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Justine and Ricky D are back from the Toronto International Festival to discuss three of the best films of 2011: the sophomore effort by Steve McQueen, Shame, the long-awaited return of acclaimed director Lynne Ramsay with We Need To Talk About Kevin, and finally Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, which is also out wide this weekend.
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Barry Feinstein dies at 80; rock music photographer
Barry Feinstein shot more than 500 album covers, including Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin' ' and George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass.'
Barry Feinstein
PHOTO: Barry Feinstein is captured in a photograph by singer Bob Dylan. Feinstein was the official photographer of Dylan's European tour in 1966 and shot the cover of the musician's album "The Times They Are A-Changin'." (Barry Feinstein Photography)
By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
October 21, 2011
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Barry Feinstein, a photographer who gained renown as one of the premier chroniclers of the 1960s and '70s music scene, including shooting iconic album covers for Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and George Harrison, has died. He was 80.
Feinstein, a longtime resident of Woodstock, N.Y., who had been in failing health the last 10 years, died Thursday at a hospital in Kingston, N.Y., said his wife, Judith Jamison Feinstein.
In an award-winning career that began in the 1950s and included shooting many of Hollywood's biggest stars, Feinstein had photos published in Life, Look, Time, Esquire, Newsweek and other magazines.
He photographed more than 500 album covers, including Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'," Joplin's "Pearl," Harrison's "All Things Must Pass," the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," Dave Mason's "Alone Together" and Eric Clapton's debut solo album "Eric Clapton."
"I'd put Barry in the top five of all-time rock photographers," said Peter Blachley, owner of the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City, which represents Feinstein's photography.
Feinstein's success was due not only to the way he composed his shots and his other skills as a photographer, Blachley said, but "the way he was able to get the access to deliver those shots. And that access is gained by his personality with artists.
"They loved working with Barry, and that makes a great music photographer."
When he shot the cover for George Harrison's 1970 "All Things Must Pass" album, Feinstein recalled in a 2002 interview with the Washington Times, he photographed for days outside the singer's home at Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames, England.
"Then, someone called [Harrison] and told him that the gnomes that were stolen from Friar Park in about 1871 could be bought back. They asked him if he wanted to buy them back. He said, 'Sure.' They brought them back and laid them on the lawn. We went out and looked at them. I said, 'There's the cover.'
"We didn't move a thing. In about two minutes, we had the cover. It was spontaneous."
Harrison later asked Feinstein to document the historic fundraising Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in 1971.
Feinstein was best known for his long association with Dylan, for whom he was the official photographer on the European portion of Dylan's 1966 world tour and the 1974 Dylan and The Band tour.
One of Feinstein's famous Dylan photos, taken in London in 1966, shows the singer in the back of a limousine smoking a cigarette and gazing straight ahead through dark sunglasses, seemingly oblivious to the fans' faces pressed against the closed window.
A collection of his Dylan photos appear in Feinstein's 2008 book "Real Moments: Bob Dylan."
"I wanted my pictures to say something," Feinstein wrote. "I don't really like stand-up portraits; there's nothing there, no life, no feeling. I was much more interested in capturing real moments."
"Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric: The Lost Manuscript," a collection of Feinstein's early Hollywood photos and poems Dylan had written in 1964 to accompany them, also was published in 2008.
"If he wasn't a photographer but was a writer, he would have been very much like Paddy Chayefsky," Blachley said. "He had a very interesting way of looking at the world around him."
One of Feinstein's Hollywood photographs, he said, is of a movie studio parking lot "and there's a big sign in front that says 'Talent Lot,' and it's empty; there's nothing in it."
Feinstein was born Feb. 4, 1931, in Philadelphia. He spent a year at the University of Miami and had a stint in the Coast Guard before launching his career in photography. After arriving in Hollywood, he became a studio photographer for Columbia Pictures.
Feinstein, who was a cameraman on the classic 1968 documentary "Monterey Pop," also was the director-cameraman on the 1968 music documentary "You Are What You Eat."
A close friend of actor Steve McQueen, he also shot stills during the production of McQueen's 1968 classic film "Bullitt."
Noting that her husband had a photography and design studio in Los Angeles for many years, Judith Jamison Feinstein said: "Steve McQueen would pick him up every day at 4 o'clock when he was done with business and off they'd go motorcycling through the Hollywood Hills."
