John seems like a real fucking idiot.
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Colin Clive & Boris Karloff on the set of Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) (via)
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New trailer and clips for Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis has released a new trailer and a trio of new clips that only serve to confirm what we had first suspected: that David Cronenberg has created perhaps his most bizarre film to date…
RPATTZ STOP MAKING ME LOVE YOU!
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Original hand-silkscreened poster for a Cuban screening of The Shining. This poster was commissioned by the Instituto de Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC), the Cuban film institute that was formed soon after the 1959 revolution.
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On “Closing Day” in The Shining, when Jack is sitting and waiting in the lobby for Stuart Ullman and Bill Watson to give him a tour of the hotel, he’s inexplicably reading a copy of Playgirl Magazine.
The issue he’s reading is from January, 1978, which would have come out near the beginning of the film’s production. Some might posit that this is a prank on Jack Nicholson’s part, but that’s highly unlikely given the degree of control Kubrick had over every image in The Shining.
The choice of this particular issue is interesting for three reasons: First, the cover image is portraying a couple winding down from a New Year’s Eve celebration, which relates to the Gold Room’s 1921 New Year’s Eve Ball. Second, the cover image’s prominent use of a mirror, which ties in neatly to the pervasive use of mirrors throughout the entire film. Finally, one of the cover articles is about sexual abuse of children, specifically, incest. There are many people who believe that Jack Torrance’s abuse of Danny went beyond breaking his arm. Kubrick has never spoken about this topic specifically, although in an interview with Michel Ciment, he references Danny’s “frightening and disturbing childhood,” as well as Danny having been “brutalized by his father”.
As with nearly everything Kubrick chose to include in The Shining, the presence of this magazine is open to speculation – yet there are no concrete answers.
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Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait with Arm Twisting Above Head, c. 1910 / Adrien Sahores by Eric Nehr
(Source: thevelvetscientist)
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bow, bitches
Today against Real Madrid Toni had the most touches on the ball (76) and completed 48 passes
