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Posts by Chris Oxley

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4/14 Wonderwall, Welch, Aphex Twin, Ruination Day

Happy Ruination Day to us, everyone!
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COLUMN: The Projectionist #10 Narrative and Documentary Blends

New one up!

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Necks of the Woods John C. Woods' strange story

Hadn't intended to write about another hangman (accidental diptych), but this story may be more bonkers than the last one...

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Hangman's Arc Albert Pierrepoint's turnabout

New one up. Probably should be a more well-known story here...

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COLUMN: The Projectionist #9 John Wilson and His Antecedents

New column up at Zona Motel. Maybe my fave, so far. Contains over 40 links!
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COLUMN: The Projectionist #8 IT’S A 1940s BARBARA STANWYCK CHRISTMAS!

It's a 1940s Barbara Stanwyck Christmas!

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Mabel's Bonfire Mabel Riddel and postwar comic book burnings

A postwar comic book burning in Spencer. WV, and more...

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The Radioactive Rolex Pre- and Post-war radioactive watchmaking (and consumerism)

Throw the watches and see time fly...

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COLUMN: The Projectionist #7 Gia Coppola's Family Tree

A family thing in time for Thanksgiving...
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The Wright Stuff, or The Leaning Tower of Pizza Frank Lloyd Wright, Tom Monaghan, Domino's Pizza

If you've ever wondered where the Venn Diagram circles of “Frank Lloyd Wright” and “Domino's Pizza” overlap, have I got the post for you!
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Paar for the (Dis)Course Colbert news. a CBS cancellation precedent, and a 65 year-old toilet joke walk-off

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COLUMN: The Projectionist #5 Are Feature Comedies Dead or on Life Support?

New one up...
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COLUMN: The Projectionist #4 America, Summer 2025

New column up at Zona Motel:
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Paycheck for Cash Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Alderson, prison gigs and prison life

The Venn diagram circles of Johnny Cash and Johnny Paycheck overlap locally here (and more).
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Drop a bad guy you actually love.

And for Hagman to pull this off after being ingrained in brains as Major Nelson is a feat as well.

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I’d love to see a series of Bond short films by different directors like Aki Kaurismäki, Alice Rohrwacher or Wes Anderson.

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Would love this. They do this in comics where an anthology would have different writers/artists take on a character.

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It's like what Mike Leigh said his James Bond take would be: visiting his mother, having tea.

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July 15: 1st Anniversary Post A quick "thank you," plus a few July 15 events

Thank you! And more...
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Leave 'Em Wanting Lore Fiction for consumerism

Another interesting fun aspect of consumerism...
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COLUMN: The Projectionist #3 Kurzel's Moment

For the 4th, I wrote about an Australian filmmaker
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Goldfinger's Reprieves Architecture, creative revenge, banned film, an actor's act of heroism

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BLAZING SADDLES (I'm wearing a poster-emblazoned t-shirt right now, in fact). He let me watch DIE HARD when I was 12, and then we rented & watched all the Bond movies from DR. NO to then seeing LICENSE TO KILL in the theater. So, clichéd examples for my age group, maybe, but I wouldn't trade 'em.

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Cold-weather shot; both Jane and Henry are in wool coats; a marquee for ON THE BEACH is visible in the background

Cold-weather shot; both Jane and Henry are in wool coats; a marquee for ON THE BEACH is visible in the background

Just under the wire for Father's Day: Jane Fonda with father Henry Fonda, Times Square, 1959. Photograph by Leonard McCombe

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Brian Wilson - Love And Mercy (Official Music Video)
Brian Wilson - Love And Mercy (Official Music Video) YouTube video by RHINO

Wishing Love and Mercy to the late, great Brian Wilson

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I've seen him perform live more than any other person or band, I'd wager. Just pure joy. What a genius. What a legend. May he rest in peace.

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Losing Brian Wilson and Sly Stone the same week feels monumental, like when Bergman and Antonioni passed within a day of each other. #RIP

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COLUMN: The Projectionist #2 Middle Eastern Miracle Films

I have a new PROJECTIONIST column up over at Zona Motel... open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...

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McPartland's Pulpy Art & Life Imitations His non-fiction, pulp fiction, movies, and real life

Because of all the clippings, this one appears to be a longer read than it really is... but it's fascinating, if you don't know the story.
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Yardley Knew Ye Classification, Herbert Yardley, memoirs, movies

While they decide whether or not Pete Hegseth violated the Espionage Act, this codebreaking mail-reading dude caused the government to amend it over 90 years ago...
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