Snapshots, Movies and Legacies

Yesterday was one one of the saddest days of my life. I mean that from the bottom of my soul. In fact, this whole week has been.

Ed McMahon passed away this week. I can still here him announcing Here's Johnny on the Tonight show that I would sneak behind the couch to watch after being tucked in for bed. Ed McMahon was many things to many people.

He will remain to be one the greatest sidekicks in television history. But he was so much more than a sidekick. A true class act and gentleman of his own right. I remember watching Star Search faithfully.

He has touched so many lives. We love you Ed.

Hopefully in his next act if it well with his soul he will get to be one of the announcers in heaven.

Now let me go on to talk about three movies that changed the game as far as movie making goes.

The first stars the beloved Farrah Fawcett whom we both love and will be great missed.

The movie is the Burning Bed. This movie was phenomenal because never before has a television movie stirred so much controversy pertaining to domestic violence. The Burning Bed spoke to the realities that few people in screenwriting were addressing.

It remains to be a trendsetter in cinematography and great film making.

Without the Burning Bed I don't think that my writing idol Stephen King could have been able to come up with a book or a movie would have been made Misery.

Without the Burning Bed people would have been too afraid to address this issue and probably not have come up with movies like:

Sleeping with the Enemy

Fatal Attraction

Basic Instinct

Enough

Faith McNulty, Rose Leiman Goldemberg,Robert Greenwald brought and set up all the C4 and Farrah Fawcett pushed down the plunger and explosion happened that set our souls ablaze. We couldn't help but take notice.

What a movie and what a legacy.

The second movie is the Apostle which stars Robert Duvall,Farrah Fawcett and Billy Bob Thornton. This movie has all the right stuff. Great characters, brilliant acting and a plot that pushes an express mail envelope full of priceless gems.

This is one of the best movies I ever stumbled upon that addresses religion, infidelity, frail humanity, struggle, murder, suspense, an array of adventure with an amazing on screen metamorphosis. It is one of the best little known films ever made.


This movie is a brilliant film for any lover of cinema to see.

Finally one of the last movies I want to address is a remake of the Wizard of Oz entitled the Wiz.

The Wiz is an adaptation of the Wizard of Oz that captured the African American experience. It stars Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, Mabel King, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne. Little known secret Dorothy's house was right down the block from Brooklyn's own Albany projects.

Each of the stars of this movie are unforgettable icons.

Michael Jackson went on to make some of the most amazing music videos the world has ever seen. His music videos were movies in themselves. The world stopped to watch these videos. In awe at this dazzling display of rarely seen artistry from an amazingly unforgettable icon

Thriller

You Rock my World

Remember the Time

Beat it

Bad

The hits go on and on. Ones that will forever stand the test of time.
What amazing snapshots, movies and legacies these people have left for us.

R.I.P. Farrah, Ed, and MJ.

That's it for today cinemaniacs. Until next time be well, be safe, enjoy your weekend, and tell everyone special to you that you love them. Life is too short.