Small
note of fun this week. As part of my Masters program, I’ll be digging through a
lot of archival materials, and one of the best parts of Columbia is their Oral
History archives, which are not available online. Here’s a quote I pulled from
Fritz Lang, that I think explains a lot of the nihilism in his noir films: “Today,
I’m convinced that mythical fate doesn’t exist. That you never make fate for
yourself.” I wish I had more time with it, because Lang also talks a lot of who
slept with who stuff.
-Hollywood or Bust,
1956. Directed by Frank Tashlain. 35mm projection at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
-Artists and Models,
1955. Directed by Frank Tashalin. 35mm projection at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
-/Barry Lyndon/,
1975. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. DVD.
-New Guy, 2003.
Directed by Bilge Ebiri, Streaming via Fandor.
