From my YouTube channel I discuss the classic records made in the 1960s and 70s by Bernard Herrmann for Decca Phase 4 Stereo. These recordings of music from his own scores included Citizen Kane, ...
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2021/08/19/bernard-herrmann-on-decca-phase-4/
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” “That’s your problem! You don’t want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie.” (Sleepless in Seattle) “The desire ...
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2014/05/19/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-nora-ephron/
Living and working in Hollywood one is inclined, somewhat more than the general population, to suffer from a variety of movie states of mind. After all, wanting to escape reality is what brought ...
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2014/03/13/in-a-hollywood-state-of-mind/
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2014/02/08/composing-e-t-happy-82nd-birthday-john-williams/
Imagine you receive a letter through the mail telling you that someone you have had sex with has tested positive for HIV. Except the letter doesn’t tell you who. That’s exactly the situation ...
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2014/01/29/clinic-e-a-dark-comedy-about-getting-the-test/
Celebrating Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove at 50
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2014/01/22/well-meet-again-celebrating-50-years-of-dr-strangelove/
‘Tis the season of mysteries. And in the movie world one of many recurring mysteries is why so many film directors insist on shooting themselves in the foot, music-wise. As in: wrong music, too...
I wouldn’t say it is the greatest movie ever made, but it is certainly one of the greatest moviegoing experiences you will ever have. Audiences worldwide may have thrilled to the silent-movie...
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2013/11/25/napoleon-redux-the-emperor-of-films-returns/
Before Munchausen and Brazil there was: and Tales of Brave Knights: The occasional documentary: Re-inventing movie trailers (oh, if only they were all like this): He can be a bit of a klutz…....
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2013/11/22/a-little-birthday-gilliam-without-so-much-rat-in-it/