July 2010
What Don Draper's New Fetish Says About Ours. →
“1. Find a subject you care about.
2. Do not ramble, though.
3. Keep it simple....”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via bibliotheque) (via fuckyeahkurtvonnegut)
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fuckyeahkurtvonnegut:
PLAYBOY: In some of your books—especially The Sirens of Titan and Slaughterhouse-Five—there’s serious notion that all moments in time exist simultaneously, which implies that the future can’t be changed by an act of will in the present. How does a desire to improve things fit with that?
KURT VONNEGUT: You understand, of course, that everything I say is horseshit.
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Watchhave no doubts, the night this premieres i will be sitting in my apartment in one of my many flapper dresses with a glass of bathtub gin in my hand at all times.
“A good short story can take me out of myself and then stuff me back in,...”
– David Sedaris (via loverofstories)
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HBO has released the fourth trailer for Martin Scorsese’s new series, Boardwalk Empire, premiering this fall. Check out the other three trailers and get excited, we certainly are.
thought i was excited for shutter island? that was nothing.
*still mad i didn’t follow buscemi to the set that day he came to class.
Hollywood's Mental Block →
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The Inception music is really just other music... →
i just don’t understand how more people didn’t realize the cotillard connection?
The next time I come to Blackbook, I will have officially been here a year. Oh, how time flies!
“That would probably have to be Diahann Carroll on “Julia.” She inspired me to be...”
– Jack McFarland (via leothegreat)
“Masculine, butch groups of blokes together — it’s never really been my cup of...”
– Tom Hardy (via roguisheames) (via fuckyeahtomhardy)
thegoldenspatula:
david bowie I’m deranged
Scorsese, LaChapelle, & Other Discuss Caravaggio.
Over the weekend, The Guardian (which takes the title of best English language newspaper, sorry NYT), published a discussion between various artists and filmmakers on the Italian painter Caravaggio, and it’s must read stuff. If it’s been a while since your last art history course, here’s what you need to know about Caravaggio: active in the late 16th century, Caravaggio...
If movies followed their original casting. →
All of these would have been disastrous.
Matthew and I just saw David Cross walking his dog in front of my apartment. I just blue myself.
If I were a month, I’d be october. If I were a day of the week, I’d be thursday. If I were a time of day, I’d be 3am. If I were a planet, I’d be pluto. If I were a sea animal, I’d be a dolphin. If I were a direction, I’d be east. If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a chaise lounge. If I were a liquid, I’d be a vodka seltzer. If I were a gemstone, I’d be rose quartz. If I were a tree, I’d...
