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Gianfranco Calligarich: L'ultima estate in città (1973) | Der letzte Sommer in der Stadt | Last Summer in the City
A cult classic of Italian literature that, after initial successes in its first publication year of 1973, was twice forgotten and twice rediscovered (reissues in 2010 and 2019). After the last rediscovery, however, the novel was also translated into numerous languages. A fascinating, witty and melancholic novel with a very unhappy ending.
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"'A masterpiece' - Le Figaro
'Dazzling in every detail' - Elle
Intense, romantic, witty and devastating...
'The most beautiful love story of the year' - Il Giornale"
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"I'm strong to the finish 'cause I eats me spinach."
('Popeye' by Mezco / ONE:12 Collective)
Diorama by RK / Print used as background: 'McSorley's Bar', painting by John Sloan, 1912
through the lens, the vibrant red of the vintage seat shimmered like a drop of molten lava. its curves, sculpted and proud, spoke of a time when cars had a personality, a flair that demanded attention without asking for it. parked by the marina, it stood like a jewel against the cool blue of the sky, its chrome details catching the sun like polished mirrors. this wasn't just a car; it was a character from a forgotten story, waiting for the road to whisper its name again.
"Sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise."
(from 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus' by Mary Shelley; 1818)
('Frankenstein's monster' by NECA)
"Once upon a time, on a sad Valentine,
in a place known as Henniger Mine.
A legend began, every woman and man,
would always remember the time ..."
('The Miner' / 'Harry Warden' by NECA)
Diorama by RK
"The big thrill of fishin' in the ocean is that ya never knows what ya's going to catch."
('Popeye' by Mezco / ONE:12 Collective )
Diorama by RK
For those interested in the 'making-of':
"I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend."
('Sally' by Diamond Select Toys)
('Halloween Town' environment parts / gates by Diamond Select Toys / Additional diorama parts by RK)
"My, what a brilliant nose you have. The better to light my way! You're the head of the team, Zero!"
('Zero' by Diamond Select Toys)
(Dog house, feeding dish and 'Halloween Town' environment parts / gates by Diamond Select Toys)
"You really believe you can bring life to the dead?"
('Frankenstein's monster' by Mezco / ONE:12 Collective )
Diorama by RK (Laboratory accessories by Mezco)
"Every February 14th, Harry comes back to town, his pickaxe stained with blood, waiting in the shadows of the Hanniger Mine, just for someone to kill, should they not heed his warning."
('The Miner' / 'Harry Warden' by NECA)
Diorama by RK
"Where others have failed, I will not fail."
('Captain Nemo' by Mezco / ONE:12 Collective)
Diorama by RK
"I still talk to God sometimes, I ask him if what I'm doing is right or wrong. I'm still waiting for an answer, and until I get one, I'll be waiting, watching."
('The Punisher' by Mezco / ONE:12 Collective )
(Painting 'New York, harbor and Brooklyn Bridge' by Wilhelm Thöny, 1933, watercolor - photographed print / edited)
(*** Alternate colored version ***)
"I heard his gun ... maybe he's alright ... we'll wait ... we'll just wait a while."
('Flyboy' by NECA / Cult Classics Series 3)
Diorama by RK
"Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween ..."
('Pumpkin King' by Diamond Select Toys)
"You don't want to go fooling around other folks' property. If some folks don't like it ... they don't mind showing you."
('Leatherface' by NECA / Cult Classics Series 2)
Diorama by RK
Little Feet Fields Spooky Season
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4G-hjfMR4U
There's a Light
Richard O'brien
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In the velvet darkness
Of the blackest night
Burning bright
There's a guiding star
No matter what
Or who you are
There's a light
Over at the Frankenstein Place
There's a light
Burning in the fireplace
There's a light, light
In the darkness of everybody's life
The darkness must go
Down the river
Of nights dreaming
Flow Morphia slow
Let the sun and light come streaming
Into my life, into my life
There's a light
Over at the Frankenstein Place
There's a light
Burning in the fireplace
There's a light, a light
In the darkness of everybody's life
"Feast your eyes - glut your soul, on my accursed ugliness!"
('The Phantom' by NECA)
Diorama by RK ('Stephanie Swift'
as Christine Daaé by Plastic Fantasy Adult Superstars)
"It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare."
('Michael Myers' with 'ghost sheet' by NECA / Cult Classics Hall Of Fame Series 3)
Diorama by RK
"Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar ... well, eats you.”
('The Dude' by Vinyl Sugar / 'Vinyl Idolz')
"It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day."
('Leatherface' by NECA / Ultimate)
Diorama by RK (Severed arm by McFarlane Toys, butcher knife and bone saw by Mezco)
"She is the most perfect and most obedient tool which mankind ever possessed! "
('Maria / Machine-Human' by MEZCO Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"METROPOLIS"
Expressionist epic science-fiction silent film (Germany, 1927)
Directed by Fritz Lang
"Our mad dream is only half realized. Alone, you have created the man. Now, together, we will create - his mate."
"You mean?"
"Yes, a woman. That should be really interesting."
