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“The water tells none of its secrets.”
✒ Greek painter and poet, was 21 October 1907.

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2021-10-21

Harris Glen Milstead

the most beautiful woman in the world
Female Trouble
Polyester
Hairspray
Pink Flamingos
Multiple Maniacs
Lust in the Dust

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2021-10-20

Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor, was BOTD 16 October 1620. His sculpture expressed emotion, pathos and drama, setting it apart from the more classical and academic sculpture of the Style Louis XIV.

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2021-10-17

Oscar Wilde was 1854. In 1891 he wrote "Salomé" a play that proved so popular it inspired numerous silent adaptations incl. Nazimova's 1922 film. Later versions featured Eartha Kitt as Salomé in 1955 & Al Pacino as Herod (2018) + Ken Russell's 1985 SALOMÉ'S LAST DANCE.

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2021-10-17

The Myth of Martyrdom. He cast himself in a dazzling array of roles, both on and off the page. Can history restore the full measure of Wilde’s complexity?
1854. [https://t.co/key6P2ksI0] via

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2021-10-17

“Paul Simon songs are shorthand for loneliness, connection, global curiosity, spiritual ambivalence, and the sweet ache of memory; he’s the perfect supplement to a certain kind of film.” - (🎨 by )

https://t.co/9qaPvEJgFu

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2021-10-14

Born on this day in 1954: Stephen Gallagher.

Here's the UK first edition hardcover of his excellent horror/police procedural Valley of Lights.

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2021-10-13

🎨 American painter and academic, was 10 October 1858.

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2021-10-10

Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Dir. David Lean. DoP: Freddie Young

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2021-10-10

Happy Birthday to Judo Jim Starlin who, because he's cosmically aware, can see this even though he's not on twitter.

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2021-10-09