Doodles Weaver

I used to love watching these shorts when I was a kid. And I was very pleased to find some available on the web.

"A Day With Doodles"Film

"The Helpful Houseguest"

Doodles was a very talented and troubled man. Here is a good place to start to learn about him and the world his best work sprang from.

Later,

Paul Parducci

Chris Marker's La Jetee

This amazing film composed almost entirely of still photos inspired Terry Gilliam's equally brilliant "12 Monkeys."
Chris Marker is a fascinating Artist of great scope, he avoids publicity and doesn't give interviews, but this is a solid overview of his life and work.


Later,
Paul Parducci

Roy Scheider 's First Film:Del Tenney's "Curse of the Living Corpse"

Years ago while living in New York City I passed a running Roy Scheider as I was running (in the opposite direction) on 5th Ave. He was of course and will continue to be a great of American Cinema. A fast Google will give you many facts about his full and successful life, but in this post I want to highlight his first film which he made with the uniquely American Auteur Del Tenney.





Later,
Paul Parducci

News of the Strange: This Week

What's this?

Thanks,

Paul Parducci

Florida Fireball

Here is another view.

Tom Epperson's "The Kind One"

Regular readers of this blog know that I enjoy Film Noir. Some years ago I had the opportunity to work on an excellent Film Noir"A Gun, A Car, A Blonde" written by an amazing writer with a strong facility for dialogue and tone. His name is Tom Epperson and he is also just a great down-to-earth guy. (i.e: No Hollywood here.) He's recently moved into the Novelist chair and his page-turning new work is called "The Kind One."

If you live in LA he's holding a signing on the 13th.(All the info is on the above flyer.)

Congratulations Tom!
Later,

Paul Parducci