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Bruce Lee in Chinatown.

He made many films as a child actor. (youtube) He was a student of Philosophy and cha cha cha.

Master Sifu Bruce Lee “Jun Fan” Lee was born in the hour of the dragon on the year of the dragon, November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, California. “Jun Fan” translates to “return again”, his parents named him this with the hope he would return to America. At three months of age Bruce was taken to Hong Kong, but one day they would get their wish.”

Mao was a fan.

Jacky Chan on Bruce Lee.. the best story.

The Lost Interview.

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Ip Man and Bruce Lee (Previous post)

His master, Ip Man, secretly enjoyed all Lee’s practical jokes.

Ip Man’s nickname for Bruce Lee was ‘upstart

Lee died within a year of his master, Ip Man.

He majored in Drama instead of philosophy.

He was a sleepwalker.

75 things you didn’t know about Bruce Lee.

Francisco Zubaran – see his goat – (Year of Goat)

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Sam Taylor Wood
Sam Taylor Wood follows the examples of artists Julian Schnabel and Stev McQueen of crossing over to make mainstream films.

Nowhere Boy was dedicated to late Anthony Minghella.

White Cube – Sam Taylor Wood (Johnson now).

Art eat art (blog)

Jan Groover

Zazie In the Metro

Louis Malle passed away on Nov 23, 1995

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Philippe Noiret passed away on Nov 23, 2006
Philippe Noiret

Raymond Queneau
Exercises in Style

Poem by Raymond Queneau

Rue Galilée
Why has no one ever sung the rue Galilee
rue Galilée full of dahlias
rue Galilée full of hydrangeas
rue Galilée with noble pediments
rue Galilée loved by pedestrians
rue Galilée lined with canals
rue Galilée adored by cars
rue Galilée terrible beauty
rue Galilée which is really she
whom I must sing
in prose and in verse
to all the Universe
rue Croix-Nivert
translated by Rachel Galvin

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Bruce Conner – World Without End

See his Bombhead here R.I.P Bruce Conner

Bruce Connor and Ana Mendieta were both born on Nov 18.

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Origami 2004 – Nylon tulle, silk chiffon

Inspiration
the design of this blouse is rooted in the technical experimentation with laser cutting. The secret behind
the sculptural volue of this shirt lies in the choice of fabrics used.

The White shirt according to me Gianfranco Ferré

Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) directed by Satyajit Ray

Saeed Jaffrey – Bollywood, British Screen Legend Dies

In a career that spanned more than half a century, Jaffrey made almost 200 screen appearances, working with directors including John Huston, James Ivory, David Lean, Richard Attenborough and Stephen Frears.
Your next box set: The Jewel in the Crown

Your next box set: Poignant and understated, The Jewel in the Crown’s account of the decline of the British Raj is one of the high-water marks of 1980s British TV, writes Alexandra Coghlan
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He was probably best known to Western cinema audiences for his roles in Gandhi, The Man Who Would Be King, A Passage to India and My Beautiful Launderette, but he had a long and distinguished Bollywood career, notably in Raj Kapoor’s Ram Teri Ganga Maili and Indra Kumar’s Dil. He also starred in Satyajit Ray’s The Chess Players.

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The Man Who Would be King (John Huston)

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My Beautiful Launderette – (written by Hanif Kureishi, directed by Stephen Frears)

Saeed Jaffrey was the first Indian to receive the Order of the British Empire or OBE.

He was married to actress-author Madhur Jaffrey, with whom he had three children.

Obit from Caravan daily ..

Portrait of James Broughton (via)

Bunuel has Catholic zen. Dryer has Protestant zen.
Stravinsky has Russian zen. Eisenstein almost lost his.
Precise spontaneity is the only way of hitting the target.
When you know how to be where you are and to do what you do, you can take any risk.
Order does not interfere with freedom, as Bach proved.
Bach makes all kinds of freedom live together harmoniously.

James Broughton
(Seeing the Light – page 48)

Poet, Memoirist, Playwright, Film maker – James Broughton (wiki)
(November 10, 1913 – May 17, 1999) was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets.

He briefly lived with the film critic Pauline Kael and they had a daughter, Gina, who was born in 1948

Moon and the Coyote

Safari at the Mall

Photos by Fung Lin Hall

Desert Time II- more art here by FLH.

See more photos from Desert Time album.

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Apres le Deluge Debris here.

Last Life in the Lens Universe – (with bonus film links)

Rainbow Trouts, Jackson Pollack and Birds

Walker Evans Signs

Let us now praise Walker Evans (Youtube)

Let us now praise

A Few Good Men Previous Post

Portrait of James Agee by Walker Evans

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men has won high praise over the years and is routinely studied in the U.S. as a source of both journalistic and literary innovation. Reading the book inspired Aaron Copland to write his opera, The Tender Land. (via wiki)