Last night at a film event Alec Baldwin relayed a Nicholson account of the Chinatown set where Polanski would "go on" at length between takes about what he wanted...
Huston would be staring at the table in front of him. He called Polanski RoMAHN, and said after several minutes, "RoMAHN, let's just do another one."
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 May 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I'm haunted by that scene in Fat City when Stacey Keach is making some sad late supper for him and his gf which consists of shoe leather steak and some cold garden peas straight from the tin.
― MoMsnet (calzino), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
TIL that MGM put out a Blaxploitation remake of The Asphalt Jungle entitled Cool Breeze in 1972.
Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhh-QTFyWuk
Film:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWlOo3GKcTQ
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link