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Tag Archives: Martin Sheen
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
Posted in Movies
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, Shakespeare, Sylvester Stallone, Taxi Driver
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For Criterion: “Love is Strange”: The Hot-Blooded Love Cry at the Cold Heart of Badlands
For Criterion’s “Songbook” column: I wrote about the use of Mickey & Sylvia’s “Love is Strange” in Terrence Malick’s Badlands: The Hot-Blooded Love Cry at the Cold Heart of Badlands.
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Badlands, drama, Martin Sheen, reviews, Sissy Spacek, Terrence Malick
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“Nobody Had Ever Been There Before. He Was Getting Sunburned From His Climb. Nobody Had Any Ointment For That Kind of Sunburn.”
Interesting interview with Martin Sheen about Elvis Presley.
Movie Poster: Badlands
One of my favorite posters of all time. Definitely in my top five.