Ernest Hemingway, on listening:

I like to listen.
I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.
Most people never listen.

- Ernest Hemingway.

Recommended reading - H.R. Giger's Film Design

 

H.R. Giger's Film Design

by H.R. Giger.

Introduction by Ridley Scott.

Published by Morpheus International.
Published 1996.Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1883398061
ISBN-13: 978-1883398064

Description:

An artist of uncompromising vision who gives free range to his brilliant, often bizarre imagination, H.R. Giger has created some of the most successful marriages of design and film in history. In this collection, Giger takes readers on a tour of his fantastic designs, from genesis through gestation to birth, for such films as Alien, Alien 3, and Species. 200 photos & illustrations.

Born on this day – John Carradine:

 

John Carradine

Actor

February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988

Credits:

Jack-O (1995); Buried Alive (1989); Evil Spawn (1987); The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986); Peggy Sue Got Married (1986); The Tomb (1986); Monster in the Closet (1986); Revenge (1986); The Twilight Zone (1986); Frankenstein's Brain (1985); Grave's End (1985); Evils of the Night (1985); Fame (1985); Charlie's Christmas Secret (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Welcome to the Fun Zone (1984); The Ice Pirates (1984); Imps* (1983); The Vals (1983); A Rose for Emily (1983); Doctor Dracula (1983); House of the Long Shadows (1983); The Secret of NIMH (1982); Klynham Summer (1982); Demon Rage (1982); Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Frankenstein Island (1981); Goliath Awaits (1981); The Reluctant Dragon (1981); The Nesting (1981); CBS Library (1981); The Monster Club (1981); The Howling (1981); The Boogey Man (1980); Monstroid (1980); The Seekers (1979); The Littlest Hobo (1979); Americathon (1979); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Nocturna (1979); Teheran Incident (1979); Wonder Woman (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Bees (1978); Flying High (1978); Vega$ (1978); Vampire Hookers (1978); Sunset Cove (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1978); The Lady and the Lynchings (1977); Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Shock Waves (1977); The Mouse and His Child (1977); McCloud (1977); The White Buffalo (1977); Satan's Cheerleaders (1977); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); The Sentinel (1977); Crash! (1976); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Killer Inside Me (1976); Captains and the Kings (1976); Death at Love House (1976); The Shootist (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); McCoy (1976); Westwind (1975); The Rookies (1975); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Mobile One (1975); Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975); Kung Fu (1972–1975); Stowaway to the Moon (1975); The Lady's Not for Burning (1974); Emergency! (1974); The House of Seven Corpses (1974); The Cowboys (1974); The Cat Creature (1973); Shadow House (1973); Superchick (1973); 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel (1973); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); Bad Charleston Charlie (1973); Love, American Style (1973); The Night Strangler (1973); Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972); The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1972); Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972); Richard (1972); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Moonchild (1972); Threshold (1971); Honey Britches (1971); Ironside (1971); Night Gallery (1971); House of the Black Death (1971); Decisions! Decisions! (1971); The Seven Minutes (1971); The Gatling Gun (1971); Will to Die (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970); Bigfoot (1970); The McMasters (1970); Shinbone Alley (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Hell's Bloody Devils (1970); Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970); Cain's Cutthroats (1970); The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Bonanza (1961–1969); Five Bloody Graves (1969); Madame Death (1969); Land of the Giants (1969); Enigma de muerte (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Las vampiras (1969); The Trouble with Girls (1969); Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969); The Big Valley (1969); Diabolical Pact (1969); Antologia del miedo (1968); Autopsia de un fantasma (1968); The Astro-Zombies (1968); They Ran for Their Lives (1968); Daniel Boone (1968); Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967); Hondo (1967); The Hostage (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Gallery of Horror (1967); The Green Hornet (1967); The Emperor's New Clothes (1966); Red Zone Cuba (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Munster, Go Home! (1966); Branded (1965–1966); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Laredo (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Munsters (1965–1966); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); Something for Mrs. Gibbs (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); Curse of the Stone Hand (1965); The Wizard of Mars (1965); Genesis (1964); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); The Patsy (1964); The Lucy Show (1964); Lawman (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1962); Thriller (1961); Death Valley Days (1961); Maverick (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Harrigan and Son (1960); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Rebel (1959–1960); Sex Kittens Go to College (1960); Tarzan the Magnificent (1960); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); Overland Trail (1960); Lock Up (1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Johnny Ringo (1959); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Incredible Petrified World (1959); Gunsmoke (1955–1959); Invasion of the Animal People (1959); The Oregon Trail (1959); The Rifleman (1959); Man Without a Gun (1959); Invisible Invaders (1959); Tombstone Territory (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Bat Masterson (1959); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Sugarfoot (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); The Last Hurrah (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); The Proud Rebel (1958); The Restless Gun (1958); The Lineup (1958); Suspicion (1958); Showdown at Boot Hill (1958); Hell Ship Mutiny (1957); Telephone Time (1957); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Studio One (1957); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Story of Mankind (1957); Navy Log (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Unearthly (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Dark Venture (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); The Ten Commandments (1956); Sneak Preview (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Studio 57 (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); My Friend Flicka (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Hidden Guns (1956); Climax! (1955–1956); The Court Jester (1955); Desert Sands (1955); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); Half Human (1958); The Kentuckian (1955); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); Female Jungle (1955); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1954); Tales of a Wayward Inn (1954); Thunder Pass (1954); The Egyptian (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); My Friend Irma (1953); Suspense (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Gang Busters (1952); The Adventures of Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss (1952); Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1952); Lights Out (1950–1952); The Web (1950–1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1951); Sure As Fate (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1949); 'C'-Man (1949); Kraft Theatre (1949); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); A Christmas Carol (1947); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); Down Missouri Way (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); House of Dracula (1945); Captain Kidd (1945); Fallen Angel (1945); It's in the Bag! (1945); House of Frankenstein (1944); Alaska (1944); Bluebeard (1944); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Return of the Ape Man (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Waterfront (1944); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); The Black Parachute (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); Voodoo Man (1944); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Revenge of the Zombies (1943); Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943); Silver Spurs (1943); Hitler's Madman (1943); Captive Wild Woman (1943); I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Northwest Rangers (1942); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Swamp Water (1941); Man Hunt (1941); Blood and Sand (1941); Western Union (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Brigham Young (1940); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Five Came Back (1939); Captain Fury (1939); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939); The Three Musketeers (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Jesse James (1939); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Gateway (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Kidnapped (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); International Settlement (1938); Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); The Hurricane (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Love Under Fire (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Winterset (1936); Daniel Boone (1936); Dimples (1936); Ramona (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); White Fang (1936); Half Angel (1936); Under Two Flags (1936); A Message to Garcia (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Anything Goes (1936); The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935); Bad Boy (1935); The Crusades (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cardinal Richelieu (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Transient Lady (1935); Clive of India (1935); Cleopatra (1934); The Black Cat (1934); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Invisible Man (1933); To the Last Man (1933); This Day and Age (1933); Morning Glory (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); The Sign of the Cross (1932); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); Tol'able David (1930); Bright Lights (1930).

