March 2008 - Vintage Culture

From the 100 Photographs that Changed the World in Life Magazine (and, I should point out, the 'world' from Life Magazine's eyes is really 'America and a little bit of Europe') - comes this historical photo that marked the conflict during the Civil Rights Movement.

Elizabeth Eckford was photographed in this incredible photo, walking to school in Arkansas after the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the schools to be 'white-only'.

In the middle, we see Hazel Bryant, screaming in protest, a look of ugly anger and hate projected out, captured for the entire world to see.

In the 90s, she admitted that she didn't really understand what was at stake, choosing to protest because her father was against integration.

Since then, she's worked with Elizabeth Eckford to promote racial harmony.

It's strange how much power a simple photograph can have... Eckford by herself would not have been moving, though it was a triumph. Seeing Bryant's twisted face of hatred made the fight seem worth fighting for.

See more of the top 100 photos!

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Indiana Jones

March 6th 2008 23:23

Indiana and Marion

Marion: You're not the man I knew ten years ago.
Indiana: It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage.

It was 1981 and Elijah Wood, Serena Williams, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Alba, Julia Stiles, Natalie Portman, Beyonce Knowles, and Jennifer Hudson were just being born.

People were starting to hear about a disease called AIDS. Ronald Reagan took office on January 20th of that year and was shot by a would be assassin a couple of months later. The first De Lorean rolled off the assembly lines and a man we trusted to tell us the truth each week night, Walter Cronkite, retired from the CBS Evening News. On May 13, Pope John Paul was shot, but not killed, by a Turkish gunman while entering St. Peter's Square in Rome. Less than 2 years later the Pope would meet with his would be assassin, and forgive him.

Lady Diana Spencer married Charles, Prince of Wales. A new channel on television, called MTV, first aired. Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female U. S. Supreme Court Justice, and Mark Chapman was sentenced to twenty years to life for the murder of John Lennon. France abolished capital punishment. The President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, was assassinated and The Church of England voted to admit women to holy orders.

Professor Jones

And a lot of us went to the movies for escape, getting more than we had hoped for with a wild hero called Indiana Jones.

Along comes this movie which folks say hearkens back to Saturday afternoon serial adventures at the movies, and yet, it is wholly original. It starts out like a wild car race and it never slows down. It makes archeology sexy.

Indiana

You travel with the characters from jungles in South America to a desolate timber built bar in the Himalayas to Egypt, which is crawling with spies seeking religious treasures. There are really nasty Nazis, brave Indiana Jones, and the wild and sweet Marion Ravenwood who has always loved him, though too proud to chase after him.

There are pits filled with snakes, catacombs of skeletons, truck and horse chases, and the wonder of the Ark of the Covenant, holding the broken tablets Moses brought down from Mount Sinai.

Indiana, Marion and The Wrath of God

Indiana Jones is our swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn, defying the bad guys to (mostly) do good, while taking us along on a breath-taking ride, better than any roller coaster.

It starred Harrison Ford as Dr. Jones, Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood, Paul Freeman as Dr. Rene Belloq, John Rhys-Davies as Sallah, Denholm Elliot as Dr. Marcus Brody, and Alfred Molina as Satipo.

Roger Ebert wrote a passionate endorsement of the movie at the time, Ebert At The Movies as did many others. But, a lot of folks still had a problem with the violence, particularly the face melting sequence (me among them, I turned my head).

With an estimated budget of $18,000,000.00, it earned $384 million dollars worldwide.

Steven Spielberg had already directed The Sugarland Express in 1974, Jaws in 1975, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. Folks expected a good film.

Rumor trivia has it that the movie was originally supposed to be based on Indiana Smith, a character to be played by Tom Selleck. But, Mr. Selleck had a commitment for Magnum, P.I. Then Nick Nolte turned down the role. Thank goodness, because it is hard to imagine anyone playing the character so well as Harrison Ford.

The original Indiana hat was from a shop in London. Now ebay has “official” fedoras licensed by Lucas.

The Crystal Skull

You can see the trailer for the new Indiana over at JD's blog, John Doe and it looks fun. Just the music makes me want to get out of my sick bed (nasty little virus, or whatever...) and go to the movies

Marion and Son

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I'll Be Back...

March 2nd 2008 00:13

Sorry to have been away. There's a nasty little bug, and I do mean nasty, going around.
One day you're just blogging away; the next day you're flat on your back for more than a week, till your husband hauls you off to the hospital....
Blogs are in the works.
I've missed you!

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