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Verticals on Wide Avenues from The Metropolis of Tomorrow<\/a> (1929) by Hugh Ferriss.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Megalopolis<\/em>, the futuristic epic written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, now has a trailer<\/a> and a handful of mixed reviews. I recall Coppola saying years ago that he was the kind of director who would happily make films in any genre, science fiction included. I’ve wondered ever since what a full-on Coppola SF film might look like. (Captain EO<\/em> and Peggy Sue Got Married<\/em> don’t count). Now it seems we’re about to find out. Given his previous missteps I remain sceptical yet curious about this one. I’ve avoided his output since Bram Stoker’s Dracula<\/em> but I’m still happy to see him being so ambitious while retaining his independence.<\/p>\n

\u2022 And RIP Roger Corman<\/a> who Coppola remembered as “my first boss, task-master, teacher, mentor, and role model. There is nothing about the practical matter of making movies I didn\u2019t learn by being his assistant.” Related: It rained on the Sunday: a career interview with Roger Corman<\/a> by Matthew Thrift.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Retro-Forteana: Fortean-themed music, from opera to metal<\/a>. A difficult subject for a such short post, as the author admits. I’m amused to see one of my Hawkwind album covers in the list although the album itself doesn’t seem very Fortean to me.<\/p>\n

\u2022 “Did you know that, if things had gone differently, the Pompidou Centre could have been an egg?” Oliver Wainwright<\/a> on architecture that might have been.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Cartoon Brew: A closer look at great animated title sequences<\/a>. I deplore the omission of Richard Williams’ titles for The Charge of the Light Brigade<\/em><\/a> (1968).<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Public Domain Review: Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650\u20131927)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Wormwoodiana: “That Strange Little Book”: Ding Dong Bell<\/em><\/a> by Walter de la Mare.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Unquiet Things: The latest collection of Intermittent Eyeball Fodder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mix of the week: DreamScenes \u2013 May 2024<\/a> by Ambientblog.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mandrake Root<\/em><\/a> (1968) by Deep Purple | Mandrake<\/em><\/a> (1975) by Gong | The Mandrake’s Hymn<\/em><\/a> (2019) by Earth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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