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Fish and Octopus (Colourful Realm of Living Beings) (circa 1765) by Ito Jakuchu.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 At Aeon: “Could extraterrestrial technology be lurking in our backyard\u2014on the Moon, Mars or in the asteroid belt? We think it\u2019s worth a look.” Ravi Kopparapu and Jacob Haqq Misra<\/a> explain.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Smithsonian magazine: The first confirmed footage of the Colossal Squid<\/a>. Only a baby one, however, so not very colossal.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The eighth installment of Smoky Man\u2019s exploration of The Bumper Book of Magic<\/em> has been posted (in Italian) at (quasi)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Less than six months later, Lindsay signed an executive order that effectively turned the city into a movie set. The new Mayor\u2019s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting was designed to cut through existing red tape and facilitate location filming. Script approval was centralized in a single agency. A production now needed but a single permit to shoot on the streets; a specific police unit would remain with the filmmakers as they moved from location to location. Thus, Lindsay created the necessary conditions for the tough cop films, bleak social comedies, and gritty urban fables that captured the feel of New York in the late sixties and early seventies\u2014the cinema of Fun City.<\/p>\n

J. Hoberman<\/a> explores New York City’s popularity as a film location<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2022 Mixes of the week: A mix for The Wire<\/em> by John King<\/a>; and DreamScenes \u2013 April 2025<\/a> at Ambientblog.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Colossal: Water droplets cling to fluorescent plant spines in Tom Leighton\u2019s alluring photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At the BFI: Alex Barrett on Carl Theodor Dreyer\u2019s unmade film about Jesus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Anne Billson ranks 20 films starring Julie Christie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea<\/em><\/a> (1964) by Paul Sawtell | Das Boot<\/em><\/a> (1981) by Klaus Doldinger | Ambient Block (Sequenchill\/Mission Control #2\/Lost In The Sea)<\/em><\/a> (1993) by Sequential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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