At its heart, it was a book about the psychology of these two people looking for connection. Luca says, “this is ultimately not a story of unrequited love, but a story of unsynchronized love.” Much of the movie is the two of them trying to get in sync, but finding it very difficult for their own reasons. And what’s preventing it, is entirely within themselves.
I would like to add The Birdcage (1996) to this list of drag queen movies (mind you, it's based on a French stage play from 1973).
Which starred Nathan Lane as a drag queen just two years after he had voice Pumba in The Lion King:
And we ESPECIALLY need to remember Victor Victoria from 1982 (during the REAGAN administration) which is SET IN THE 1930S and stars everyone's favorite curtain-sewing nanny as a struggling soprano who decides to pretend to be a boy doing drag (DOUBLE THE DRAG FOR YOUR MONEY). I mean look at this photo:
Like many, I've been reading about, and watching promotional interviews and ads for HBO Max's The Last Movie Stars. The Ethan Hawke directed series looks back and celebrates the life of superstars Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. I hadn't really planned to post yet, as I've yet to watch the series, but a certain image of Paul on the beach had me changing my mind.
When I researching my piece on Frank Sinatra last week, I ended up on IMDB to see if I'd ever actually seen a Frank Sinatra movie. I hadn't, not that I could remember anyway. But on the side of Sinatra's credits was an image of Newman and a themed photo album ladled 'Vintage Celebrities at the Beach.' (HERE:)
Along with Elizabeth Taylor and the usual suspects was a shot of Newman walking in his 'swimming suit'. Had it been the 70's he may have been sporting a speedo, had it been the 80's, maybe shorts, but given it was the 50's, I'd safely say they were called swimming trunks at the time.. When I was growing up in the 80's, my mother always said 'bathing suit' but father always called them 'trunks', no matter how we groaned.
Newman was in Venice for the 1963 Venice film festival and took a little break for a quick dip. I'm guessing here, but it looks as if Newman may have been on a boat as he often appears with a guy looking very much like the captain of the yacht he may have been traveling on. I'm not sure what film Newman was promoting but I'm guessing possibly Hud which was released in May of that year.
Unlike DUNE, which I've read a dozen times or more, I've never been able to make it past the first fifty pages or so of Isaac Asimov's Foundation. It's not from lack of trying. At the risk of being branded a heretic, the story just didn't engage me the way other science fiction has.
Nonetheless, I was excited to hear of Apple TV+'s series based on Asimov's books, and basically coming into this cold, after seeing the first two episodes, I came away pretty damn impressed. Reviews are saying it deviates from the source material, but having never read the source material, I am nonetheless entertained and have been drawn into the story. The cast is outstanding and the visuals are among the best I've seen on the small screen. (I especially like the design of the FTL starships, generating their own black holes!)
I'm eagerly awaiting more. Unfortunately Apple doesn't let you binge until the season has run its course, so like with regular broadcast TV, I have to wait another week for the next installment.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia - An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic.
Maria Passer/Anadolu Agency/ - Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia
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An inside view from snow and ice covered abandoned building in Severny region in Komi Republic. The extremely cold climate in Vorkuta, where temperatures can be as low as minus 50C (122°F), and unemployment have led to an exodus of people, turning some settlements into ghost cities.
