Eric Arvin's Blog, page 148

Hot Shot: Under His Spell

No wonder he's chained...Those are some killer eyes...

One Good Thing

I woke up this morning and thought, "I don't have to get out of bed. I'm a writer. I make my own hours. I could stay here all day." Of course, I never would, but the idea always teases me. When I wake up with that odd relaxed feeling, and the fan is blowing over me, and it's a grey shoulder-slumped morning, the temptation is to just lay still and go back to sleep. I like that relaxed feeling. The "nothing matters" impulse. Maybe that's what the afterlife is. Relaxation and contentment in the...

Film By Association

Taking a break from writing. Thought I'd play a game:

THE COLOR PURPLE is one of my favorite films

PURPLE NOON is a 1960 French film based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith

The same novel was adapted to THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY in 1999

"Ellen Ripley" is Sigourney Weaver's character in ALIEN, aboard the ship NOSTROMO

NOSTROMO is a novel by Joseph Conrad, who also wrote HEART OF DARKNESS, the basis of APOCALYPSE NOW

HEARTS OF DARKNESS is a documentary about the making of APOCALYPSE NOW

WHITE HUNTER BLACK...

15 Songs That Name-drop Writers

Continuing with my list obsession, here's one where specific writers are mentioned by name or in the title:

"The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" by Prince (Dorothy Parker)

"Calling the Moon" by Richard Shindell (Tennessee Williams)

"Charlie Darwin" by The Low Anthem (Charles Darwin)

"Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Police (Vladimir Nabokov)

"Gethsemane Goodbye" by Richard Shindell (Thomas Merton)

"The Ghost of Stephen Foster" by Squirrel Nut Zippers (Stephen Foster)

"Happens Every Day" by Dar Williams ...

Hot Shot: Coming Up...

from behind...

Varla Jean Merman, Stonewall

I've already posted this (this day, last year), but it's worth a re-post. I mean, it's Varla Jean!!

One Good Thing

On this day, some forty years after Stonewall, what I was most impressed by when clicking around the net was the voice of the LGBT movement. We're everywhere, calling attention to not only how far we've come since June 1969, but how far we still have to go. It's actually quite inspirational when you see so many people, both gay and straight, out in the streets, demanding equality. The Land of the Free? Prove it, is what they're saying. It's times like this when the spirits of all those who ha...

The Extra Man, Trailer

I've missed Kevin Kline. I haven't seen him in many films lately. This looks very funny:

Hot Shot: Diving In

Such a great action shot! Fantastic composition caught in the moment...

Simple Men: Fallen Angels Review

Another fun review for SIMPLE MEN. This one from Fallen Angels.