The sort of Adult Services I prefer —
Stephen King's Dreamcatcher (2001) and Brian De Palma's "Body Double" (1984).
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Monday, April 5, 2021
Watch Party
A TV episode from 2016 —
The above “Lucy” actress in 2014 —
Compare and contrast with the homecoming
bedroom scene in De Palma’s “Body Double” (1984).
“Like a rose under the April snow . . . .” — Streisand
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Saturday, January 23, 2021
Lockscreen Artspeak Continues.
The same texts appeared in another Windows lockscreen today —
I prefer the beach huts inspiration in "Body Double" (1984) —
Midrash for Hollywood —
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Actress Descending a Staircase
The above title was suggested by a scene in Body Double (1984) . . .
Variations, starring Theresa Russell, on related themes —
The De Palma Balcony in Body Double , and “ready for my closeup” —
“Bing bang, I heard the whole gang!”
Summary —
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
The Social Network
Writer Robert Avrech on director Brian De Palma —
“Both Brian and I greatly admire Alfred Hitchcock so we were
pretty much on the same page aesthetically. That’s how I came
to write Body Double , a superb thriller that immediately thrust
me into the Hollywood limelight.”
— https://www.opednews.com/populum/page.php?
f=Behind-the-Scenes-with-Hol-by-Joan-Brunwasser-
American-Jews_Hollywood_Interviews_Judaism-Jewish-
131219-897.html
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Monday, June 29, 2020
The Same Page
Writer Robert Avrech on director Brian De Palma —
“Both Brian and I greatly admire Alfred Hitchcock so we were
pretty much on the same page aesthetically. That’s how I came
to write Body Double , a superb thriller that immediately thrust
me into the Hollywood limelight.”
— https://www.opednews.com/populum/page.php?
f=Behind-the-Scenes-with-Hol-by-Joan-Brunwasser-
American-Jews_Hollywood_Interviews_Judaism-Jewish-
131219-897.html
See also Avrech in this journal —
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Dark Comedy
“There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies.
But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies.
And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers is any indication,
there’s a good reason for that.”
— Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Perhaps another indication — De Palma's Body Double .
"Like a rose under the April snow . . . ." — Streisand
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