In 1966: Indira Gandhi was elected Prime Minister of India; John Lennon told a reporter for the London Evening Standard the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus;” The Cultural Revolution began in China; It’s a Small World opened in Disneyland; The US Supreme Court ruled suspects must be informed of their rights before they can be questioned; England won… Continue reading The fourteenth year of the reign of the second Queen Elizabeth: A look back at 1966
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I’ll see you in the montage of my anonymous dreams
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) With unprecedented access to Kurt Cobain’s personal letters, home videos, and surviving family members, Brett Morgen creates a searing portrait of the rock icon. While the film wisely avoids portraying Cobain as a stereotypical tortured artist, it’s clear his unstable home life contributed to the angst and rage in his… Continue reading I’ll see you in the montage of my anonymous dreams
While the twenties roared, the films were silent: A look back at 1925
In 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in the United States; The New Yorker was first published; Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated as US President; Tennessee passed the Butler Act, prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state’s public schools; F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby; Adolf Hitler published volume one of Mein Kampf; Mount Rushmore was dedicated;… Continue reading While the twenties roared, the films were silent: A look back at 1925
Best of the 1920s
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Francis recounts the time he exposed Dr. Caligari as a murderous sociopath who hypnotized one of his patients to commit his crimes. As he finishes his story, we learn Francis is actually patient at an insane asylum and his account is his latest delusion. This film invented the now… Continue reading Best of the 1920s