#John Pollack

[dirtyriver]

Ross Macdonald–The Moving Target, first UK Hardcover, 1951, cover by John Pollack

The Moving Target, the first Lew Archer novel, was first published in the US in 1949. The detective's name was changed to Lew Arless for his first UK publication.

[chronivore]

John Pollack

[in-love-with-movies]

The Firm (1993)

[fortunaegloria]

Scans of the Brazilian magazine "Set" from September 1993, with Tom Cruise on the cover, as part of the promotion for the movie The Firm.

The mag features Cruise's complete filmography so far (except Endless Love), a quickie about the author/lawyer John Grisham – who wrote the novel The Firm, that inspired the movie –, and an interview with director Sydney Pollack.

At the time, Cruise was transitioning from a teen idol to a more serious actor, and was preparing to play Lestat in Interview with the Vampire.

More mags here.

[citizenscreen]

Akira Kurosawa, Sydney Pollack, Barbra Streisand and John Huston at the 38th Annual Director's Guild of America Awards Honoring Kurosawa in 1986.

[mtonino]

La premiazione al miglior film agli Oscar 1986, consegnano il premio John Huston, Billy Wilder e Akira Kurosawa. In, sala tra gli inquadrati, Sydney Pollack che riceverà la statuetta per La mia Africa

[blacknarcissus]

Clean and sophisticated.

Sabrina (1995)

[odevir]

THE FIRM. Dir. Sydney Pollack, 1993.

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[odettecarotte]

I will tell you about a satisfying ritual I've been doing.

I pull a tarot card about my vexations (as usual)

Instead of looking to Biddy Tarot (lol) or even Rachel Pollack, I look up the card on Spotify

I then usually listen to a Between the Worlds podcast about the card. Amanda Yates Garcia is brilliant and very grounded in reality but also folklore IMO. Her hour-long lectures or conversations devoted to a poetic understanding of one card are SYNCHRONICITY FACTORIES. She pulls so many associations from Greek myths, native California plants, geologic history, current political sentiments etc that always something sticks and illuminates!

I pulled the Devil for my sister, and there's a very reductive way of looking at that (nahhh your addictions and attachments nahhh)

But Amanda invited a Milton scholar on to talk about the political context of Paradise Lost, and they provided a sympathetic portrait of Satan. The seductive invitation to read the book being that Satan felt so betrayed that God would favor his only begotten son Jesus more than him, that he felt separation from God (which of course is the true meaning of sin), causing him to rebel and be cast into a lake of fire that God created just to punish him, but actually it's a good thing, since God is such a dick. Family matters!!!

(My daughter is in Scotland now, writing papers about Satanic Feminism, so we have a lot to discuss.)

[ivovynckier]

La-La Land Records and recording engineer Mike Matessino have popped out another one!

“Another one” is one more expanded, “limited edition” John Williams 2-CD soundtrack. “Sabrina” is the Sydney Pollack movie where Pollack didn’t sign his long-standing composer Dave Grusin because he wanted the full orchestra for his romantic comedy with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond.

Enter John Williams who wrote his most romantic soundtrack.

I think Williams loves the score as much as we do: for one track, he insisted on playing the piano himself and has done so on occasion when the main theme was performed in live concerts conducted by others…

Other unique element: Williams wrote two songs for the movie. The Brit Gordon Sumner better known as “Sting” sings one of them.

[masonskaya]

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21 novembre … ricordiamo …

21 novembre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Bettina Moissi, attrice tedesca. Figlia dell’attore austriaco di origini italo-albanesi Alessandro Moissi e dell’attrice Herta Hambach. Intraprese la carriera di attrice, divenendo famosa in particolare per aver recitato sul grande schermo in diversi film. Sposò nel 1959 Heinz Berggruen, collezionista d’arte, gallerista, mecenate e giornalista tedesco, da cui ebbe due figli: Nicolas…

[greensparty]

Remembering Tony Bennett, Carlin Glynn and Josephine Chaplin

What a day and it’s only mid-afternoon. Here is my combined tribute to three entertainers we lost today:

Remembering Tony Bennett 1926-2023

Bennett and Paul McCartney

Legendary singer Tony Bennett has died at 96. It would take me all weekend to outline his achievements and accolades, but he had a career that spanned decades. In the 90s he made a comeback with MTV: he appeared on an episode of MTV Unplugged, got some MTV airplay, and at the VMAs goofing around with RHCP’s Anthony and Flea. In the years that followed he did duets with the likes of Bono, Sting, Elton John, Amy Winehouse and of course Lady Gaga.

He covered The Beatles and even did a duet with Paul McCartney. I also want to give a shout out to my friend and radio personality Cha-Chi Loprete who was good friends with Mr. Bennett. Thoughts go out to Cha-Chi and the Bennett family.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Remembering Carlin Glynn 1940-2023

Molly Ringwald and Carlin Glynn in Sixteen Candles

Actress Carlin Glynn has died at 83. She was a Tony winner and also the mother of actress Mary Stewart Masterson. My favorite movie role of hers was as the mother in Sixteen Candles. She also had a small part in the excellent Three Days of the Condor.

The link above is the obit from Variety.

Remembering Josephine Chaplin 1949-2023

Charlie and Josephine Chaplin in 1971

Actress Josephine Chaplin has died at 74. She was the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill, which kind of makes her film royalty. She acted in numerous films and TV shows, including her father Charlie’s 1952 film Limelight and 1967 comedy A Countess from Hong Kong. 

The link above is the obit from Deadline.

[movieconsumer]

KAMAD Throwback Thursdays 1975: Three Days of the Condor

 Throwback Thursday #TBT Throwback Thursday on the KAMAD site will be a regular occurrence in the next year. As a motivational project, to make sure I am working on something, even in a week where I don’t see a new film in a theater, I am going to post on movies from 1975. Along with 1984, this is one of my favorite years for movies and it is full of bittersweet memories as well. 1975 was my…

[neil-gaiman]

This was Rachel Pollack (fourth from left) when I first knew her in 1985. The Milford SF Writers Workshop. Photo by Lisa Tuttle who thus isn’t in the photo. There are SF luminaries here, like Colin Greenland and Gwyneth Jones, Richard Cowper, Garry Kilworth and John Clute.

And then there’s me in a Dalek t shirt, wearing grey.