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John Belushi @60
John Belushi, American actor (1949 – 1982) [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VstaFz_ZPg&] A Youtube tribute to Belushi set to the Ramones “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to...
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Medi Holtrop wins the Grandville grand prize of “l’humour noir”
Plaisir (2008) – Medi Holtrop In France, Norwegian artist Medi Holtrop and lifelong companion of Bernard Willem Holtrop received the 2009 Grandville grand prize of “l’humour noir.” Via L’Alamblog[1]...
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Carlo Jacono @80 and Italian exploitation
Carlo Jacono @80 and Italian exploitation An Italian translation of Malory by American author James Hadley Chase Cover design by Carlo Jacono Carlo Jacono (March 17, 1929 – June 7, 2000) was an Italian...
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World Cinema Classic #98
Via Ian Kerkhof‘s incredibly prolific blog[1] comes our 98th World Cinema Classic, an ongoing project at the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. This entry goes to The Dogway Melody [2] (1930), one...
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RIP Peter “Carry On” Rogers (1914 – 2009)
RIP Peter Rogers (1914 – 2009) Carry On… Up the Khyber Peter Rogers (20 February 1914 – 14 April 2009) was a British film producer. Rogers is best-known as producer of the Carry On series of British...
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RIP Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise is Buddy Bizarre in Blazing Saddles, image via http://www.filmdope.com RIP Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor (The Cannonball Run, Blazing Saddles)
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RIP Fritz Muliar, actor of “The Good Soldier Švejk”
image via www.knowledgerush.com RIP Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor best remembered beyond the boundaries of his native Vienna for playing the title role in the 13-part TV series, Die Abenteuer des...
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The Last Days of Emma Blank by Alex van Warmerdam
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFGrA1KCfEo] The Last Days of Emma Blank[1] by Alex van Warmerdam Chances are slim that you come across this film if you live outside of Europe or even...
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Never mind the bollocks, here’s Rabelais
Never mind the bollocks, here’s Rabelais Friar John and Panurge give the blason and contreblason du couillon by Rabelais As I noted in a previous post[1] on satirical pornography or pornographic...
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RIP Mollie Sugden (1922 – 2009)
RIP Mollie Sugden, 86, British actress (Are You Being Served?). Mrs. Slocombe at the hairdresser’s Mary Isobel Sugden (21 July 1922 – 1 July 2009) was an British comedy actress, known as Mollie Sugden,...
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