Monday, September 20, 2010

First Lines: Sinclair Lewis - Babbitt


(ph: Robert Frank)

THE TOWERS of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods.

Jandra Dziaugyte


ph: Olivier Jacquet

Ministry of Fear (1944)



A man is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either.

Competent Hitchcock-like espionage thriller with great Noir photography and some surrealist moments.

Marija Vujovic

Cool Hand Luke (1967)


A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.

Powerful, but somewhat unevenly told human drama.

Who's That Girl?

Illustrator: Bill Willingham


Find more at:

http://www.billwillingham.com

Heather Bratton


ph: Salim Langatta

From my vaults: Melissa Baker


Bio:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Baker

Megan Butterworth