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/
Text originally published in the Financial Times, November 22nd 1986 One of the regular high spots of the London Film Festival in the past half decade has been the presentation each year of one o...
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I will never forget the first time I entered the unique film world of John Boorman. I was around 17 or 18. A matinee screening of Zardoz at the National Film Theatre on London’s South Bank. I w...
Long before he provided the ominous tones for Darth Vader and created the most iconic-sounding villain in screen history, James Earl Jones made his mark in a number of major productions of stage ...
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/
BAB-Y-LON (noun): a city devoted to materialism and sensual pleasure (Origin: ancient city of Babylonia). (Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary) LA LA LAND (noun): The term either refers to Hol...
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“Filmmaking is rarely glamorous. Being ankle deep in pig shit every day is the reality.” “A film director has to have the sensitivity of a poet and the stamina of a construction worker. The...
https://hollywoodandallthat.com/2013/12/30/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-sir-alan-parker/
Ever wondered what an alien invasion sounds like? Well, 75 years ago, on October 30th 1938, large swathes of America got to find out. Listeners to CBS radio heard their regular programming inter...