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improvised: I was supposed to have a script, and had mislaid it. I was supposed to hear cues, and no longer did. I was meant to know the plot, but all I knew was what I saw: flash pictures in variable sequence, images with no “meaning” beyond their temporary arrangement, not a movie but a cutting-room experience. In what would
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Yes, and back again— If your feet are nimble and light You can get there by candlelight. It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends. I can remember now, with a clarity that makes the nerves in the back of my neck constrict, when New York began for me, but I cannot lay my finger upon the moment it ended, can never ...
Embassy Pictures Corporation (also and later known as Avco Embassy Pictures as well as Embassy Films Associates) was an American independent film production and distribution studio, active from 1942 to 1986. Embassy was responsible for films such as The Graduate, The Producers, The Fog, The Howling, Escape from New York, and This Is Spinal Tap ...
Sep 16, 2023 · In 1967 until 1982, Embassy Pictures was acquired by the historical 1920s and 1940s Aviation Corporation, Avco, which was widely known for their successful high budget and even low-budget film distribution under the name AVCO Embassy Pictures; also, in 1968 was known for the short time music production and distribution of Avco Records and Avco Embassy Records.
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Why I Write. By Joan Didion Of course I stole the title for this talk, from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was that I like the sound of the words: Why I Write. There you have three short unambiguous words that share a sound, and the sound they share is this: I In many ways writing is the act of saying I, of imposing oneself upon other ...
Feb 1, 2024 · Embassy Pictures was founded by film producer Joseph E. Levine in 1942 as a foreign film distributor. Levine distributed such films as Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Hercules (the 1958 Steve Reeves version) and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. In 1967, Levine sold the company to Avco Corporation, an aviation equipment and financial services ...