Feinstein was previously married and divorced from singer Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, with whom he had a daughter, Alicia; and to actress Carol Wayne, with whom he had a son, Alex.
In addition to his wife and two children, he is survived by three stepchildren, Erica Marshall and Jasper and Jake Jamison; and three grandchildren.
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James McAvoy shares his Five Favorite Films. Just like anyone who was a kid in the 80s, he's a fan of "The Goonies." See McAvoy in "The Last Station," now available on DVD.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
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As the post-V.D. doldrums start to take affect, worry not gentle reader. We've got new DVDs out today and the DVDo's and DVDont's for you.
DVDo's
-Black Dynamite is one of the funnier "we know we're kidding" exploitation films, but shockingly one of the most enjoyable in the recent years of faux-Grindhouses.
-Clint Eastwood: 35 Films in 35 Years at Warner Brothers is what you think it is. And has Every Which Way But Loose.
-Hunger is out on regular DVD and Blu-Ray for your Michael Fassbender needs.
-Ran is out on Blu-Ray.
-The Ladykillers is too.
DVDon'ts
-Law Abiding Citizen involves Gerard Butler proving he can do a new American accent depending on the genre of film.
-Coco Before Chanel is the perfect gift for chicks, man.
-Halo: Legends is what you should buy the person you don't like who likes video games. Except not on Blu-Ray.
-The Dirty Harry Collection on Blu-Ray is like really high quality AMC on Sunday afternoons.
As the post-V.D. doldrums start to take affect, worry not gentle reader. We've... more
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Brilliant and controversial British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home Thursday, his company said, after anguished Internet postings that revealed his deep sorrow at the death of his mother. He was 40 years old.
Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious. McQueen's representatives would not confirm British media reports that he had committed suicide.
McQueen's sudden death robbed the fashion scene of one of its most innovative and successful young designers. His clothes were sexy and distinctive, dramatic and different, perfect for red-carpet presentations and late night rock gatherings.
He made his name first in London, then wooed audiences in Paris, New York and Milan to take his place in the upper echelons of the design world.
Yet recently posted comments on his Twitter page showed that McQueen was distraught over the Feb. 2 death of his mother. He said he wanted his mother to rest in peace "but life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Using an obscenity, he added that he had had an "awful week" and said he had to "some how pull myself together and finish."
Little was immediately known about the circumstances surrounding his death, which came as the fashion elite was gathered in New York for a series of catwalk shows.
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It's been over 50 years since audiences were instructed: "Run - Don't Walk from… The Blob!" Since then the terrifying gelatinous mass has become a classic horror staple in film history. Now the jelly monster will crawl into theaters again in the form of an R-rated remake from cult horror director Rob Zombie. The original 1958 film focused on the terror brought to a town when a giant red glob lands on Earth from another planet, growing and absorbing humans at an alarming rate. But of course Zombie has a different take, "My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing - that's the first thing I want to change."It's been over 50 years since audiences were instructed: "Run - Don't... more
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Ellen breaks down the Top 5 Movie Car Chases.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
See more episodes of The Rotten Tomatoes Show on http://current.com/movies/ and Current TV.Ellen breaks down the Top 5 Movie Car Chases.
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Almost 30 years after his death, Hollywood cannot get enough of Steve McQueen.
Two rival film projects about the "King of Cool" are edging their way to the big screen, pitting two of his three wives against each other.
Marshall Terrill's biography "Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel" is being developed by producers Michael Cerenzie ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") and Christine Peters ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"). They have enlisted the assistance of McQueen's widow, Barbara Minty.Almost 30 years after his death, Hollywood cannot get enough of Steve McQueen.
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A Cadillac once driven by "MacGyver" and the "King of Cool" turned up hot in Denver, one of the expensive cars stolen, sold, insured and restolen by an organized-crime ring, based on charges made public today.A Cadillac once driven by "MacGyver" and the "King of Cool" turned... more
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Fairly accurate geo tracking of the famous San Francisco car-chase scene from the movie Bullit.
I love how they turn a corner on Potrero Hill and end up in North Beach.
Notice the VW bug.Fairly accurate geo tracking of the famous San Francisco car-chase scene from the... more
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