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Mirrors #5: For Oscilloscope: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Here it is, a piece I have wanted to write for years, and finally got around to it. For Oscilloscope: Mirror, Mirror: When Movie Characters Look Back at Themselves
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Tagged Alain Delon, Faye Dunaway, Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Lang, Gena Rowlands, John Travolta, Johnny Handsome, M, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Martin Sheen, Mickey Rourke, mirrors, Paul Schrader, Peter Lorre, Richard Gere, Robert De Niro, Rocky, Saturday Night Fever, Sylvester Stallone, Taxi Driver, William Shakespeare
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Movie Poster: M
Even just looking at this gives me the chills.
Peter Lorre: 5 For the Day
A wonderfully observant 5 for the day. One particularly good quote, but go read the whole thing: Lorreâs work here cannot be judged by any normal standards: his performance of thwarted passion is so far-out, so bizarre in its details, … Continue reading