To all my friends in California - stay safe!

As some of you already know, I had a stroke a few weeks ago, but while I'm still not walking completely normally, I'm feeling much better.

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R.I.P., Val Kilmer.
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R.I.P., Gene Hackman - Words and Movies Podcast Ever since the movies became a business in the U.S. (which started way back in the silent era), the men behind them sold an image not only of the U.S., but of glamour and beauty, which extended to the...

Here's a tribute I wrote to Gene Hackman.
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YouTube video by Maria Faustyna Bielawska Gene Hackman's Dance, in Jerry Schatzberg's Scarecrow, 1973

R.I.P., Gene Hackman.
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Shame (1968)
Z (1069)
The Confession (1970)
The Conformist (1970)
State of Siege (1972)
Battle of Chile (1975, 1976, 1979)
Missing (1982)
Boat People (1983)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (2007)

These movies and others show where we're heading.

There are also three shots in the movie I love - Baez watching Dylan when he's performing "Masters of War" (and the fact it's performed from anger), Seeger seeing Dylan alone in his motel room after his last performance at Newport, and Dylan watching Seeger clean up the morning after.

I do wish Elle Fanning had more to work with (though she does a lot with a little) and the movie had delved more into the politics of the time. However, Timothee Chalamet, Monica Barbaro, and Edward Norton are all excellent whether they're acting or singing.

I know people who believe biopics in general, and music biopics in particular, are by definition bad, but for the most part, I really liked A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.

Reel 83: In the Style of Howard Hawks - Words and Movies Podcast Besides Jeff Daniels, the films SPEED and THE MARTIAN share some creative DNA with director Howard Hawks: important stories laced with humor.

Facebook stopped allowing me to share our podcast, but in our latest episode, Claude and I talk about SPEED and THE MARTIAN, two movies we feel share elements with the work of Howard Hawks.
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