Jim Jarmusch’s Polish movie posters by Andrzej Klimowski

Jim Jarmusch’s Polish movie posters by Andrzej Klimowski. Which one is your favorite?
Check out these polaroids by Andrei Tarkovsky. 

Do you know “The Red Spectre”?

The Red Spectre (1907, dir. Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca). In the film, a demon/magician does magic tricks, including trapping miniaturized people in bottles.
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Check out our post on Landscape and Film right here

Ewa Aulin on set of “Candy”

Ewa Aulin on the set of “Candy” (1968, directed by Christian Marquand).

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Check out Brigitte Bardot by Ghislain Dussart right here

Sharon Tate’s beautiful promotional photos for “The Fearless Vampire Killers”.

Sharon Tate’s promotional photos for “The Fearless Vampire Killers” (1967), directed by Roman Polanski. No further introductions needed.
Check out Roman Polanski at Oktoberfest, a photo which would later become extremely incriminating, here and don’t forget to like us on Facebook for some amazing Sharon Tate photoshoots here

2001: An Actor’s Odyssey

“2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) is surely considered a great & complex chef-oeuvre by Stanley Kubrick.
And while most of us have no problem remembering the director’s name, as humungous as it is, I suppose we tend to unconsciously disregard the fact that the film had actors in it, Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood to name a few. They played the two astronauts.
Here you’ll find some behind the scenes photos of these actors as they filmed “2001: A Space Odyssey”. You’ll notice that Kubrick is absent from most of these shots, let’s focus on their work for a change…I am not the author of these images. Copyright goes to Time.Life Magazine

Gary Lockwood on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Keir Dullea on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

 Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Keir Dullea on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Actors Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood listen to Stanley Kubrick on set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

 Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Gary Lockwood on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey”

Andy Warhol plays Batman

If you thought I won’t be posting about Batman, you’re wrong! Only it’s my kind of batman, check it out:

“In 1964 Andy Warhol produced and directed in a film entitled “Batman Dracula”. Without the permission of DC Comics, Warhol’s version is an artistic tribute coincidentally relevant to today’s infatuation with Batman and vampires. These stills were taken during a 1967 Esquire Magazine photo shoot Warhol took with German singer Nico.” Here are the photos! Scroll down for the link to the first part of the film!

I am not the author of these photos. All rights go to Esquire magazine.

This post is a generous contribution of Elie Khoury! Thank you Elie !

 

Kieslowski’s favorite film is: Kes (1969)

Ken Loach‘s second film (after “Poor Cow” in 1967) represents the sadism of the educational system, the confinement of family and peer violence in contrast to the freedom and beauty of a kestrel.
Introducing “Kes” (1969).
The film is an adaptation of Barry Hines‘ novel “A Kestrel for a Knave” and is Krzysztof Kieslowski’s favorite movie.

© Snapshots from “Kes” (1969, Ken Loach). Seen here is David Bradley in the main role of “Billy”.

 

Tribute to authors & screenwriters: Who is Jerzy Kosinski?

Jerzy Kosinski is born Jozef Lewinkopf ( June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) and is a Polish-American novelist, 2-time president of American Chapter of P.E.N.
He was great friends with Peter Sellers. They shared substance abuse, depression and the film “Being There” (1979, directed by Hal Ashby) which Kosinski wrote & Sellers starred in. As a child, he had survived WWII under a false identity. He committed suicide in 1991.

© “Jerzy Kosinski” by Victor Skrebneski. 14 in x 11 11/16 in, Gelatin silver print. Museum of Contemporary photography, Chicago.

From Poland into “Suicide Room”

© “Suicide Room” (2011) by Jan Komasaa is a Polish production highlighting the country’s emo culture, nouveaux-riches, suicidal tendencies and cyberspace. 

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

© Kim Stanely & Richard Attenborough in the 1964 film “Seance on a Wet Afternoon”, by Bryan Forbes.