LANA & BABOOSHKA

"Pardon me for staring, but... your bones..."
"What about them?"
"They're perfect."

Lana really got around in this movie.

Babooshka Yi Ya! Leaving Lana at the outdoor theater complex. She told me she was a lifelong Lana Turner fan and came expressly for this. God bless her.

"IMITATION OF LIFE" PLAYING OUTDOORS

I'm pretty sure it's the Lana Turner version playing. I love Claudette Colbert but the Lana Turner version is epic. Next tuesday August 26th at The Elevated Acre (55 Water St.), a piece of astro turf floating 6 stories above the highway with all the skyscrapers staring down at it. We saw a Kubrick film from the 50's this previous tuesday. We put a blanket out early, left it, and came back and it still wasn't crowded until the small films before the feature were playing. Bryant Park is just too much to deal with these days.

It's cool down there, come prepared...

The Opulent Imitation of Life Title Sequence:

Trailer:

THE BIG CUBE (1969) - LANA TURNER ON ACID

It's finally been converted to dvd and is available on Netlix. I saw it years ago at film forum and it was hilarious. Basically, two druggies have their eye on millions and scheme to dose Lana Turner with LSD in a sugar cube, have her committed and get her money! The best aspect of the movie is that everyone has dingy regular lighting on them, except Lana Turner who has a special key light with a soft focus that literally follows her everywhere on the sets - it's uncanny and totally obvious and ill! All other production flaws are hilarious and should go down in history.
I don't remember this comedic male striptease from the film, but was not surprised that it's initial cute quality was eventually bashed by a female stripper throwing a glass at him on the stage, to everyones delight and amusement. Typical of hippies and sexual revolution people.