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“Across 110th Street” (1972) #BlackAndWhiteAmerica #tfilms

Posted in Motion Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on 18.12.2010 by thomas

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I got to watch this the other night. I’ve been trying to watch every good movie that was ever filmed in NY.

This is the kind of movie you watch today and it’s not just a dope movie, it’s a historical picture. This was not that long ago, even though it seems that way. It’s the same New York. It’s not based on a true story and some of the performances may be overacted a little,  but from what I’ve learned from old school New Yorkers, this isn’t so far off.

These 3 guys robbed a mafia safehouse for 300,000$ and took out some cops in the process. So they have not only the italian mob headed by a guy who has no problem using the N word in the most negative way, but the cops are after them too. Anthony Quinn plays the “old boys” Captain about to retire when this happens and the new Lieutenant is going to take charge, except the new Lieutenant happens to be black, and this change of power is something these 2 guys have to work through, the first with his lifetime of bias to get over.

All of the acting in this is good to great. I found this looking for more stuff Anthony Quinn is in, a favorite actor of mine.. everyone in this was good though. Real s#%t.  Some of the scenes are really powerful and all of the action scenes are some dope pre-computers realFX ish

#itsOnNetflix

Peace

~t

 

ps – i’ma do more of these

Oh and I forgot to say the soundtrack is great too. Check it

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Change is in the face of every man with broken hands…

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 22.03.2010 by thomas

2008

(2nd verse)

the ink from the last page bleeds into the next
ancestry of both slaves and Kings
from forgotten civilizations, heirlooms and rings, lost riches,
now forced to be supported by government
Change isn’t always so great
first you feel the blessing and then you feel the curse
and you might just say that’s the way it is, and work
and get on facing your challenges
but don’t let success change what the worst days meant
or ever stand in silence when you know that you should represent
Change
is in the face of every man with broken hands
trying to pick up where his father left off
in remembrance or respect
things have changed yet some are inevitable
Life & Death you never know when it changes at a moments notice
and you’re left standing on a corner alone
but one day you will find your way home
no matter how it changes

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the Greatest Generation should be us #in2010

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 03.01.2010 by thomas

The Greatest  Generation is a term referring to the generation of people who fought World War II and afterwords rebuilt everything that was destroyed.

I was thinking about this.

Do I want to be called a member of the Greatest Generation? I do.

I can’t?

Because I haven’t fought a war?

Because I haven’t killed anyone?

Well…

They are the Greatest Generation. I acknowledge and honor all veterans who’ve fought. The women who stepped up and supported them. The children, the innocent ones lost. Whether they were wrong or right they died. Anyone and everyone. But I want us to be known as the Greatest Generation. How can we top reuniting and rebuilding a world after a war?

We can top that by uniting and building a world WITHOUT war.

That would make us the greatest generation. That would have people speaking(and tweeting?) of us as the ones who collectively decided that enough was enough. The tools for such communication were never in place. The wealth of common knowledge has never been more accessible. I’m not on some crazy biblical the light is gonna shine down and all will be granted heaven-ish. I’m saying “the people united will never be defeated”. That’s a protest slogan I’ve heard. It’s true but how could the people of the 60′s be truly united when they were small groups of people limited by physical mail and telephone for communication? That’s only 50 years ago. We’ve been “modern humans” for thousands of years. Now look what we’ve come into just in our lifetime(every single person who will read this).

These are not toys we’ve been given they are tools. Let’s use them.

Happy New Year

I said to my friends & fam I hope we all get JUICY

I say the same to you

PEACE for 20-10

t

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Stanley Kubrick – Paths of Glory (1957)

Posted in Motion Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 28.12.2009 by thomas

Wikipedia – Paths of Glory (1957) is a war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb.

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The book had no title when it was finished, so the publisher held a contest.

The winning entry came from the ninth stanza of the famous Thomas Gray poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard.”

— The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,
Awaits alike th’inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

For anyone who has seen the more famous Kubrick films like “Full Metal Jacket” , “2001: A Space Odyssey”, I don’t think this will be unfamiliar to anyone watching. The way Kubrick does things is really his own way as far as the direction! This one is about World War I trench warfare. I’ve seen a lot of war movies and I can’t say I’ve seen any that were about trench fighting. Like his other films about war what he shows you is a harsh reality, lunacy, that is terrifying and somehow sometimes hilarious at the same time. I caught this because it’s on netflix live stream. Definitely will watch again. It’s only 94 minutes long. It’s nothing like the epic ‘Saving Private Ryan’ of modern times… it’s like stepping into that world for a short chaotic time rather than seeing an overall good/bad moral-of-the-story situation. I’ve never been a soldier but I feel like this is an honest representation of what war might be like. Why watch it? Maybe it’ll make you feel empowered or inspired to stop more war? IT’s history either way.

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the dreamers of the day are dangerous men…

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on 28.12.2009 by thomas

“Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible.”

~ T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

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it’s too bad they shoot the messenger…

Posted in poetry with tags , , , , , , on 28.11.2009 by thomas

it’s too bad they shoot the messenger…

i’ve got so much to share

i wonder if anything’s different this time around ..

i wonder if there’s someone out there who would say they’d want to put me down …

it’s too bad for them the truth being seen is inevitable

many say i care too much, i wonder if they realize it’s all a part of us now

guns are the weapons of the foolish

the wisest will tell you that the words hold the true power

and anyone who believes otherwise

see the definition of the word justice and how it’s used

in a thousand different ways to manipulate an occupied mind

it’s too bad they’ve always shot the messenger

i plan on making it through this time, to my delivery

barely born I was a child of Liberty from day one

t

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