('Bride of Frankenstein' by NECA)
Diorama by RK
"The word, the terrible life-giving word. I have snatched it from the dark powers. Now I shall call the Golem to life!"
('The Golem' by MEZCO Toys / "Silent Screamers" deluxe figure)
"Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam"
German Expressionist silent horror film (1920)
Directed by Paul Wegener & Carl Boese
Starring: Paul Wegener (The Golem), Albert Steinrück (Rabbi Loew), Lyda Salmonova (Miriam), Ernst Deutsch (Loew's assistant) and Lothar Müthel (Knight Florian)
The script was adapted from the 1915 novel 'The Golem' by Gustav Meyrink.
"I'm worried about Gort. I'm afraid of what he might do if anything should happen to me."
"Gort ? But he's a robot. Without you, what could he do ?"
"There's no limit to what he could do. He could destroy the Earth."
('Gort' by 'Monstarz' / Amok Time Toys)
"Roses are red, violets are blue, one is dead ... and so are you!"
('The Miner' / 'Harry Warden' by NECA)
Diorama by RK
"In each of us, two natures are at war - the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose ... what we want most to be, we are."
(''Dr. Jekyll' and 'Mr. Hyde' l' by MEZCO Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Horror silent film (USA; 1920)
based upon Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"
Directed by John S. Robertson
Starring: John Barrymore (Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde), Brandon Hurst (Sir George Carew) and Martha Mansfield (Millicent Carew)
"Half man. Half insect. Total terror."
('The Fly' by McFarlane Toys / Movie Maniacs Series 3)
Diorama by RK
"Things happen here about ... they don't tell about."
('Leatherface' and armadillo by NECA / Cult Classics Series 2)
Diorama by RK
"Something went wrong, Seth. When you went through, something went wrong."
('The Fly' by McFarlane Toys / Movie Maniacs Series 3)
Diorama by RK
"I still talk to God sometimes, I ask him if what I'm doing is right or wrong. I'm still waiting for an answer, and until I get one, I'll be waiting, watching."
('The Punisher' by Mezco / ONE:12 Collective )
(Painting 'New York, harbor and Brooklyn Bridge' by Wilhelm Thöny, 1933, watercolor - photographed print / edited)
"Cesare knows every secret ... he knows the past and sees the future."
('Cesare' by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"
German Expressionist silent film (Germany; 1920)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Starring: Werner Krauß (Caligari), Conrad Veidt (Cesare), Friedrich Feher (Franzis) and Lil Dagover (Jane)
"Remember, once you're inside you're on your own."
"Oh, you mean I can't count on you?"
"No."
"Good!"
('Snake Plissken' by NECA)
A new tribute in oils by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley to the 1950s Hollywood film actress Tandra Quinn. The Hollywood starlet and model appeared in 4 motion pictures in the early 1950s before retiring from the screen. Her exquisite iconic beauty is showcased in the now cult surreal science fiction movie, Mesa of Lost Women (USA 1952) which was the predominant inspiration for this portrait tribute.
The British painter - whose work has been published in TIME magazine - has long been a classic Hollywood film buff; and his interest lead him to research and contact Tandra Quinn in Texas, in 2005; since when they have enjoyed a heartfelt friendship.
See and read more about the work of Stephen B. Whatley via his website link below.
Oil on canvas
20 x 16in/51 x 40.6cm
"Step right up, folks. Here for the first time any where, you can see Cesare, the Somnambulist !"
('Dr. Caligari' and diorama by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"
German Expressionist silent film (Germany; 1920)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Starring: Werner Krauß (Caligari), Conrad Veidt (Cesare), Friedrich Feher (Franzis) and Lil Dagover (Jane)
Mer-Man is apparently the king of a species of amphibious humanoid creatures who inhabit at least some part of the oceans of the planet Eternia. Sometimes it is stated that Mer-Man is not just the ruler of his own race but also the ruler of all that lies beneath the sea. Though a king in his own right Mer-Man is a thrall to Skeletor,
"Instead of a perfect human being the evil in Frankenstein's mind creates a monster."
('Frankenstein's monster' by Mezco Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"Frankenstein"
Silent film (1910)
Directed by J. Searle Dawley
Starring: Augustus Phillips (Dr. Frankenstein), Charles Stanton Ogle (Frankenstein's monster) and Mary Fuller (the doctor's fiancée)
The 16-minute short film was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company and was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
"I want you to visit those in the depths, in order to destroy the work of the woman in whose image you were created !"
('Maria / Machine-Human' and diorama by MEZCO Toys / "Silent Screamers")
"METROPOLIS"
Expressionist epic science-fiction silent film (Germany, 1927)
Directed by Fritz Lang
"I must know everything. I must penetrate the heart of his secret ! I must become Caligari !"
('Dr. Caligari' and light post by Aztech Toys / "Silent Screamers")
Diorama by RK
"Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari"
German Expressionist silent film (Germany; 1920)
Directed by Robert Wiene
Starring: Werner Krauß (Caligari), Conrad Veidt (Cesare), Friedrich Feher (Franzis) and Lil Dagover (Jane)