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“I’m a tough little rebel.” — Linda Manz
Days of Heaven (1978) It’s her birthday today. Manz died on August 14, 2020. She was HUGE to me growing up, and I have written about it on occasion. She didn’t work all that much, but her performances meant so … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day, Television
Tagged Days of Heaven, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Orphan Train, Out of the Blue, Terrence Malick
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R.I.P. Linda Manz
This teenage actress – from films such as Orphan Train (the first time I saw her), to Days of Heaven (her voiceover makes that film what it is), and Dennis Hopper’s nihilistic punk-rock scream Out of the Blue – is … Continue reading
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Tagged Days of Heaven, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Orphan Train, Out of the Blue, Terrence Malick
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Orphan Train Is On the Move
Orphan Train, the TV movie, the movie I was so obsessed with as a child that I wrote it out as a novel – is on VHS. Yes, you have to buy it used – there is no such thing … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 8
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Thank you for the push, Rachel, Amy, et al, to continue with the posting of my novelization of the TV movie Orphan Train, written by me … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 7
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Again, my 11-year-old prose here cracks me up but (I adore the underlined “utterly”): even though I made none of this up (meaning: I was just writing out … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 6
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Please notice that I use a semi-colon at one point. I also enjoy how I, age 11, attempt to write in different dialects. Carry on. CHAPTER 6 “Papers! … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 5
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Now. Chapter 5. Even though all of this is rather silly – and I am 11 years old, writing about things I don’t understand – AND writing out … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 4
Have had a long couple of days with 2 extremely late nights in a row. Yet I still woke up “on time” today and spent 6 hours writing and editing until I reached the saturation point. My back hurts. My … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 3
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Music drifted through the air at the Florence’s mansion. Sarah gazed out the window from the living room. A tall woman wearing mounds of makeup flounced into the room. “Sarah!” she cried sternly. “How … Continue reading
Orphan Train. The Novel. By me. Age 11. – Chapter 2
If you want to read Chapter 1, it’s here. I am holding myself back from interjecting snarky little comments like I do in Diary Friday. Believe me, I want to – but there’s something truly innocent about what I was … Continue reading