Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tarantino vs. Lee: Inside Spike Lee’s Most Personal Feud, Trumping Even His Confrontation with Clint Eastwood
The films that leave a lasting impression on us are thanks to the visionary and artistic minds of the filmmakers who are behind those projects. Among the seemingly endless pool of talent in the industry today, the name of Quentin Tarantino, just like his films, will leave a lasting impression on everyone who has witnessed…
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Cinematic What-Ifs: The Almost Superhero Duo – Clint Eastwood’s Brush with Superman and Raquel Welch’s Almost Lois Lane
It’s a bird . . . It’s a plane . . . It’s Dirty Harry? Forty-five years after dashing newcomer Christopher Reeve’s caped flight to stardom in 1978’s “Superman” movie, a NYC auction house is listing rare documents revealing the other leading men the studio cleared to be cast in the iconic role, including Clint…
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John Wayne’S Spanking Of Co-Star ‘So Authentic She Had Bruises For A Week’
John Wayne famously spanked his co-star in a satirical Western that left her actually bruised for a week. Back in 1963, John Wayne starred in a Western comedy loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Duke played an ageing rancher called George Washington McLintock, a wealthy self-made man facing a number of…
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The Dark Secrets of John Wayne’s Rio Grande – Tragedy Strikes on Set in 1950’s Scorching Utah
John Wayne filmed a classic Western with Maureen O’Hara in which cast members were killed and their bodies never recovered. Back in 1950, John Wayne starred in Rio Grande, the third of his Cavalry Trilogy (alongside Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon) with director John Ford. Cast and crew struggled terribly with the…
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Unveiling 1968’s Legendary Onset Prank: How Rock Hudson Earned John Wayne’s Respect on The Undefeated
Back in 1968, having shot his Oscar-winning performance as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit, John Wayne made another Western with Rock Hudson. The Undefeated followed the French Imperial intervention in Mexico during the 1860s and was loosely based on a Confederate General’s real escape south of the US border after the American Civil War. Originally…
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From Cancer Surgery to The Shootist: John Wayne’s Relentless Struggle with Health, a Cinematic Odyssey
John Wayne suffered from ill health for the last 15 years of his life, being hospitalised for two weeks with influenza on his last movie The Shootist. At one point, doctors were even unsure if they would allow Duke to complete his final picture, in which he played an old gunslinger with cancer opposite James…
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Uncover John Wayne’s Surprising Choice for His ‘Worst’ Film – Dive into the Trailer for Jet Pilot
Known as one of the very best actors in American cinema, creating such classic movies as The Searchers, True Grit and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the legacy of John Wayne marks him as one of the most definitive Hollywood stars of the era. Sharing his limelight only with the likes of James Stewart,…
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Fading Legend: The Untold Story of John Wayne’s Final Movie and Its Close Call
John Wayne suffered from ill health for the last 15 years of his life, being hospitalised for two weeks with influenza on his last movie The Shootist. At one point, doctors were even unsure if they would allow Duke to complete his final picture, in which he played an old gunslinger with cancer opposite James…
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Clint’s Handsome Rides and 600 Spaghetti Surprises: The European Western Revolution
In the 1960s a new subgenre of Western movies emerged. These were low-budget films, collaborated with Italian and German directors, and filmed in Spain and sometimes Southern Italy. Due to their place of origin, they were crudely dubbed “Spaghetti Westerns” by American critics and “Macaroni Westerns” by the Japanese. Most of these movies were originally…
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Cinematic Marvels Unite: Clint Eastwood’s Final Film Enlists Spider-Man Icon
Clint Eastwood adds yet another major star to his final film and he’s everyone’s favorite OG from the Spider-Man franchise. J.K. Simmons, the Academy Award-winning actor, has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood‘s upcoming legal thriller, “Juror No. 2,” alongside Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette. Currently filming in Atlanta, the movie also features Gabriel Basso,…
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