fog nostalgia

That lighting through the fog is fantastic!
It makes me nostalgic for the fog that has disappeared lately from San Francisco
(replaced by seemingly endless rain - a lot less romantic.)





This is shot entirely on sets, which is what this city looks like
at the height of the foggy season.

Now I want to watch DOA again.

Moontide (1942)
directed by Archie Mayo (and some Fritz Lang)
cinematography by Charles Clark
and Lucien Ballard

blame it on spring

Dillinger (1973)
directed by John Milius
cinematography by Jules Brenner




Okay, here's what happened:




I was just so innocently watching The Goodbye Girl for no particular reason
when I developed a huge crush on the young Richard Dreyfus.
The last few weeks have been spent hunting down early
Dreyfus films I had so far neglected.
No Duddy Kravitz though, but I did enjoy Dillinger -
it's just gorgeous.
Good thing as it was the only photogenic film in the bunch.

I'm fascinated by the film school kids who became directors in the early 1970s.
I can see they culled from the same reservoir I frequent.
I just wish I had a greater appreciation for their films.