Monday, July 8, 2024

Francis Coppola's Master's Thesis (YABBN)

 As promised in earlier post. More of FFC's 2nd movie.

Considerably more personal than Dementia 13.

Though not the central character, Elizabeth

Hartman deserves her top billing.

Coming off her Oscar Nomination

the year before for a Patch of Blue.

21 years later, she jumped to her death

from the window of her 5th floor apartment.

Her performance here is another reason Francis

Coppola's 2nd movie deserves to be remembered.



































You're a Big Boy Now
written & directed by Francis Coppola
New York City, 1966


Saturday, July 6, 2024

Gary Ralph Wittig, 20 November 1965 - 1 July 2024

Gary in Garden with Chainsaw,

4 medium format photographs,

Mansfield Center CT, November 2009.

Gary died of stomach and throat cancer 5 days ago.

Pictures from a series of loved ones in their gardens.

RIP. Sadhu sadhu sadhu.




Thursday, July 4, 2024

Grace Zabriskie as Visitor #1

INLAND EMPIRE

David Lynch

Hollywood, California & Lodz, Poland

2006



Zabriskie plays Visitor #1 near the opening of INLAND EMPIRE walking up the path to the front door of Nikki Grace's mansion. Looks like Hollywood but could be Beverly Hills. Definitely LA. Probably a visitor from Poland. Her hair seems styled after the white lion guarding Nikki's doorway.  The Visitor almost touches it as she passes it on her way up the stairs to open the door herself.







Worth noting: 
Zabriskie is Polish for
 Beyond the Birch Trees.