Seeing as how today would have been Gert Frobe’s birthday, it seems only appropriate that today’s scene of the day should be one of the best moments from the original Bond franchise. In 1964’s Goldfinger, Frobe sets the standard by which all other Bond villains would be judged.
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to Irish director Neil Jordan! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Neil Jordan Films
The Company of Wolves (1984, dir by Neil Jordan, DP: Bryan Loftus)
Interview With A Vampire (1994, dir by Neil Jordan, DP: Philippe Rousselot)
In Dreams (1999, dir by Neil Jordan, DP: Darius Khondji)
Byzantium (2012, dir by Neil Jordan, DP: Sean Bobbitt)
Today’s music video of the day comes to us from future Oscar-winner, Victoria Justice!
Enjoy!
6 Shots From 6 Films is just what it says it is, 6 shots from 6 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 6 Shots From 6 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
It is Twin Peaks Day, after all.
6 Shots From 6 Films: Special Twin Peaks Edition
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992, dir by David Lynch, DP: Ron Garcia)
Twin Peaks: The Pilot (1989, dir by David Lynch, DP: Ron Garcia)
Twin Peaks 2.7 “Lonely Souls” (1990, dir by David Lynch, DP: Frank Byers)
Twin Peaks The Return Part Three (2017, dir by David Lynch, DP: Peter Deming)
Twin Peaks: The Return Part 15 (dir by David Lynch, DP: Peter Deming)
Twin Peaks: The Return Part 18 (2017, dir by David Lynch, DP: Peter Deming)
Roberta Flack, RIP.
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him, to listen for a while
And there he was, this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn’t there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Songwriters: Norman Gimbel / Charles Fox
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasion ally Mastodon. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We snark our way through it.
Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be Moonshine County Express!
It should make for a night of fun viewing and I invite all of you to join in. If you want to join the live tweets, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Moonshine County Express on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!
Enjoy!
36 years ago today, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper drove into the town of Twin Peaks, Washington and history was made. Today is Twin Peaks Day and today’s music video of the day features Chrysta Bell, performing Sycamore Trees. This song, written by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, originally appeared in the final episode of Twin Peaks’s second season.
Enjoy!
Jeff and I spent most of this week up at beautiful Lake Texoma. In other news, the average temperature at Lake Texoma was 9 degrees. I’ve had a cold for the past few days but I’m feeling better now, just in time to get ready for the Oscars next week!
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Seeing as how today would have been Terence Fisher’s birthday, it seems appropriate that today’s song of the day should reference the title character from Fisher’s best-known films. Straight from the 70s, here is Hot Blood’s Soul Dracula!
Today would have been the 85th birthday of actor and director Peter Fonda. Today’s scene that I love comes from Fonda’s best-known film, 1969’s Easy Rider. In this scene, Fonda is the epitome of cool as he and Dennis Hopper prepare to ride their bikes across America.
