Tag Archives: 21st century
Halloween 40
So last week I posted about John Carpenter’s 70th birthday and his films like They Live and The Thing. Carpenter’s Halloween isn’t 70, but the film is celebrating its 40th birthday and the slash-terpiece will get re-booted by David Fincher this October. Despite sequels/prequels and remakes/reimaginings, nobody has been able to rekindle the magic of [...]
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Tagged 21st century, David Gordon Green, Halloween, John Carpenter, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Thing, They Live
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Cocteau 21C
55 years ago, in 1962, playwright, painter, poet, novelist, and film director Jean Cocteau recorded an address to the people of the world in the year 2000. The artist died the following year on October 11, 1963, and while these aren’t literally his last words they make a nice parting message from one of the [...]
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Tagged 20th Century, 21st century, Beauty and the Beast, Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles
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