Author Archives: Peter Schilling Jr.

Stalking the Elusive Bird

Yesterday would have been the 57th birthday of my favorite baseball player of all-time, Mark Fidrych. It was declared “Bird Day!” by fellow writer, friend, and Fidrych follower Dan Epstein. Sports Illustrated photographer Joe McNally wrote a wonderful reminiscence about the Bird which … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on August 15, 2011

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DOWN AND OUT (IN NEW YORK AND MINNEAPOLIS)

In a summer of endless clashes between spandex covered men and alien invaders, of comedies involving endless sex jokes and great buckets of shit, of children’s films in which the whiny echoes of spoiled brats reverberate off the walls of … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on August 1, 2011

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REMEMBERING THE MOVIEGOER

For the Twin Cities film community, Terry Blue was a fixture at theaters around town. You couldn’t miss him: red haired, moving at clip that suggested he had important places to go (he would probably say that your theater was … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on February 17, 2011

Posted in A Raging Gallimaufry: Everything Else, Conversations Real & Imagined, Lost in the Temple: Movies | Tagged Terry Blue, Trylon | Comments Off

CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE WRECK OF ALVIN FITZSIMMONS

Marty, 1953 (an episode of the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse). Directed by Delbert Mann, written by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring Rod Steiger, Joe Mantell, Nancy Marchand, and Esther Minciotti From the files of “street” critic Guy Fresno. Did I ever tell you … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on November 17, 2010

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WHO’S CRAZY HERE?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975. Directed by Milos Forman, written by Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben. Starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito, Scatman Crothers, Vincent Schiavelli, Dean R. Brooks, Sydney Lassick, … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on August 31, 2010

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PERCHANCE TO DREAM

Inception, 2010. Directed and written by Christopher Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, and armies of gun toting men. The … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on June 25, 2010

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THIS MOVIE SHOULD HAVE BROKEN MY HEART

Toy Story 3, 2010. Directed by Lee Unkrich, written by Michael Arndt. With the vocal talents of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Teddy Newton, Bud Luckey (incredible), … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on June 18, 2010

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GOOD MEN GONE RUNNING

Bad Company, 1972. Directed by Robert Benton, written by Benton and David Newman. Starring Barry Brown, Jeff Bridges, John Savage, Jerry Houser, Damon Cofer, Joshua Hill, and the great character actors David Huddleston, Jim Davis, Ed Lauter, John Quade, Raymond … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on June 8, 2010

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WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND HE IS US

I have been having dreams about the oil spill. I never see the oil, never touch it in my dreams, but it’s there. Standing on the shores of some southern beach, in Florida or Louisiana or Alabama (I’m not sure), … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on June 4, 2010

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Roller Coasters and Picnics

Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto), 2010. Directed by Gianni Di Gregorio, written by di Gregorio and Simone Riccardini. Starring a melancholy di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Alfonso Santagata, Marcello Ottolenghi, and Petre Rosu … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on May 27, 2010

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The Bug: The Collected Electronic Writings of Peter Schilling Jr.

Author Archives: Peter Schilling Jr.

Stalking the Elusive Bird

DOWN AND OUT (IN NEW YORK AND MINNEAPOLIS)

REMEMBERING THE MOVIEGOER

CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE WRECK OF ALVIN FITZSIMMONS

WHO’S CRAZY HERE?

PERCHANCE TO DREAM

THIS MOVIE SHOULD HAVE BROKEN MY HEART

GOOD MEN GONE RUNNING

WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND HE IS US

Roller Coasters and Picnics

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