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Sunday Night is "Mad Men" Night...a blog event

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QOpLhrnbbBS8OOoW9XbaldTWJ67UvWdUiI8gSuS9Cso7mFO7VOD7Y10Dq8NnufXJ0aDFPKfQP-Evzk0fH1CpPM4Dpp7bIf9xLAl9aVBJhokP4mtX19AUypOeixejAdfZK4G5eAT5z-2w/s1600/don+in+the+office.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QOpLhrnbbBS8OOoW9XbaldTWJ67UvWdUiI8gSuS9Cso7mFO7VOD7Y10Dq8NnufXJ0aDFPKfQP-Evzk0fH1CpPM4Dpp7bIf9xLAl9aVBJhokP4mtX19AUypOeixejAdfZK4G5eAT5z-2w/s400/don+in+the+office.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">AMC’s <i>Mad Men</i> begins its much-anticipated fifth season on Sunday night, March 25, after a long and, for some of us, parched nearly two year hiatus. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3h9g29utAo2y4uK7JUCkuQQSis-Cd4qH8Gzsyqfl_LP0KD_nfr_Ygd40U9AhY1epI6Vrj6U7OZ1mdIa8UdoKDUGLyjZ1X4NFpRPffwvjJ_0y0lfmTMh8CeSPOVsR2NE02NU-f3c9m8_p/s1600/Mad+Men+Roger+Sterling+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3h9g29utAo2y4uK7JUCkuQQSis-Cd4qH8Gzsyqfl_LP0KD_nfr_Ygd40U9AhY1epI6Vrj6U7OZ1mdIa8UdoKDUGLyjZ1X4NFpRPffwvjJ_0y0lfmTMh8CeSPOVsR2NE02NU-f3c9m8_p/s320/Mad+Men+Roger+Sterling+2.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">This means that Sunday night will once more be <i>Mad Men</i> night in my world. At last. But I’m not alone in my joy, and a few blogger friends have volunteered to contribute guest posts to <i>The Lady Eve’s Reel Life</i> in celebration of the series' return. So...three Sundays and one Saturday in March, a different take on <i>Mad Men </i>will appear:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Sunday, March 4</u> – FlickChick with <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/03/mad-men-now-and-then-and-back-again.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mad Men</i>: Now and Then and Back Again</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Sunday, March 11</u> – Whistlingypsy on <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/03/feminine-mystique-of-mad-men.html" style="color: #cc0000;">The Feminine Mystique of <i>Mad Men</i></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Sunday, March 18</u> – Christian Esquevin on <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/03/mad-men-style.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mad Men</i> Style</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Saturday, March 24</u> – Motorcycle Boy with <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/03/mad-men-through-glass-darkly.html" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Mad Men</i>: Through a Glass Darkly</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">...plus... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Sunday, April 1</u> - The Lady Eve with <a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/04/meditation-on-mad-men.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Meditation on </span><i style="color: #cc0000;">Mad Men</i></a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Coming soon: Jill of <i>Sittin' on a Backyard Fence</i>...<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</a> to return to the <i>Reel Life </i>main page. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVPnQR1R5BbH-Ev-phDpvDjSrCs2CkKjhEJ9gF7jyQmN3TDBf_FHxCviKgTxjbKmtIIFRa2fCjES7jsh4Psfa4oSs-kB4s540CbiGXaaY02Iztigxpxig6WFErsxoNR4wN76TyqWiJci-/s1600/january+mad+men.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVPnQR1R5BbH-Ev-phDpvDjSrCs2CkKjhEJ9gF7jyQmN3TDBf_FHxCviKgTxjbKmtIIFRa2fCjES7jsh4Psfa4oSs-kB4s540CbiGXaaY02Iztigxpxig6WFErsxoNR4wN76TyqWiJci-/s400/january+mad+men.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>

AMC’s Mad Men begins its much-anticipated fifth season on Sunday night, March 25, after a long and, for some of us, parched nearly two year hiatus. This means that Sunday night will once more be Mad Men night in my world. At last. But I’m not alone i…

