NYT-bestselling author of BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on
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“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them.”
—when asked how such a “nice lady” could edit Martin Scorsese’s violent scenes.
Happy birthday to the master herself, Thelma Schoonmaker ...
Today recalling that time in 1988 when we drove to Chicago to see INXS and inexplicably encountered a Pee-wee Herman impersonator (?) on I-94 who relentlessly taunted us through the window of his speeding car for many miles.
In honor of Thanksgiving, let's kick out this gem:
Amy Irving, Carrie Fisher and Teri Garr at a Thanksgiving Party at Sibils, NYC, 1977
Photo: Ron Galella
“I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.”
Happy birthday, 💔👑Nan Goldin …
“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them."
--Thelma Schoonmaker when asked how such a nice lady could edit Martin Scorsese’s violent movies.
Happy birthday, to the brilliant Thelma Schoonmaker ...
“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them."
--When asked how such a "nice lady" could edit Martin Scorsese’s violent scenes.
Happy birthday, to the brilliant Thelma Schoonmaker ...
“My father warned me about men and booze, but he never said anything about women and cocaine.”
Happy birthday, Tallulah Bankhead ...
Photo: Cecil Beaton, 1927
“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them.”
--When asked how such a “nice lady” could edit Martin Scorsese’s violent scenes.
Happy birthday to the master, Thelma Schoonmaker ...
“I don’t hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.”
Happy birthday, the sorely missed Carrie Fisher ....
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
Happy birthday, Dorothy Parker....
(Photo: Anthony Calvacca,1945)
Happy birthday to the great Raymond Chandler…no writer has meant more to me.
From THE LONG GOODBYE, one of my favorite paragraphs in literature, especially poignant now.
"I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system.”
Happy birthday, the one-and-only Flannery O'Connor...
Evening viewing recommendation? On
@criterionchannl
, watch Martin Scorsese's BRINGING OUT THE DEAD in our 1999 collection! This searing collaboration between Scorsese & Paul Schrader continues their ongoing inquiry into questions of guilt, torment, faith & existential meaning.
"I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost."
Happy birthday, the sublime Nan Goldin ...
"I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim."
Happy birthday, the extraordinary Frida Kahlo...
Photos: Nickolas Muray, 1945 and 1946
For the
@Criterion
4K of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, I talked the Coens in a wide-ranging interview—they revealed all kinds of behind-the-scenes gems.
Coming Dec 10! Preorder now:
“I’m not interested in realism—not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.”
Happy birthday, my hero, Martin Scorsese …
📷 Steve Schapiro, 1975
“Folks, I'm telling you
birthing is hard
and dying is mean--
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
Happy birthday, the great Langston Hughes ....
(Photo: Carl Van Vechten)
“The problem with people who have no vices is that you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
Happy birthday, the-star-of stars Elizabeth Taylor …
Photo: Bert Stern, 1961
“I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.”
Happy birthday, the inestimable Katharine Hepburn ...
Been waiting nearly my whole life for this. Seeing my hero Martin Scorsese, with the legendary Thelma Schoonmaker, after a screening of the astounding KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.
I first fell in love with MEAN STREETS at age 12 or 13 (thank you, Dad ❤️). Yes, I cried.
“He had built up within himself a kind of sanctuary in which she throned among his secret thoughts and longings. Little by little it became the scene of his real life..."
--Edith Wharton, AGE OF INNOCENCE