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I had a pretty amazing experience the other night; got to see some virtual Cinerama in my living room. We recently got a Blu Ray player, and while researching which titles would be a good way to test things out, I saw that the 1962 film How the West Was Won had been released. I saw it in Cinerama during its first run, at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. It was a huge deal at the time; a three hour epic western, starring everybody from John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart, down to Walter Brennan. It took three directors to pull it off.

But that's not the most impressive part: it was a Cinerama production! If you're not familiar with this remarkable process... Read more »

A friend asked me about my favorite music and films from the sixties, a list of ten each. Not an easy ask, for sure. So here are some favorites, but it isn't a list of the "ten best" or even my desert island collection, just some works that I enjoy.

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Nothing beats an introspective review of the Three Stooges by a good critic - here is one by Richard von Busack that tickled my fancy. He makes a nice comparison of the Stooges to their comedy contemporaries, and points out how popular they remain in comparison to the highbrow artists of their day. Read more »