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Marlowe (1969) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – Bruce Lee & James Garner

blake — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:55:51 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Sunday, January 17, 2010

This marks the US film debut of Bruce Lee as villain Winslow Wong who tries to muscle Philip Marlowe played by James Garner.

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Official lobbycard that was used in the original UK release of the film.

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Mother (2009) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – Bong Joon-ho

blake — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:55:22 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Tuesday, January 5, 2009

Mother was Tim League’s favorite film of 2009 (full list) and Rodney Perkins #5 favorite (full list). I’ll be doing the first ever Cinema is Dope best of list later this week for 2009 and I can tell you that this film will also rank high in my list. I had to camp out almost 3 hours before it started at Cannes Film Festival 2009 just to see it due to its enormous interest there. By the end as the credits rolled it was like the audience didn’t know whether to cry, applaud, hug each other or just let out a resounding, “OHMYGOD!” It was an incredibly powerful film and movie going experience I won’t soon forget, especially up on a big screen with a fresh audience that had no idea what they were in for. I’m shocked this has yet to screen anywhere in Austin yet but it looks like with Magnolia Pictures releasing it, we can be sure that a screening at the Alamo Drafthouse will happen at some point in the near future.

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Official still that was used in the original international release of the film.

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Citizen Kane (1941) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – The Mystery of Rosebud

blake — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:55:55 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Here we see a young Charles Foster Kane given a replacement sled named “The Crusader” where a terse, “Merry Christmas” is exchanged. This moment although incredibly brief offers a key piece of the puzzle in helping to unravel one of the greatest secrets of cinema lore… Rosebud.

If you are a fan of Citizen Kane and/or Orson Welles, I recommend checking out the new Richard Linklater film, Me and Orson Welles, where Christian McKay gives a commanding performance playing Mr. Welles. If you have already seen it be sure to show your support and tweet: Christian McKay as Orson Welles for Best Actor #oscar

Richard Linklater mentioned last night at the special screening of his film at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar that he recently helped and took part in a plaque (along with the daughter of Mr. Welles) honoring the Mercury Theater in New York being placed on it (currently is an office building that without the plaque one would probably never know what it once was). Mr. Linklater noted of Mr. Welles that he was born in the perfect time to master theater, radio and cinema but ironically at the wrong time to be an independent filmmaker and how today’s set up would have much better facilitated his filmmaking career.

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Official French lobbycard that was used in the original French release of the film.

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Moon (2009) – Movie Wallpaper – GERTY & Sam Bell

blake — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:13 +0000

I’m beyond excited that one of the best films of 2009 is coming out relatively soon now on home video! I urge anyone that is a fan of the film to hop over onto Twitter and tweet why you think Sam Rockwell should be nominated for Best Actor and be sure to include the hashtag:

#samrockwelloscar

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Official still that was used in the original US release of the film.

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Torso (1973) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – Sergio Martino

blake — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:00:42 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Monday, December 21, 2009

By request from the Cinema is Dope Facebook Fan page, here comes an image from this 1973 giallo from filmmaker Sergio Martino. Of his gialli titles my favorite of his is, All the Colors of the Dark. You can see my previous notes on this film (here).

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Official still that was used in the original US release of the film.

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