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The Sickening End of Twitter
I’ve been aware of Elon Musk’s purchase and destruction of Twitter as it’s been going on the past few years. I didn’t follow it with...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 31, 20231 min read
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The Fugitive Oral History
Rolling Stone is out with a terrific new oral history on the making of The Fugitive, which was released almost thirty years ago (on...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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R.I.P. Professor Lewis Spratlan
I was sorry to learn of the passing of my Amherst College music professor, Lewis Spratlan, who was a great composition teacher as well as...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 29, 20232 min read
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The Slow Death of Pop Culture
I came across an article in UnHerd (which I had never Herd of) which my friend Rob Burnett put on social media. It’s an interesting look...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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Ernie Anderson on Letterman
So much of being a Gen-X kid meant discovering classic movies on their network television airings. And a lot of them were on ABC, like...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 27, 20231 min read
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Coining the Flopbuster
Barbie and Oppenheimer are the big movie news at the moment, having opened to record numbers. And both are originals! Although, of...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Anthony Marinelli Demonstrates the Blue Thunder Synthesizers
Anthony Marinelli would be known to soundtrack collectors for Young Guns, The Man From Elysian Fields and his long filmography as a...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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Vacation Break
We’re off on a summer vacation this week! And because I still can’t figure out how to schedule blog columns on Wix in advance, this will...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 17, 20231 min read
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Two Labor Strikes, Two Existential Battles
You’ve probably heard there are two labor strikes in the film industry right now, the WGA (writers) and SAG-AFTRA (actors). This has not...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 16, 20232 min read
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My Friends William and Craig at Screen Archives
Above: Joe Sikoryak, me, Ed Dennis and “the Godfather,” Craig Spaulding of Screen Archives, probably 15 years ago. I woke up this morning...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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65
I watched 65 on Netflix. I’ve said this probably a dozen times, but I’m very concerned about this blog becoming a bunch of time bombs...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 14, 20232 min read
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SAG-WGA Double Strike
Looks like it’s on: SAG negotiations broke down and the actors union will go on strike today, joining the writers guild, the WGA. Here’s...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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All the Right Movies
A shout-out today to a British movie site and podcast, All the Right Movies. I’ve actually never listened to their podcast—who has time?...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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A Double Strike?
Like most people in the entertainment business, or watching it, I woke up to articles like this one about the possible if not likely...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 11, 20232 min read
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Picnic Dance Scene
I’m very grateful for the unorthodox movie education I got as a result of publishing Film Score Monthly, and producing our CDs. From Star...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 10, 20232 min read
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Star Trek TOS CDs From La-La Land Records
La-La Land Records has released Vol. 1 in a series of 2CD sets of music from Star Trek: The Original Series. I’m involved as a producer,...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 9, 20231 min read
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Yoko Kanno Interview
I am a huge Yoko Kanno fan. I think she’s absolutely fantastic. So I was delighted to find this detailed interview with her in Forbes by...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 8, 20231 min read
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Never Say Never Again at 40
Forty years ago, a group of people moved heaven and earth to make their own James Bond movie, starring Sean Connery (!). The only problem...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 7, 20235 min read
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Mangold on Williams
Continuing the talk about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (here and here), see a great new interview with director James Mangold in...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 6, 20232 min read
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Armchair Studio Execs (And, the Original Star Trek Cast Wasn’t That Old After All)
I appreciate the thoughts and nice words about my notes on Indy 5 earlier this week. We all have such affection and history with Indy...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 5, 20233 min read
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