Artwork of the Day: Marilyn Monroe


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Tomorrow, Erin will be back and running this feature so I’m going to share one final image.

I’m not sure who took the picture above.  A lot of sites incorrectly credit Otto Bettmann.  I nearly made the mistake of crediting old Otto myself.  However, Otto was not a photographer.  Otto was an archivist and the picture above was a part of his collection.  But regardless of who took the picture, it’s an iconic image.

Two more things to say:

First off, I have to say thank you to Erin for trusting me with Artwork of the Day.  When I first told her that I’d be willing to fill in for her while she spent this week cataloging our mom’s doll collection, I’m sure that there was a part of her that worried I’d use it as an excuse to spend the whole week posting Degrassi screenshots.  I’ve seen firsthand the amount of time and thought that Erin puts into finding and selecting each day’s image.  But she took a chance on me and I had a lot of fun doing it!

Secondly, from me and everyone else here at the Shattered Lens: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARLEIGH!

 

Reblog: Arleigh’s Review Of The Original Halloween (dir. by John Carpenter)


Hi everyone! Lisa here! As Halloween approaches, now is the perfect time for us to take a look back at the infamous and trend-setting career of Michael Myers. In about 90 minutes, Case will be posting his review of Halloween 4. However, before reading that, why not re-read Arleigh’s thoughts on the one that started it all, the original Halloween! From 2010, here’s Arleigh’s review…

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What better way to bring back a new daily grindhouse than the film which started the teen slasher genre. I speak of John Carpenter’s Halloween.

The film was truly a child of 1970’s independent filmmaking. With a budget of just $320,000 (even adjusting for inflation it’s still quite low) Carpenter made what’s considered one of horror’s defining films. Carpenter’s film was a smash hit when it was released in 1978. It played mostly in drive-in’s, grindhouse cinema houses before finally appearing in more mainstream venues. By then the film had become one of those must-see titles that many films both independent and mainstream try for but fail to do.

Some have commented that since Halloween was such a success in the box-office then it shouldn’t be considered grindhouse. I look at such thinking as quite narrow. Grindhouse was never synonymous with bad filmmaking. If one said the term meant…

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Happy Birthday, Arleigh!


This cute anime kitty is super excited for Arleigh's birthday!

This cute anime kitty is super excited about Arleigh’s birthday!

Hi, everyone!  Today is November 27th and that means that it is a major holiday here at the TSL Offices!  Today is the birthday of TSL co-founder and editor-in-chief, Arleigh Sandoc!  Five years ago, Arleigh came across me ranting about Dario Argento on twitter and asked me if I would be interested in contributing to this blog and it has been an amazing journey ever since!  Thank you, Arleigh, for the site and the opportunity!

As always, we first observe Arleigh’s birthday with song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck

And now, we shall move on to the traditional celebration of cake, Guiness, and a trip to the shooting range.  During the celebrations, why not check out some of the reviews that Arleigh has posted over the years:

Like, for instance, his review of A History of Violence?

Or Captain America: The First Avenger?

Or Pacific Rim?

Or Bubba Ho-Tep?

Or Skyfall?

Or Battle Beyond the Stars?

Or, one of my personal favorites, his review of Cloud Atlas?

Check out Arleigh’s thoughts on the first ever episode of The Walking Dead!

Check out this scene that Arleigh loves from Ken Burns’s The Civil War!

And then check out this scene from Saving Private Ryan!

And this scene from They Live!

Check out Arleigh’s report on Anime Boston 2014!

Check out Arleigh’s tribute to H.R. Giger!

And definitely, you simply must read Arleigh’s review of the original Night of the Living Dead!

Happy birthday, Arleigh, from all the writers and readers of Though the Shattered Lens!

ldb

Breithlá Sona!