I’m not familiar with every movie that’s ever been made about affluent, middle-aged white men coming to terms with their own mortality, but, if I were asked to weigh in on what films should be included in an “Affluent White Men in Existential Crisis” film festival, I’d definitely nominate John Frankenheimer’s Seconds (1966) starring Rock […]
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The “Affluent Middle-Aged White Men in Existential Crisis” film festival
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Affluent White Men in Crisis, Affluent White Men in Existential Crisis, Burt Lancaster, Eleanor Perry, existential crisis, film festivals, Frank Perry, John Frankenheimer, Mark's art ideas, Mark's big ideas, midlife crisis, mortality, old white men, Rock Hudson, Seconds 19 Comments
Casting myself in a reboot of The Swimmer
I know I’ve yet to make good on my last great film idea — a shot-for-shot remake of the Hall and Oates video for the song “She’s Gone,” starring me and Dr. Pete Larson in the roles of Hall and Oats respectively — but, laying here in my sickbed tonight, I think I’ve got an […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Burt Lancaster, Hall and Oates, Mark's big ideas, music video, Otto Warmbier, Pete Larson, remakes, She's Gone 8 Comments
Murder by Natural Causes
Last night, as I couldn’t sleep, I decided to see whether or not I could find an episode of Columbo that I’d never seen before streaming on the internet. And I found one that looked promising on YouTube titled “Murder by Natural Causes,” starring Hal Holbrook and Katharine Ross, which I promptly started watching. And […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Fiore, Burt Lancaster, Columbo, Hal Holbrook, Katharine Ross, Murder by Natural Causes, Peter Falk, Richard Levinson, William Link 21 Comments