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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Always a good way to start out a week with an image of Lee Van Cleef.

Related Coverage:
The Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow did a tour of Spain earlier this year for the Man With No Name trilogy. Images from these screenings can be viewed below:

::: The Good the Bad and the Ugly at Cortijo los Frailes
::: For a Few Dollars More in Los Albaricoques, Spain
::: Fistful of Dollars at the Cortijo el Sotillo, Spain

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, August 29, 2008

One of the great all-time directors is Max Ophuls whose films always seemed immaculately dressed with a symphony of sweeping details, rich colors and lush lighting. Like the great artists of cinema, every frame of his films breathed with his distinct vision of reality, illusion and fantasy.

Sadly many of his works have yet to really see a proper restored release on video. Luckily, Lola Montes was restored this year. It first screened at Cannes and screens again at the 35th Telluride Film Festival. As you can tell from the stills above, this new version certainly leaves all other versions looking like a VHS copy of a VHS copy of a VHS copy of a VHS copy found in a dumpster.

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, August 8, 2008

Austin audiences today is it for a rare glimpse of Last Year at Marienbad on the big screen! Later on at the Paramount Theater they will be screening the new print of this film one last time. Showtimes are 7:15 and 9:15 with tickets $7 dollars each (full details here). I consider the 1959 Alain Resnais film, Hiroshima mon amour, as one of my all-time favorites, so it goes without saying that I’m greatly anticipating and can’t wait to see Last Year tonight. I realize the Olympics are on, but an opportunity to see this film greatly overrides that in importance. If your an Olympics nerd then there is no way in hell I’m going to convince you… on the other hand if your a cinephile, then what the hell are you waiting for - tonight is the kind of night you live for! Let’s go get lost in the dark of the theater with the cinema of Resnais!!!

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, August 1, 2008

Clint Eastwood is the Man with No Name in this iconic image from Sergio Leone’s, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo).

Related Coverage:
The Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow did a tour of Spain this year for the Man With No Name trilogy. Images from these screenings can be viewed below:

::: The Good the Bad and the Ugly at Cortijo los Frailes
::: For a Few Dollars More in Los Albaricoques, Spain
::: Fistful of Dollars at the Cortijo el Sotillo, Spain

Amazon.com Link:
Buy The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (2-Disc Collector’s Edition DVD)

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A righteous image of Franco Nero starts off Cinema is Dope. Let the cinema exploration begin!

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