Neil Pearson

Modern Literature, Jazz Age Paris, Performing Arts and Erotica. We think that covers everything.

[Neil Pearson @RareNeilPearson]

My flatmate at the time was in this. His second job. His first was at the Raymond Revue Bar appearing as Tommy the Trinidad Tornado, which got him his Equity card. He was great in both.

[Today In History @historigins]

During the filming of Full Metal Jacket, the perfectionist Stanley Kubrick was notoriously exasperated by his British crew’s rigid “tea break” culture, which, in his view, disrupted the film’s rhythm. ⁠
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This culture clash led to frequent tensions, as Kubrick’s relentless work style clashed with the union-mandated breaks that were a common feature on film sets in the United Kingdom. ⁠

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@MarieMulligan9 A belated thank you!

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Misquotation. The last verb, which is why Wodehouse was a genius, is not ‘speak’. It’s ‘talk’.

[Wodehouse Tweets @inimitablepgw]

Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.

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If you’re heading to @dukeofyorksLDN to see Sheridan Smith in Woman in Mind this evening (Tues. 16 Dec.) you might want to check with the theatre that she’ll be performing. She was off last night with ‘flu — something only shared with the audience at 7.28pm….

[Neil Durham @NeilDurham]

Picture of Sheridan Smith from last night’s curtain of Woman In Mind in London. Review at https://t.co/MBA7tZIhx0 now

[frances Barber @francesbarber13]

‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard https://t.co/CJGed3nMt6

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

Here is Roger Ebert's first paragraph of his review for "The Mummy" and it is why he was the greatest film critic to ever live

[Rob Baker @robnitm]

Menu from the Stockpot restaurant, Old Compton Street, 1986

[Neil Pearson @RareNeilPearson]

I’ve seen PILLION. The BFI is screening Audio Described performances soon. These will be hilarious.

[Alex B. Loves Movies @firstshowing]

Kinky First Trailer for 'Pillion' with Harry Melling & Alexander Skarsgård https://t.co/mTSgtGM2eS

#HarryMelling #AlexanderSkarsgard #Pillion #BDSM #cinema @A24

[Talking Pictures TV @TalkingPicsTV]

Next Week! Another film found by #TPTV
Once on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.

📽️ LINDA (1960) Channel Premiere Saturday 9th August, 3pm. Stars #CarolWhite #AlanRothwell drama #TPTVsubtitles

[Neil Pearson @RareNeilPearson]

Invented by Aldous Huxley in ANTIC HAY (1923). #visionary

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Airbag pants for motorcyclists, designed to inflate on impact

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@ThePeterBriggs The catalogue's on our website at https://t.co/xnc9zKeabF You can check it out there.

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Mark Burns' working script for Visconti's Death in Venice (1971). From our new Performing Arts catalogue at https://t.co/AuzETDNRNP

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@ThePeterBriggs He pops up everywhere. His letter accompanying this script is stellar.

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That's what I call blocking.

[kath @paralyzedhvart]

rachel zegler in "evita"

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@jayrayner1 Thank you!

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Peter Wyngarde's working script for Sidney Hayers' Night of the Eagle (1982). From our new Performing Arts catalogue at https://t.co/AuzETDNRNP

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1962, obviously. (I'd shoot my proofreader, but that's me.)

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Peter Wyngarde's working script for Sidney Hayers' Night of the Eagle (1982). From our new Performing Arts catalogue at https://t.co/AuzETDNRNP

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A hoard of Hammer. From our new Performing Arts catalogue at https://t.co/AuzETDNRNP

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@octopuscaveman Oscar Wilde, but Billy Wilder.

[doolittle @filmsnoiraddict]

happy birthday bette davis