Ambitious, Creative, and Indispensable: RIP, Gene Kelly (Pic of the Day)
This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Pic of the Day. Sixteen years ago today, the world lost one of Hollywood’s greatest entertainers, dancers, choreographers, innovators, cinematographers, and genuine stars. What follows is a brief tribute to Gene Kelly including an...
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Dancing in the Rain: Gene Kelly, the BBC, and Me
This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Dancing in the Rain.In October 2011, BBC Radio 2 invited me to take part “Dancing in the Rain: Gene Kelly,” a documentary celebrating the life and talent of the song-and-dance man 100 years after his birth. Featuring commentary...
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M-G-M, Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot: 10 Juicy Tidbits
Last summer I came across Jim Lane’s post on M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot (2011), a coffee table book that exhaustively covers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the studio era. After looking at Lane’s scans from the book and reading his mostly glowing review, I...
Read More"Popular culture is the new Babylon, into which so much art and intellect now flow. It is our imperial sex theater, supreme temple of the western eye. We live in the age of idols. The pagan past, never dead, flames again in our mystic hierarchies of stardom."
-- Camille Paglia
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