The Reprobate Himself. Robby Lee Lindbloom

The lovely Robby Lee "907 to all the killaz and tha hundred dolla billaz" Lindbloom everyone!!
Robby Lee is the very resourceful young man who stole my car. This up-and-coming young entrepreneur appears to have made upwards of $300 off various pieces of my 16 year old automobile! Bravo Robby! Unfortunately, right now Robby Lee is being held down by the man, as he is in a bit of trouble, but I'm sure Robby knows that he is in the hearts and minds of all the people whose lives he has so gracefully touched.

Screening Log. 11/23

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) (1976)


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Probably my all-time favorite film. I'm writing a paper on loneliness/isolation in Scorsese's films (hence the semi-streak of Scorsese screenings), and what better film then this. Robert Kolker's chapter on Scorsese in A Cinema of Loneliness and his commentary on the new DVD are helpful, but I feel like he underestimates Travis' sanity in the first half of the film (or maybe that's just me giving too much credit to this character whom I have, unhealthily, related to since my angst-driven high school years). The most interesting aspect of Kolker's commentary for me was the film references that I have previously missed, mostly the allusion to The Searchers in the last half of the film. Also there is a very interesting, though at times a bit stretched, article on the uses of intertextuality in the film by John Thurman over at Senses of Cinema [link].

Screening Log. 11/23

The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese) (1983)

Thanksgiving Graphed.

Winsor family Thanksgiving dinner (1882) (Photo by Wm Rotch Ware)


Colorado National Guard Soldiers (1896 or 1897)


Thanksgiving at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, PA (c. 1879-1918)


Thanksgiving Ceremony of "Turning the Sod," of the New Masonic Temple, Detroit MI (1920)

Screening Log. 11/21

Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes) (1998)

Screening Log. 11/18

No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen) (2007)

Reading Log. Игрок

The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoevsky) (1887)



Full Text online [link] [link]

Screening Log. 11/15

Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese) (1980)

Screening Log. 11/14

The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston) (1951)

The Archaic 80s. The Abortion of Cool

Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest (1985)

Reading Log. Picture

Picture (Lillian Ross) (1952)



"I still think 'The Red Badge of Courage' is a beautiful picture," Schary said confidently. "It's ahead of its time and behind its time." He paused, then continued, "To me the picture is moving, completely honest, perfect translation of the book. It's imaginative and it has good performances. It's a wonderful picture. A normal business risk. Of course."

Norman Mailer dead at 84.

(Sept. 13. 1948, Photo by Carl Van Vechten)

NPR [link]
AP [link]

Don't Forget...

Don't be an Arizonian...Help save daylight.

Screening Log. 11/3

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (Richard Patterson) (1982)

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!

Screening Log. 11/1

Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick) (1987)



Screenplay [link]
'Full Metal Jacket as Genre Film' essay [link]
another Full Metal Jacket essay [link]
Wikipedia [link]