Corey Allen (1934-2010)

Buzz Gunderson: "You've gotta do something. Don't you?"

insomnia

it's unglamorous.

Mr. Blonde's karma

"The oddest thing is when children recognize me from Free Willy and their parents recognize me from Reservoir Dogs. The kids are, like, 'There's Glen!' and the parents are, like, 'Don't go near that guy!'"

J.R. and the Girl

Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune

20/6

JACOB

So, how does it feel? You know what I mean. To be that old.

BELLA

Jake, stop it!

EDWARD

[Brooding] It's OK. I just want my bouffant back.

JACOB

[Grinning] No way, pale face. Pops.

BELLA

It's alright, sweets. You still look like Elvis.

EDWARD

[Still brooding] It's the sideburns.

JACOB

Oh yeah.

BELLA

Uh. Shut up, Jake.

EDWARD

[Aside. Brooding] First Carlisle, and now Muscle Boy?! Fuck my eternal life.

modesty

OPHELIA

Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty?

Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1

numerology

world's worst motel

"Mother! Oh God, mother! Blood! Blood!"

Ralph who?

Ralph Garci!

One day, a few years ago, I had read every IMDb user comment on Fame (1980), only to realise the seemingly null impact of Barry Miller's (otherwise) indelible character on the viewers: there was not a single word about it in their reviews! Now, Mr. Miller has said, regarding the movie 2009 remake: "I am not well-disposed towards the historical revisionism, culturally enforced amnesia and sociologically motivated erasure of my performance in a film that was profoundly important to me."*

*Copyright 2010 USA TODAY

something in the way

"The sound you make is Muzak to my ears,

You must have learned Something in all those years."

Groundbreaking and 60

Panic in the Streets, the 6th feature-length film directed by Elia Kazan, was released on June 12, 1950. It remains a veritable, suspenseful thriller.