Intertitle of the Week: May 10th
The first image after the titles of SECRET AGENT. Seemed too apt not to mention, since today is intertitle day, and May 10th.
On Saturday I encountered an intertitle, or actually a sort of subtitle (Duvivier practically invents the subtitle in his silent melodrama LE TOURBILLON DE PARIS) which read “Tomorrow I return to Scotland,” which seemed like a personal message from Julien Duvivier to me, across eighty-two years.
Cheers, JD!
Guess this is my last post from the US, I’ll be back on Scottish soil Monday, expect more then!
shadowplay 
May 10, 2009 at 2:06 pm
No Sondheim sighting?
May 10, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Alas no — I’m not around for his favourite, which he’s going to be introducing. Guy spotted a movie actor in the street, but couldn’t remember his name, and I saw literary critic John Carey in a bookshop.
And I met the Self-Styled Siren!
May 10, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Well there’s a major celeb!
May 10, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Indeed! Much more excited to meet her than some songwriter guy. ;)
May 10, 2009 at 3:23 pm
The actor I spotted began his career as a youth in the ’80s, but as an adult he’s played mostly unsympathetic types. A handsome guy, but as I said to DC, he’s surprisingly a somewhat small man. A very familiar face in films and TV, he had on shades and didn’t seem too eager to be recognized.
May 10, 2009 at 5:24 pm
was it judd nelson?
May 10, 2009 at 6:38 pm
What’s the real-life Siren like?
May 10, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Not Judd. This guy has sort of sandy-colored hair, Judd’s is darker, plus JN has those flared nostrils. But he’s originally from that era. Damn I wish I could figure out what I’ve seen him in, since I know he’s popped up in a lot of things. I’ve seen him more than once where he’s played the weaselly scoundrel sort, he’s been sort of typecast in those roles.
May 10, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Figured it out: Andrew McCarthy.
May 10, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Wow! If I was going to bug him, I would probably have asked him about Chabrol. But I wouldn’t want to bug him.
May 10, 2009 at 9:33 pm
The real-life Siren is… everything you’d want her to be!
May 10, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I’ve always found Andrew McCarthy.. . .hot.
And speaking of heat (of a very different kind) here’s my Latest FaBlog: The Structuring Absence of Armond White
May 10, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Born in New Jersey, sometimes appearing in Broadway and off-Broadway productions, McCarthy’s been in more than a few episodes of Law & Order, which tells me he may still be based in the Jersey/NYC area.
May 11, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Kirby Dick’s film is playing at the Edinburgh Film Festival in June, where I hope to be able to review it in slightly more lucid terms than Mr White. Great piece, David.
May 11, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Merci. I trust Kirby will be there with the film. he’s quite a fascianting character. All his documentaries are on unique subjects — everything from the MPAA to Jacques Derrida.
May 12, 2009 at 9:56 am
Yeah, he has a real knack for picking a story. And what he found out about the MPAA — my God!