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Strangers on a Train

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For my newsletter, I wrote about the Surrealist themes in Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951):

https://open.substack.com/pub/sabinastent/p/the-surrealism-of-strangers-on-a?r=ceu&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Strangers on a Train (Dir: Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)

Ida

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“Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.” Happy Birthday, Ida Lupino! Writer, director, producer, & star!

Surrealism inspired photo-series by Scotty Welbourne (1941).

Happy Halloween

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Happy Halloween to all. Here’s a rebump of my article on Dennis Stock’s incredible photos of the wonderful Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, for Magnum photos:

Dennis Stock Maila Nurmi, star of “The Vampira Show.” Hollywood. California. USA. 1954. © Dennis Stock | Magnum Photos.