Musings of an Empress

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Zora Neale Hurston (via rempress)

Photographs taken in various cities across Florida by Alex Webb (1980s-1990s) via Magnum Photos

A place to sit.

John Coltrane

A baptism being held at Moon Lake, Mississippi, 1994. Photography by Norman, Mauskopf

Bette Davis as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

Coffy, Jack Hill

Hyenas (Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1992)

Abbas Kiarostami, 1990s

Camila Simões by Lufre for L'Officiel Brasil Magazine - Feb 2021  

Photos by Andy Warhol

-Nina Simone

“Film buffs who don’t live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it’s like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamor associated with them. But the truth is, it’s not like that. It’s very different. It’s hard work. If you were suddenly catapulted into that situation—without any training—you would say after it was over: ‘Oh, God! You’re kidding! You mean, this is what it’s like? This is what they put you through?’ Yes, as a matter of fact, it is like this—and it’s often worse. People have tried to describe the film business, but it’s impossible to describe because it’s so crazy. You must know your craft inside out and then pick up the rules as you go along.” John Carpenter (pictured on the set of Big Trouble in Little China)

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)