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Websites we like: westfordcomp.com

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Daniel

http://www.westfordcomp.com/ Very interesting, slightly mysterious website. Among other photography galleries, it offers a unique collection of photographs made from film found in old cameras. The collector must have grown up in the 1950s (as I did). His comments on the … Continue reading →

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Seeing movies again, decades later, Part II

Posted on September 18, 2009 by admin

I saw “Queen of Outer Space” at the movies in 1958. I was terrified. When I saw it again recently, I thought perhaps I had had the good sense to find the swanky late ’50s decor and costumes frightening, or … Continue reading →

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Seeing movies again, decades later, Part I

Posted on August 23, 2009 by admin

We watched the Israeli film “Sallah Shabati’, starring Chaim Topol. It’s a charming comedy about a family of Yemenite Jews who came to Israel in “Operation Magic Carpet” in the late ’40s.  I saw it in the movies in 1964 … Continue reading →

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