Ricardo Bofill was a Spanish architect who built Xanadu (1971), La Muralla Roja (1973) and Walden 7 (1975).
His work references Gaudí, Palladio and Archigram.
Bofill’s opus is of major significance in European postmodern architecture.
RIP Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946 – 2022)
Jean-Jacques Beineix was a French film director best known for Betty Blue (1986).
There was something about this film, which I saw when I was 21, which I found very off-putting.
I can never forget when she smears that plate of spaghetti bolognese all over her face.
But the scene above, where she snubs the landlord and throws everything out of the caban by the sea, their beach house, is quite hilarious. Then she lights up the place, foreshadowing here coming madness.
Must see film when you are 21, totally optional afterwards.
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RIP Fred Van Hove (1937 – 2022)
Fred Van Hove was a Belgian jazz pianist known for his work in free jazz.
RIP Ronnie Spector (1943 – 2022)
Ronnie Spector was an American singer best known for interpreting “Be My Baby” (1963).
RIP James Mtume (1947 – 2022)
James Mtume was an American musician and songwriter best-known for his composition “Juicy Fruit” (1983).
RIP Marilyn Keith Bergman (1928 – 2022)
RIP Marilyn Keith Bergman (1928 – 2022) was the female half of the American husband-wife duo of lyricists and songwriters.
They are known for writing the lyrics to such songs as “The Windmills of Your Mind”.
RIP Sidney Poitier (1927 – 2022)
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor famous for such performances as in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967).
RIP Mariano Laurenti (1929 – 2022)
Mariano Laurenti was an Italian film director known for his work in the commedia sexy all’italiana genre.
In that genre he directed several films in the ‘decamerotico’ subgenre, like the one above.
Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972) is nothing more than one big excuse to show the naked breasts of Edwige Fenech and Karin Schubert.
RIP Peter Bogdanovich (1939 – 2022)
Peter Bogdanovich was an American director and general film person.
To me, he is an integral part of the Roger Corman phenomenenon.
Of all his films, I have the fondest memories of Paper Moon, I remember the beginning of that film vividly.
Above, a documentary by a certain Adam Hulin.
Happy new year from us.
RIP Mikey Chung (1950 – 2021)
Mikey Chung (1950 – 2021) was a Jamaican musician who played keyboards, guitar and percussion instruments.
Here with a cover of “Breezin'” (1970) by Bobby Womack.
“Breezin'” (1970) is a musical composition by Bobby Womack, originally released with Gabor Szabo on Blue Thumb Records as a seven inch single.
On the b-side was “Azure Blue”. The song was later released on Gabor’s album High Contrast.