ICYMI: David Byrne is our guide through small-town America, a stern warning about the "devil's lettuce," Ken Russell on Liszt, an X-rated Alice in Wonderland, and more in the latest edition of Quick Picks and Pans...
And finally: “All well and good but let’s talk about the waitress in this scene. One of Clint’s early roles was a very brief, almost but not quite an ‘extra level’ part in TARANTULA…”
And even: “… the artificially created light throws the shadow of her arm painting into a small section of the screen behind her. There’s almost a German expressionist element to the shot.”
And also: “Of course, this is a nod back to A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS by way of Kurosawa’s original template of that movie, YOJIMBO, where the leads asks for a number of coffins to be prepared.”
From my latest review: “… many might say the character oversteps his moral parameters and elevates himself above the law... which, of course, he does…”
Why are @AmazonUK telling me they now can't get the hardback I pre-ordered for August and cancelled it saying only paperback is available... and then amazon US is saying it's already out AND in hardback. Fine, reordered from the US then but WTF?
SEXING A PARAGRAB. I review Julie Peakman's wonderful book LIBERTINE LONDON - SEX IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY METROPOLIS right here... https://t.co/9EH08fNDMf
And finally: “… in these days of post-pandemic distrust of our governmental resources like the much maligned but somewhat hard to negotiate auspices of the NHS.”