2/27/10

sunday in the richmond district

San Franciscans often complain that the westernmost part
of the city is just too far away,
boring and out-of touch.
It's such a shame for they are missing out on some gems.

While it's not quite the step back in time people believe,
you can pretend you are back in the 1920s
this Sunday in the Richmond District.

Step 1) Spend the afternoon at the Legion of Honor's Cartier jewelery show.
Marvel at the fabulous Art Deco diamond cuffs worn by Gloria Swanson
in Sunset Boulevard amongst many, many other pieces from the era.

Step 2) Rest your bedazzled eyes on the screen at the 1926 Balboa Theater,
which will be showing the darkly German-Expressionist
The Cat and the Canary
(1926) on it's 84th birthday.
Be sure to dress, their parties are quite the deal-
short features, live vaudeville acts
and birthday cake.

Have a lovely time, darlings! I'll add pictures next week.

2/18/10

further erosion/corrosion


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La maschera del demonio (1960)
directed by Mario Bava


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Alice in Wonderland (1903)
directed by Cecil Hepworth
and Percy Stow


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Murder! (1930)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock

While hauntingly beautiful, I'm sure these are not the images
these directors wanted to
leave in our minds.

If films by these important and influential directors
are eroding and corroding,
what else are we losing?

2/15/10

parallel lines


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...even down to the gloved fingers on the stairway railing.



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Sudden Fear (1952)
directed by David Miller
cinematography by Charles Lang