs go weak and go numb. The nurse who forced the vaccine against their will came and told them not to mention their story to anyone, because it will scare away people who are afraid to take the vaccine.

The third article I read was from the Doctors website. In this article two girls are suing the makers of Gardisal claiming that they took away their motherhood. After they took the vaccine they both have now POF. It is a condition that the ovaries do not produce any eggs. Everywhere they go, they are saddened that they will not have the motherhood experience that a pregnant lady will have. This is proof that the vaccine has ruined people’s lives.

Even if there was no side effects, the HPV vaccine sends a wrong message to our upcoming generations. Because the vaccine is supposed to stop HPV from forming, The doctors, nurses, ect are basically telling us that having sex with numerous partners is alright. Why don’t we teach kids to abstain from sex or teach them how to have safe sex and stick with one person instead of numerous partners. Forcing a vaccine on young girls and boys will give them the idea that going out and having sex and orgys is alright. If you are going to have sex, wear a condom or just do not have sex! It justs shows you that you are not responsible enough to have sex.  

Before you take the HPV vaccine, please do your research online or wherever you can get the information. In the beginning I didn’t want to take the HPV vaccine when i was a teen, because I felt like I was being forced to. It looked to suspicious for me. I was not even planning on having sex, and the nurse made me and my mom feel like that I was lying and having sex behind her back. I am so glad I did not take the vaccine.

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Nominative?

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Nominative: If you were choosing a new name, what would you pick?

If this is counting “Gene” and “Viva” as already my names, then… maybe Judas? I’ve always had a weird connection to that name and I have no idea why. I wouldn’t actually want it to be my name, though. People would meet me and make Bible jokes. I’m not sure I could take that 😂

(Also, while I was looking through uncommon baby names for inspiration I encountered the names Milford, Hilario, Stanford, Jamison and Gaylord.)

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Pixel Hyperbyte: gamer/nerd darryl

Trixie Troubleby: louise belcher

Bessie Busybody: tammy larson

Milford Meanswell: health inspector ron

Stephanie Meanswell: gene belcher

Stingy Spoilero: bank robber mickey

Sportacus: dancer josh

Robbie Rotten: tina belcher

Ithro: bob belcher

Glanni: mr calvin fischoeder

[serafino-finasero]

Jane Wyatt and Ronald Colman in a still from the drama-fantasy film Lost Horizon (USA, 1937, dir. Frank Capra) | Columbia Pictures

For his lavish sets for Lost Horizon, set designer and art director Stephen Goosson won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction at the 10th Academy Awards (1938). Gene Havlick and Gene Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for their work on the movie.