Archive for August, 2010

Alain Corneau, famous French director, dies

By at 31 August, 2010, 3:10 pm

Alain Corneau, the famous French director and writer is dead. Here is his New York Times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/movies/31corneau.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries He was most famous for “Tous les matins du monde” which starred Gerard Depardieu but the reason I was familiar with his work was because he the director and co-writer of “Police Python .357” a movie that […]

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TOLDJA! Skirball’s copy of Nuremburg laws reclaimed by National Archives

By at 26 August, 2010, 5:55 pm

Nikki Finke has made TOLDJA one of her signature blog exclamations, but I couldn’t help borrowing it in this case. A few years ago when I wrote about the sketchy provenance of the Huntington Librarys Nazi holdings, gifts by General George Patton of items he took possession of at war’s end, some thought I was […]

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