Year: 2024

Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) is a cheap exploitation flick directed by Richard Rush.  Starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Roarke, it contains everything the trashy genre demands, which is why I consider it a guilty pleasure.  But this one is not without its special rewards.  Photographed by Laszlo Kovacs during his pre-ASC days, it reminds … Continue reading “EVERYBODY HAS TO START SOMEWHERE”

While roaming the streaming-verse over the holidays, I came upon a couple of TV shows I hadn’t seen since I was a kid.  Watching them now was certainly a different experience, but what really struck me was how representative they were of the time and place in which they were shot.             Have a gander … Continue reading “EAST vs. WEST”

            I really need to quit highlighting these odd little mistakes I trip across; God knows there are enough of them in my own movies.  But seeing as I’ve been a little pressed for time, when I saw this one, the post wrote itself.             It’s from the 1974 action flick, Mr. Majestyk (Richard Fleischer\Richard … Continue reading “STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE”

OK, it’s the New Year and I should really stop boring everyone with some of the errant minutiae I notice in the films I watch.  Nonetheless, here’s one more example of an electrician who was a little late on his cue at the 10K dimmer.  The movie was Funnygirl (1968).  It was directed by the … Continue reading “NOT FADE AWAY”

About halfway through a lunch at Musso and Frank during the early 2000’s, William Fraker, ASC expressed his conviction that there was no more romance in Hollywood.  He wasn’t referring to relationships between significant others.  Instead, he was observing the industry at large and its present lack of genuine caring among its members.  One of … Continue reading “THOSE WERE THE GOOD DAYS”