Travis Simpkins: Salvador Dali

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Spellbound (1945): Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck and Salvador Dali

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound (1945) is a suspenseful mystery that delves into the realm of psychoanalysis. The story centers on a recently hired director of a mental hospital, and the mystery that unfolds as it becomes apparent that the man is not who he claims to be. The cinematography is stark and lovely, with psychological touches added in sets based on designs by Surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck are great in the lead roles. The supporting cast is wonderful as well, including Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll and Rhonda Fleming.

Spellbound. 1945. Alfred Hitchcock: Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck

Spellbound. 1945. Alfred Hitchcock: set designed by Salvador Dali

Spellbound. 1945. Alfred Hitchcock: Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck

Spellbound. 1945. Alfred Hitchcock

Spellbound. 1945. Alfred Hitchcock: Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Glenn D. Lowry. Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. by Travis Simpkins

Glenn D. Lowry. Museum of Modern Art, New York. MoMA. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dr. Glenn D. Lowry

Director of the
Museum of Modern Art, New York

by Travis Simpkins

Glenn D. Lowry: MoMA

For more info, please visit:

www.moma.org

Glenn D. Lowry. by Travis Simpkins. MoMA. The Persistence of Memory. Salvador Dali

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen and the 1920's Art Scene

Written and directed by Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris (2011) is an imaginative masterwork which deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The story focuses on a nostalgic screenwriter, on vacation in Paris with his fiancé, who finds himself traveling back in time to the 1920's each nigh at midnight. The Golden artistic Age of Paris in the 1920's in wonderfully recreated, with 20th Century artists and literary icons making appearances, including Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Man Ray, Luis Bunuel, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas and T.S. Eliot. The film is magical from beginning to end. The cast does a great job, including Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux, Carla Bruni, Kathy Bates, Tom Hiddleston and Adrien Brody.