A Month of VERTIGO: the Bloggers...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl_9vJNmX4bZnXCB3BIftS-0a0CuPuyAb4NtcJ6_S0ppAKFtCdwF0UTT22_GPDM1YF0r_0uGiabxHyCn51OW56eroCv4lyISuAa3Vf_cwD_L4IzzSIaaJ3HUhS9p2rJapQuQPI2S2zMk/s1600/Vertigo+gfx+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl_9vJNmX4bZnXCB3BIftS-0a0CuPuyAb4NtcJ6_S0ppAKFtCdwF0UTT22_GPDM1YF0r_0uGiabxHyCn51OW56eroCv4lyISuAa3Vf_cwD_L4IzzSIaaJ3HUhS9p2rJapQuQPI2S2zMk/s400/Vertigo+gfx+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arriving with 2012 will be this blog’s first major event, <i>A Month of VERTIG</i>O. The month will feature <strike>10</strike> 11 bloggers and one ‘vlogger' reflecting on facets of Alfred Hitchcock’s <i>Vertigo</i> (1958).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJQmHXKTHcFXsLev6pAT6S4xOws0gZfDYzG1QGZyRWAPjompJmQiqA8PynCQn-i5IBg2mPGG0TlYZhnJPnAqfVIhlt1dXWpoTZHRQ1hTEWNy78YYMKAQd4MGDB4TnuSl3X5WQAUmFNz8/s1600/hitchcock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJQmHXKTHcFXsLev6pAT6S4xOws0gZfDYzG1QGZyRWAPjompJmQiqA8PynCQn-i5IBg2mPGG0TlYZhnJPnAqfVIhlt1dXWpoTZHRQ1hTEWNy78YYMKAQd4MGDB4TnuSl3X5WQAUmFNz8/s1600/hitchcock.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Unpopular with critics and audiences when it was released, <i>Vertigo</i> has endured. Today it is generally considered the great auteur's masterpiece of masterpieces and is one of the most highly regarded films in movie history. <i>Vertigo </i>is an ambitious work of grand scale and reputation - a staggering review subject for the lone blogger. And so, we <strike>eleven</strike> twelve have joined together to contemplate this masterwork from many angles.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> Here's what to expect at <i>The Lady Eve's Reel Life </i>during January 2012:</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 1, R.D. Finch of <i>The Movie Projector </i>offers <i>Deadly Obsession: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 4, Whistlingypsy of <i>Distant Voices and Flickering Shadows</i> muses on <i>Bernard Herrmann ~ Composer of Haunting Music and Treacherous Dreams</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 7, Christian Esquevin of <i>Silver Screen Modiste</i> and author of <u>Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label</u> takes a look at the costumes and the characters who wore them with <i>The Costumes of Vertigo</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6IVwhBFDmgFO7XCgASK0ozl12nJaaIn83_fxsCqxcj7c5eY95ROVQNbu5V5BiTvcFbBQV8kp79W41J5XnXDtJ8SzzHTfF8MW6G7K1gB1rG_tZbxNLpfoQoXkbR7q2cWqLk-pDsZsxgY/s1600/kim_novak_spiral-french_twist_vertigo_1958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6IVwhBFDmgFO7XCgASK0ozl12nJaaIn83_fxsCqxcj7c5eY95ROVQNbu5V5BiTvcFbBQV8kp79W41J5XnXDtJ8SzzHTfF8MW6G7K1gB1rG_tZbxNLpfoQoXkbR7q2cWqLk-pDsZsxgY/s200/kim_novak_spiral-french_twist_vertigo_1958.jpg" width="146" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">January 10, Brandie Ashe of <i>True Classics</i> considers <i>Kim Novak in Vertigo: A Hypnotic Presence</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 13, Michael Nazarewycz of <i>Filmoria.com</i>, <i>ManILoveFilms.com </i>and <i>ScribeHard on Film</i> contemplates the setting of <i>Vertigo</i>, that "jewel of American cities," with <i>More Than Just the Streets of San Francisco</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 16, Steven DeRosa, author of <u>Writing With Hitchcock,</u> looks at <i>Vertigo</i> from the perspective of  screenwriter Samuel A. Taylor with <i>An Inconsequential Yarn</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 19, John Greco of <i>Twenty Four Frames</i> offers his recent interview with preeminent Hitchcock biographer Patrick McGilligan (<u>Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light</u>) on the subject of <i>Vertigo </i>and the filmmaker who conceived it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 22, Allen Hefner of <i>Bit Part Actors</i> honors those with roles small and momentary in <i>Vertigo’s </i>supporting cast with <i>Vertigo, the Bit Players</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ24KT53Z5aQw_JwDD__RI4YfIBJCPCjC131D3g95C0n5M3vIJcXe5belGhjlis4Sq9JxrAVUldD-1DZFJnoq8Owqu5cdtbq1_EIMJB8Kz19CKOR24QJEX2f_kEkg1b2LdEbWsvwf2O5E/s1600/vertigo+steps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ24KT53Z5aQw_JwDD__RI4YfIBJCPCjC131D3g95C0n5M3vIJcXe5belGhjlis4Sq9JxrAVUldD-1DZFJnoq8Owqu5cdtbq1_EIMJB8Kz19CKOR24QJEX2f_kEkg1b2LdEbWsvwf2O5E/s320/vertigo+steps.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">January 25, Classic Film Boy of <i>Classic Film Boy’s Movie Paradise</i> assesses James Stewart's iconic and complex performance as ‘Scottie Ferguson’ in <i>Vertigo</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 28, Brandon Kyle Goco of TCM’s Classic Film Union, <i>Brandon Kyle the Cinephile</i> and guest host of TCM’s October podcast series will ‘vlog’ (video blog) about his passion for <i>Vertigo</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January 31 - Dan Auiler, author of the most essential book on <i>Vertigo </i>out there, <u>VERTIGO: The Making of a Hitchcock Classic</u>. A late addition to the guest contributor group, Dan offers <i>Marking Vertigo</i>, which he describes as "understanding <i>Vertigo </i>as Madeleine with Chris Marker as guide. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">February 3 - I'll ponder <i>Vertigo</i> in relation to the the French noir novel it was adapted from, <u>D'Entre Les Morts</u> by</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Boileau-Thomas Narcejac.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each post will include a bit of background on its author plus links to the contributor’s blog or site. Please join us for what promises to be a month of wide-ranging commentary on the Hitchcock film that critic David Thomson called "a masterpiece and an endless mystery," and about which he wrote, "It's a test case: If you are moved by this film, you are a creature of cinema..."</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/epclrhxLJJ4" width="420"></iframe></div></div>

A Month of Vertigo Allen Hefner Brandie Ashe Brandon Goco Christian Esquevin Classic Film boy John Greco Michael Nazarewycz R.D. Finch Steven DeRosa The Lady Eve (author) Whistlingypsy A Month of VERTIGO: the Bloggers...

Arriving with 2012 will be this blog’s first major event, A Month of VERTIGO. The month will feature 10 11 bloggers and one ‘vlogger' reflecting on facets of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958).Unpopular with critics and audiences when it was released,…

Sunday Night is "Mad Men" Night...a blog event

A Month of VERTIGO: the Bloggers...

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