Panel following world premier of documentary Wagner’s Dream.
Taken Wednesday April 25, 2012 at the SVA Theatre, Chelsea, NYC.
Archives for April 2012
There’s An App for That!
Take a look at these images for the just-released TCM Hollywood Tour app:
Some of the cool features for this app include (taken from Official Press Release):
Over 100 locations covered: the app serves as a guide to 100 Hollywood locations – including movie-star mansions, studio lots, celeb hangouts, legendary film locations and more.
Welcome by Robert Osborne: a special video introduction from the TCM host with the most.
A Virtual Tour: this tour allows users to explore by neighborhood or browse the list view from anywhere in the world. They can also use the play button and forward/reverse controls to explore all the locations in a photo gallery view.
Badges: Fans can collect badges for each place they visit, whether they are using the guided or self-guided tour while in the LA area (anyone who succeeds in collecting all 100 badges – by visiting all of the guided tour’s destinations in person – will be awarded a special prize)!
Geo-location: this services guide users to each destination. Rate and Review options for each location.
The TCM Hollywood Tour app is available only for the iPhone and iPod Touch and can be purchased from the iTunes Store (purchase price = $2.99).
Personally, I am a bit reluctant to buy an app if it exceeds $0.99-$1.99 ($0.99) if I am being totally honest, but app looks very useful especially when trying to navigate a city as spread out as Los Angeles. Maybe I will get it in time for the 2013 TCM Film Festival!
Is this something you would be interested in?
Revisiting “Dracula”
The latest installment in my continuing series celebrating Universal Studio’s 100th Anniversary.
Poor Bela Lugosi. When asked to transfer his stage success the silver screen by starring in Tod Browning’s Dracula (apparently he was NOT even the first choice), little did he know that this would be the role that would define his career (and life).
While not the first filmed version of Bram Stoker’s ‘undead’ (most notable in my mind the nightmarish Nosferatu), it is the Dracula imprinted on our collective memory. Lugosi’s portrayal of the Count is that of a haunting, seductive bloodsucking nightwalker.
Today’s cinemagoers will probably not be convinced by the stagey nature of the film and its performances, but that does not make it any more impactful. First of all it should be noted that while this is based on Stoker’s source material, the direct text, etc. is taken from the aforementioned stage play Dracula. Second and most importantly, I imagine what also terrified audiences at the time was down to the cadence of Lugosi’s delivery and the deliberate pacing of his movements. As a child I remember mimicking him, walking around saying, “I vaunt to suck your blood!” It has been a while now so I am not even sure those exact words are even uttered in the film.
One element that I never fully resolved myself was the fact that while many of the characters are wearing contemporary clothes, they traverse the landscape in horse-drawn carriages. It is possible that automobiles have not reach Carpathian Mountains; anyone have a clue?
In 2000, Dracula was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (Source: Wikipedia)
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