All in all, a very eventful, beautiful, sad, interesting season. The finale is tonight. I’m so excited to see what new incredible moments fill that time. Mad Men season five, I love you.
Vintage On Screen
Wonderwall from 1968: I’m obsessed with it. Granted, the direction of the film is basically a glorified acid trip, but I am really in love with the story.
As a failed TV series that only lasted thirteen episodes, Swingtown died an unfortunate early death. Maybe I’m just biased because it was set in the 1970s, but…
Daisies: A Czech movie about two girls who are constantly bored, hungry, and worried that their lives mean nothing. They do things like eat food with scissors, dance with chairs…
I love, I love, I love my calendar girl | Each and every day of the year | January: You start the year off fine | February: You’re my little valentine | March: I’m gonna march you down…
Don’t be fooled: I know it looks like your regular run-of-the-mill 1980s summer camp movie. But Little Darlings is a bit different. Yes, it’s all braids and bubblegum…
At what precise moment does an individual stop being who he thinks he is? Cut off my arm, I say, “Me and my arm.” You cut off my other arm…
And it’s one more beer and I don’t hear you anymore | We’ve all gone crazy lately | My friends out there rolling round the basement floor | And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear | You almost had your hooks in me, didn’t you, dear? You nearly had me roped and tied | Altar bound, hypnotized | Sweet freedom whispered in my ear: “You’re a butterfly.”
Every artist should see 8 1/2 at least once. Besides the visual feast, the story deals with what to do when you feel as though you want to completely give up on your art—when life comes between you and what you’re trying to put in front of the world. In this case, it happens to a philandering…
Thanks to Enid for sending this amazing video. It’s adorable, and the dancing crowd scenes are so very Cassavettes. And there is some incredible vintage in there. Love, love, love this. He’s not a boy that you can change, nor should you want to | He’s not a boy that you can tame…
Billy Jack—an old favorite. This movie has everything: it has karate, cowboys, Indians, and hippies. There’s rock music, love stories, classic cars, and ice cream parlors. It’s got a talent show, an improv show, and a street show. It has a…
Adriano Celentano and showgirl Raffaella Carrà’s music video for “Prisencolinensinainciusol” from 1972. The choreography is insanely entertaining, and the American-English sounding lyrics are actually pure gibberish.
I’m currently reading The Love Machine, the only book by Jacqueline Susann that I’ve never read. I think subconsciously, I was holding off so that I would always have one more Susann novel to read. But finally, I’m giving in…and it’s yummy. You may know Ms. Susann from…
Millie: Pinky, I had to call the police and everything! They’re sitting in there right now waiting on me. They think somebody stole my car! Pinky: They’re sitting in there, huh? Well, aren’t you the lucky one. Millie: I’ve got a lot to write about today—you.
Beauty of mine, sit before me. Let me peruse you and remember you, always like this. —Last Tango In Paris
