Bully Pulpit

Friday, February 20, 2009

The Dandy Unlit Cigarette as Prop

Is that wicker on your head, my friend?

The well placed unlit cigarette dresses up the scary-man black t-shirt and wicker cowboy hat, all in the context of Freetown, Sierra Leone, to great affect.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Yes You Are!

yes you are
Yes, Pierre, you are totally hot.

Bertolucci's Partner (1968), loosely based on Dostoyevsky's The Double. It gets ragged on, but Pierre Clementi is captivating - even with his out-of-control hair (cf. middle part + super-frizz).

The jacket in this shot is an insanely closely cut number, especially around his rail-thin shoulders. The constrictive affect is a little like Cesare from Dr. Caligari.

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Vintage

cuteness
45s and cuteness

Yukimura Izumi. The cutest and of the Janken Musume. Circa 1960.

cuteness

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Doin' It Right

bitch pout
Jacques Derrida

I admit a couple of continental philosophers are sharp cookies. However, only one pulled off a supermodel pout in a director's chair. As we say, Jack knows.

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