American movies, 1970-1979

from Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972)

I'm really stretching it by calling this an American movie (British director, British cast, shot in England), but Hitchcock had been an American citizen for about 30 years when he directed it.

Musicians on film

Musicians on Film #17: Joe Strummer in Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989)

American movies, 1970-1979

from Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left (1972)

They couldn't all be winners, pt. 1

Musicians on film

Musicians on Film #16: Dexter Gordon in Bertrand Tavernier's 'Round Midnight (1986)

American movies, 1970-1979

from Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972)

Musicians on film

Musicians on Film #15: The Ramones in Allan Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

A bad week for my acting heroes

David Carradine, most likely, hanged himself with a belt in a Bangkok hotel. I hope he was terminally ill or something and not just suicidally depressed, but that's a pretty fierce and interesting manner and location of death.

A publicist has revealed this week that the great Peter Falk has Alzheimer's and severe dementia. He no longer has any memory of working on "Columbo." That sucks.