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They Call Her One Eye (1974) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – Christina Lindberg

blake — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:27:08 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Been too long since I’ve posted a Christina Lindberg still, so enjoy!

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Official black and white still used in its original USA release.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile
::: Synapse DVD Info Page
::: Synapse Blog

Five for Hell (1969) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – Klaus Kinski

blake — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:06:58 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, August 2, 2009

Klaus Kinski as ruthless Nazi SS Colonel Hans Mueller in Five for Hell. I really dig the framing of this photograph as it perfectly captures Klaus Kinski with that relentlessly conniving yet troubled look on his face when contrasted with two blurred female legs that sit in the foreground. Not to mention they use the circular frame at the foot of the bed to wrap around Klaus’s face.

Leading up to the August 21st release of Inglourious Basterds in US movie theaters I will be posting images from WWII films that helped to inspire it. In addition starting on Monday I will be running a special Inglourious Basterds contest!

Inglourious Basterds:
::: Official Site
::: Official Twitter
::: Official Austin Premiere

Fantastic Fest earlier this week announced a premiere event in Austin, Texas, for Inglourious Basterds to kick off Cinemapocalyse which will also feature two WWII films hand picked by Tarantino himself immediately following! And note that Enzo Castellari’s INGLORIOUS BASTARDS will be screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz from August 3-5 (details).

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

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Lady Frankenstein (1971) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – Rosalba Neri is Tania Frankenstein

blake — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:24:11 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, August 1, 2009

I’ve yet to see the uncut version of this and many fellow Rosalba Neri fans cite this Italian Frankenstein effort as the one film that put Neri on the map for them.

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Rosalba Neri Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

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

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Five for Hell (1969) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – Klaus Kinski is SS Colonel Hans Mueller

blake — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:47:24 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, July 31, 2009

Well before there was Christoph Waltz as ruthless Nazi Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds there was Klaus Kinski as ruthless Nazi SS Colonel Hans Mueller in Five for Hell. If there was one movie character that the portrayal of Waltz as Landa most reminded me of while watching Inglourious, it was Kinski as Hans Mueller. I can definitely see at least in some fashion Quentin Tarantino drawing inspiration from Klaus Kinski when writing Landa’s character. It was actually at one of Tarantino’s famous QT Fests where he showed a print of this that I first saw it and immediately reflected back to after seeing Inglourious in Cannes with its similar movie characters by Kinski and Waltz. Both performances alone make each film worth watching. I did get a chance to congratulate Christoph Waltz on his wonderful and daring performance but just wasn’t time to chit chat about Klaus… maybe someday!

Side note that the still isn’t nearly as restored as I normally post them but since this comes from an incredibly rare official French lobbycard that dates to its original 1969 release, it will take me considerable time and many months before I’ll have a final version. In the meantime I did make various restoration to this one, just nowhere near as much as usual, but I do think this image shows the film very vividly and with great color. You would be hard pressed to find a better image of this online.

Inglourious Basterds:
::: Official Site
::: Official Twitter
::: Official Austin Premiere

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

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Sons of Thunder (1962) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – Giuliano Gemma

blake — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:55:58 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Giuliano Gemma and Jacqueline Sassard in sword and sandals film, Sons of Thunder (Arrivano i titani) 1962 from filmmaker Duccio Tessari. Gemma looks very young in this still and this film would have marked his 10th feature he had been in.

Image Source:
Official still that was used in the original USA release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile