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My Inspiration for June III

Writer: goldenstateservicesj
goldenstateservicesj
Jun 30, 2016
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This month I’ve been inspired by lots of things; from Czech New Wave, Prague and Egon Schiele to La Belle Epoque, films by Ken Loach and books ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith and ‘The Incorrigible Optimists Club’ by Jean-Michel Guenassia.

I have quite a few films to recommend: Career Girls (1997) by Mike Leigh starring the always off-beat and interesting Katrin Cartlidge, Kes (1969), Looks and Smiles (1981) and Poor Cow (1967) by Ken Loach, Violette Noziere (1978) with Isabelle Huppert as a pretty prostitute and a cold murderer, Barefoot in the Park (1967) with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, Georgy Girl (1966), and then the Czech ones: Daisies (1966), Valerie and her Week of Wonders (1970), Morgiana (1972) and Alice (1988) – these are the quirky ones I really loved, and The Loves of a Blonde (1965) by Milos Forman is a more kitchen sink drama style.

I also really loved the song ‘Working Class Hero’ by John Lennon, although I prefer the Marianne Faithfull version:

‘Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,And you think you’re so clever and classless and free,But you’re still fucking peasents as far as I can see,A working class hero is something to be…‘

Sedmikrasky (1966) 30
1918. Edge of Town (Krumau Town Crescent), 1918 Egon Schiele
Bruges at Dusk
1997. Career Girls - Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman 5
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1967. Poor Cow (1967), Ken Loach, Terence Stamp, Carol White 11
1967. Poor Cow (1967), Ken Loach, Terence Stamp, Carol White 10
1967. Poor Cow (1967), Ken Loach, Terence Stamp, Carol White 3
une femme est une femme 28
1967. Trafalgar Square, London in September, 1967.
1900. Pierrot And Colombina, Pablo Picasso (Pierrot et Colombine), 1900
1850s François Claudius Compte-Calix, Ladies in the Park, 19th century (date unknown)
Eilean Donan Castle
1978. Violette Noziere (1978), director Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert 2
1978. Violette Noziere (1978), director Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert 3
1978. Violette Noziere (1978), director Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert 1
Warsaw, town square
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miss pandora adeline rapon 4
1900s Two ladies in lace gowns
1970. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), Jaromil Jires, Alena Stojakova 1
prague 1
Sedmikrasky (1966) 51
Sedmikrasky (1966) 37
1970. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), Jaromil Jires, Alena Stojakova 2
1970. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), Jaromil Jires, Alena Stojakova 26
Prague at Dusk
1972. Morgiana (1972) dir. Juraj Herz 2
1972. Morgiana (1972) dir. Juraj Herz 6
Alice (1988), Jan Švankmajer 1
Alice (1988), Jan Švankmajer 3
Alice (1988), Jan Švankmajer 4
1910s Beautiful lady 1
1969. Kes 3
1967. Jane Fonda & Robert Redford in Barefoot in the Park 6
1967. Jane Fonda & Robert Redford in Barefoot in the Park 2
1895. Lesser Ury - Im Café Bauer
1941. Phyllis Brooks The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
 
 
 

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