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Tag Archives: Nicolas Roeg
“There’s no one ‘right’ way of making a science fiction movie; there’s no one way of making any kind of movie, really!” — Nicolas Roeg
It’s his birthday today. When he died, I wrote a tribute for the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of Film Comment.
Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2019
Thanks, everyone, who hangs out here, who likes what I do, whether you’re an Elvis fan, a Supernatural fan, a general cinephile, a book-lover, or just someone who’s been checking in periodically for 17 years – WHAT? – I appreciate … Continue reading
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Stuff I’ve Been Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Here are some of the things I’ve read recently – or am in the process of reading. — I love Imogen Sara Smith’s writing, and I’m not just saying that … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Ireland, Nicolas Roeg, Nureyev, stuff I've been reading
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For Film Comment: In Memorian: Nicolas Roeg
The first piece of 2019: an essay on the late Nicolas Roeg in the Jan/Feb 2019 issue of Film Comment. (The piece is also online).
January 10, 2019, IFC Center: Nicolas Roeg’s Performance (1970)
I am so excited I can’t even tell you to participate in a post-screening discussion of Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s 1970 film Performance with Matt Zoller Seitz and writer/editor Ian Hill. The screening is part of “The Sopranos Film … Continue reading
The Man Who Fell to Earth loves Elvis movies
Because of course he would. They had the same birthday. From Nicolas Roeg’s great The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).
Mirrors #4: Performing performative performance … and on and on …
Anita Pallenberg and James Fox play around with mirrors in Nicolas Roeg’s Performance. Mick Jagger is a SPECTACLE.
R.I.P. Nicolas Roeg
Some movies don’t just “stick with you.” They insinuate themselves into your bloodstream, they become a part of you, they imprint themselves on you. Or in you. You can’t shake them. You are – quite literally – haunted. Don’t Look … Continue reading