David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive was released 24 years ago today.

امشب به یاد جناب تقوایی نازنین ناخدا خورشید ببینیم

Clint Eastwood had Sean Penn in mind from the start for Jimmy Markum in Mystic River. He saw in him an actor who could carry the character’s pain and rage. Penn stayed in character off camera, keeping the emotional tension, often silent and focused.

Heat (1995) has aged beautifully. Michael Mann’s precise direction, the powerhouse performances from Pacino and De Niro, & that downtown shootout recorded live on location for authentic echo still feel more real and gripping than most modern action films.

When you saw this intro, you just knew this was going to be every bit as good as the first movie.

The ending of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is so iconic it almost overshadows the rest of the film. Leone spent 3 days shooting that standoff, timing every cut and Morricone cue to perfection. Pure cinema distilled into a few breathtaking minutes.

for me the rewatch is the juice

The Deer Hunter (1978) leaves a bruise that doesn’t fade. Cimino staged the Russian roulette scenes with almost no rehearsal so the actors’ fear and hesitation were real, and that raw tension carries straight into the film’s devastating final stretch.

Driving down the same NYC highway 46 years later

Winner of the Academy Award for: Best Picture Best Director Best Supporting Actor Best Film Editing Best Sound

THE GREATEST FIRST TOUCH IN FOOTBALL HISTORY IN A SLOWER MOTION!!!!!

Scarface was released 42 years ago today.

Michael Mann’s masterpiece, HEAT was released 30 years ago today.

Poetry in motion

هرمز زیبا فیلم از اقامت‌گاه دره سفید هرمز

Stallone almost quit Rambo: First Blood when original script ended with him being shot and killed. “I said, ‘This is not good.’ I didn’t want Vietnam vets to see and think there was no hope.” “At that time, they were losing 20,000 vets to suicide a month”

با اینکه همیشه می‌گفتن استیو مک‌کوئین آدم خودخواهیه، اما وقتی سر پروژه «پاپیون» فهمید عوامل، سه هفته‌ست حقوق نگرفتن، صریح گفت: «تا وقتی همه پول‌شون رو نگیرن، من کار نمی‌کنم.» همون‌جا ورق برگشت و پروژه از شکست مطلق نجات پیدا کرد و شد یکی از مهم‌ترین آثار دهه ۷۰ میلادی.

Dennis Bergkamp scoring arguably the greatest Premier League goal of all time.