alot of people rag on this movie but i really dig it. ten years ago at yale/norfolk my studio mate ben degan said my work reminded him of this movie. i took it as a compliment. rest in peace antonioni.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Stevie Nicks - Stand Back - 1983 Appearence
Details: Rumor number four: You are like the character in "Rhiannon"--a real witch.
Stevie Nicks: What do you think? (laughs) Honestly, I never dabbled in the black arts.
Details: Really? What about you and Prince?
Stevie Nicks: Let me state this here and now: We did not have a sexual relationship--I did not let that happen.
Details: How did you meet?
Stevie Nicks: When we were recording "Stand Back" I decided to be really blatant and call Prince up and tell him that I had been inspired to write the song while listening to "Little Red Corvette." I told him that I figured my song was half his. He came over to the studio where I was recording and listened to it--as I turned extremely white and started to shake. Then he walked over to the piano and put on a really incredible keyboard track. And not only did Prince make it up right on the spot, he played it with only two fingers. Then he left.
Details: Did you see him again?
Stevie Nicks: Yes, when I was on the road a year or so later. I was sick, and Prince brought some cough syrup up to my hotel room. He was sweet--he walked around the room folding things, fluffing pillows, tidying up in general. Then he gave me a spoon of it himself. But when I asked for another spoonful he changed--he said, "I didn't come all the way up here just to get you hooked on another substance!" Then he left.
Details: Do you still see him?
Stevie Nicks: No. I was at the premiere of Purple Rain, and in the scene where he slaps Apollonia I freaked and had to go sit in the bathroom. Afterward I went back to see him, and when he asked why I'd left, I had to tell him, "When you popped Apollonia, it kinda popped my brain." He looked at me like it just killed him. We've never spoken since. (sighs) It’s a shame, really...we were alike in so many ways.
Details: Such as?
Stevie Nicks: Well, for one thing, we both liked wearing black chiffon around the house.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
B-52s - Rock Lobster [live]
here's to the hope that pablo comes thru on his threat to dress up as a lobster in santa barbara this coming halloween
The Go Team - Huddle Formation Music Video
i went to the beach for the past few days on the highway back and forth thru the pine barrens my friend clarie's ipod bled into my back seat sleep and this is the song that really stuck. more to follow
Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
The Go-Go's ~ Head Over Heals *80s video*
arguably the greatest pop group from the west coast. (perhaps even better than the mighty mamas and the papas)
Friday, July 06, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Billy Paul - Your Song
when i think of a song sung by a philadelphian that is my favorite this billy paul version of elton john's your song always ends up on top
Hall and Oates
last night i stood in the rain on the parkway and saw this great show. this song killed it. daryl hall made every girl there wish their name was sarah
Ice Station Zebra (1968) trailer
for those who wonder yes this blog is named after the film. of course in honor of my patron saint howard hughes.
Ice Station Zebra (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the film. For the novel, see Ice Station Zebra (novel).
Ice Station Zebra
Original movie poster
Directed by John Sturges
Produced by James C. Pratt
Martin Ransohoff
John Calley
Written by Alistair MacLean
Douglas Heyes
Harry Julian Fink
W.R. Burnett
Starring Patrick McGoohan
Ernest Borgnine
Rock Hudson
Jim Brown
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) October 23, 1968
Running time 148 min
Language English
Budget unknown
All Movie Guide profile
IMDb profile
Ice Station Zebra is a 1968 action film directed by John Sturges, starring Patrick McGoohan as a British agent, Ernest Borgnine as a Russian defector, Jim Brown as a Marine Captain, and Rock Hudson as a submarine captain. It is loosely based upon Alistair MacLean's 1963 novel of the same name.
Production
Production still (1967)
Gregory Peck and David Niven were initially attached to this film as a possible follow-up to their 1961 blockbuster The Guns of Navarone, with Peck as the submarine commander and Niven as the British spy.
Because his TV series The Prisoner was in production during principal photography in Ice Station Zebra, Patrick McGooohan had the episode "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" re-written to have the mind of his character Number Six transferred into the body of another character.
The nuclear-powered Dolphin (renamed Tigerfish (SSN-509)) was portrayed in the movie by the diesel-electric Guppy IIA submarine USS Ronquil (SS-396).
Ice Station Zebra was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Daniel L. Fapp, and was presented in 70 mm Cinerama in premiere engagements, which also featured an opening overture that was restored for its 2005 DVD release.
Special Effect Shot: USS Tigerfish under the ice cap
Second unit cameraman John M. Stephens developed an innovative underwater camera system that successfully filmed the first continuous dive of a submarine, which became the subject of the documentary featurette The Man Who Makes a Difference.
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, in the special effects category (2001: A Space Odyssey won instead) and Best Cinematography (won by Romeo and Juliet).
[edit]Trivia
In an interview with Dinah Shore not long before his death, Rock Hudson stated that Ice Station Zebra was his favorite film.
On the bridge of the Tigerfish with Rock Hudson (center)
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 7 seconds
The sets and miniature footage from Ice Station Zebra was re-used for the 1971 ABC made-for-television movie Assault on the Wayne, starring Leonard Nimoy, Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, William Windom, Sam Elliott, and Dewey Martin, with which also featured Zebra cast members Lloyd Haynes and Ron Masak.[1]
Footage from Ice Station Zebra was also re-used in the 1978 disaster film Grey Lady Down, the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again and the 1983 Cold War thriller Firefox.
There is a continuity error in the aircraft types shown. The five Soviet single-engined MIG-21F models shown racing to the scene are interspersed with footage of four twin-engined US F-4 Phantom jets.
Commander Ferraday mentions to Mr. Jones that Admiral Garvey came up from London to brief him, suggesting that Garvey is the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR).
[edit]Cultural impact
Opening Titles
Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, who had experience both as a movie producer and a defense contractor for the U.S., is said to have watched Ice Station Zebra dozens of times on a continuous loop in his private hotel suite during the years prior to his death. VCRs and Laserdiscs weren't yet available: The film was shown in the form of a spooled print running through a film projector onto a traditional screen.
"Arctic Splashdown", an early episode of the popular Jonny Quest prime-time cartoon series of 1964, seems to be closely based on the Ice Station Zebra plot.
In the 1986 animated series Defenders of the Earth, Ming the Merciless' Antarctic base of operations is known as "Ice Station Earth," a possible nod to the movie Ice Station Zebra.
In the original 1999 edition of Unreal Tournament, one of the deathmatch levels is named Ice Station Zeto, in honor of the movie Ice Station Zebra.
The third and final secret level in the Descent 2 expansion 'Vertigo Series' is named "Ice Station Zeta."
An episode of the animated series The Venture Bros., called "Ice Station -- Impossible!", takes the inspiration for its name from Ice Station Zebra.
An episode of Sealab 2021 has researchers in the Antarctic trapped on 'Ice Station Zebra'.
[edit]Quotes
Patrick McGoohan and Rock Hudson
Ferraday: We operate on a first name basis. My first name's Captain.
Jones: I know how to lie, steal, kidnap, counterfeit, suborn and kill. That's my job. I do it with great pride.
Jones: The Russians put our camera made by our German scientists and your film made by your German scientists into their satellite made by their German scientists.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
DEAD MOON - 54/40
christopher james smith kyle andrews jc dobbs mercury lounge catching thye drum stick in the air for clem coleman 54/40 or fight alllll riiighttt
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