American Gigolo

Film Appreciation

I'll be honest and admit that I didn't see American Gigolo until I was in my late 20s. It was during a time when I was watching Richard Gere movies: An Officer and a Gentleman, The Cotton Club, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, The Mothman Prophecies, and Chicago.

American Gigolo is an iconic crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. Gere plays a male escort who becomes a prime suspect in the murder of his client's wife.


via WorleyClarence


Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gigolo
http://www.focusfeatures.com/flashback?bylinedate=2009-02-01&article_url=_em_american_gigolo__em__hits_the_streets

Thomas Saliot

Art Appreciation

For some reason I'm drawn to paintings or photographs of women who cover their mouths with their turtleneck sweater, shirt, or blanket to only reveal their eyes and hair. To me, it's sensual, such as the painting titled "Black Jumper" by French artist Thomas Saliot.

Saliot is known for taking images from the internet and painting it free hand. You can find more of his wonderful artwork HERE.

Bare Feet BW via artnchat

Black Jumper via saatchiart

Marie via kaifineart

Sources:

http://www.thomassaliot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ThomasSaliot/
http://thomassaliot.tumblr.com/
http://www.saatchiart.com/thomassaliot
http://thomassaliot.deviantart.com/
http://www.cuded.com/2012/11/absolutely-stunning-paintings-by-thomas-saliot/
http://artnchat.blogspot.com/2012/11/thomas-saliot-born-1968.html
http://www.kaifineart.com/2014/11/thomas-saliot.html

Dance: Major Lazer - Watch Out For This

Dance Appreciation

Choreography: DHQ Fraules (Elena Yatkina)
Fraules Dance Center and Pull Up Crew
https://www.facebook.com/DHQfraules

  via FraulesGirl

Jonathan Root

Photography Appreciation

Jonathan Root is an English portrait photographer, and is considered a master in the art of portraiture. A couple of his famous portraits includes that of French designer Philippe Patrick Starck and photographer David Hockney. One that captured my attention was a black and white portrait titled "Twins" of two thin boys in jeans with their hair combed down.

You can find more of his portraits HERE.

David Hockney and Ruby in David's House 

in Bridlington via jonathanrootphotographer

Philippe Patrick Starck via fineartebooks

Twins via featureshoot

Sources:

http://www.jonathanroot.co.uk/
https://youtu.be/Vu46Rctb7Zo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Root_(photographer)
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp122643&role=art
http://www.jonathanroot.co.uk/fineartebooksblog.html

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon

Music Appreciation

Written by Stevie Nicks and released by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on February 4, 1996, Rhiannon is named as one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine.

The song is based on a novel by Mary Bartlet Leader called Triad: A Novel of the Supernatural (1972) where a woman is possessed by another woman named Rhiannon.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon_(song)
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/feb04.htm

Cosplay... Is An Art: Expo Guayaquil Interactivo y Cultural 2015

via Handy Boy

Clark Gable

Acting Appreciation

On February 1, 1901, American film actor Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio.

Gable won an Academy Award for Best Actor for It Happened One Night (1934), but is best known for his role as Rhett Butler in the epic film Gone with the Wind (1939).

Clark Gable died of an arterial blood clot on November 16, 1960.


via movieclips



Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Gable
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000022/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm#mini_bio
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/67232%7C32546/Clark-Gable/