Pleased to join this fine roster of critics for this list. I wrote about The Godfather, Boyhood, Stranger Than Paradise, Zodiac, They Live and Margaret. https://t.co/NlgN7dC4mU
Not surprisingly that @RollingStone list of American movies barely even features any movies about Latinos in this country. Somehow we are always forgotten or ignored. Anyway, here is a list of 20 movies about Latinos in the U.S. https://t.co/K4vyi15Z3y
I never heard of it but got the Blu-ray and it is excellent. It’s a horror film but also gruesomely funny. I have been tracking down other films by Alex de la Iglesia.
The next film I watched was My Big Night (2015) about the filming of a New Year’s Eve TV show. It’s extremely funny in a dark way. I loved it.
The third film I watched is Witching & Bitching (2013). It’s good but the weakest of the three. It’s a comedy that turns into a CGI-based horror film. I am getting more films by de la Iglesia.
That photo is of Craig Castaldo, aka Radioman. He’s a (formerly) homeless NYC resident, with cameos in over 100 movies and TV shows. The first was The Fisher King, with Robin Williams. There is a documentary about him too. pic.twitter.com/HYyTkyN3i6
Battle Cry (1955) also had its world premiere in Baltimore. It was at the since-demolished Stanley Theatre.Leon Uris, author of the novel, was born in Baltimore.
Modern directors from Baltimore John Waters and Barry Levinson have had world premieres of their films here. I saw Polyester (1981) at the Charles Theatre on the world premiere day. John Waters and Divine were there.
I was a movie extra for The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979). The scene was a presidential nominating convention. It was filmed in the Baltimore Arena, then the Civic Center which seats about 12,000. I know we did it on a holiday – I’m guessing it was Veteran’s Day 1978.
The extras were arranged through the school system (and maybe others). A friend’s wife worked for them. We had to wear suits. We had a tag that was hung around our necks and some people (not me) had signs representing the states.
There were nowhere close to all the people needed to fill the arena so what they did was place everyone in one section so it looked crowded. Then they moved us to another part. We cheered for Joe.
Alan Alda, who starred in the film, came out at the end of the day and spoke to us briefly. I assume they fed us but can’t recall. It took a whole day for something that lasts about a minute or two in the film. It was enlightening to see how long it took to film something that is so brief on screen.
They gave us a certificate with facsimile autographs from Alda and Mayor Schaefer. As you can see, the film had a different name at the time.
from IMDB:
Locations in the American state of Maryland, according to the picture’s production notes, doubled for settings set in Louisiana, Washington D.C., and Westchester, New York. These included residential, countryside, and government building locales. Noticeable landmark exteriors were filmed in the U.S. capital of Washington D.C.
Frank’s photos were used on the cover for the 1972 Rolling Stones album Exile on Main St. Frank also made a film about the Stones 1972 US tour, Cocksucker Blues, which has never been released. It is on YouTube. The album cover used images from The Americans as well as new photos of the band. The front cover photo is actually a collage.
I have a framed plate-signed print of the album cover.
I remember the Strand movie theater in Pittsburgh – see the third picture in the Instagram post below. I saw The Godfather and several American Film Theatre movies there. I went to the University of Pittsburgh from 1971-1975. It’s right up the street from the theater.
I also remember the Kings Court theater further up Forbes Avenue even closer to Pitt. A friend sent me a picture a few years ago – it was a T- Mobile cell phone store then.
Sad! 