A woman in a scarlet dress with a large hoop skirt strolls around an empty soundstage. On the stage is her spacious apartment. The apartment has several rooms, each one decorated with bright colors and paintings of nude women. Thanks … Continue reading THE HUMAN VOICE
Once upon a time… Four words that transport any viewer, reader, or listener into a story from long ago and a world far away. Four words that immediately indicate a fairy tale, but what are fairy tales? Stories told to … Continue reading THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
My method is simple: not to aim at poetry. That must come of its own accord. The mere whispered mention of its name frightens it away. I shall try to build a table. It will be up to you then … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 5, 1889
History consists of truths which in the end turn into lies, while myth consists of lies which finally turn into truths. —Jean Cocteau Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, July 5, 2013
It is the unique power of cinema to allow a great many people to dream the same dream together and to present illusions to us as if it were strict reality. It is, in short, an admirable vehicle for poetry. … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 10, 2013
A film is a petrified fountain of thought. —Jean Cocteau Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, October 7, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 