Born on this day – Margaret Millar:

Margaret Millar

Writer

February 5, 1915 – March 26, 1994

Credits:

Books:

A Stranger in My Grave (1960); Ask for Me Tomorrow (1976); Banshee (1983); Beast In View (1955); Beyond This Point Are Monsters (1970); Do Evil in Return (1950); Experiment in Springtime (1947); Fire Will Freeze (1944); How Like an Angel (1962); It’s All in the Family (1948); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); Mermaid (1982); Rose’s Last Summer / The Lively Corpse (1952); Spider Webs (1986); The Birds and the Beasts Were There (1971); The Cannibal Heart (1949); The Couple Next Door (2004); The Devil Loves Me (1942); The Fiend (1964); The Invisible Worm (1941); The Iron Gates (1945); The Listening Walls (1959); The Murder of Miranda (1979); The Soft Talkers / An Air That Kills (1957); The Weak-Eyed Bat (1942); Vanish in an Instant (1952); Wall Of Eyes (1943); Wives and Lovers (1954).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); Chevron Theatre (1953); City Detective (1954); Efialtis (1961); Karussell (1986); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Thriller (1960).

Born on this day – H. R. Giger:

H. R. Giger

Artist

February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014

Credits:

Books:

Alien (1979); Alien: diaries 7/8 (2013); ARH Plus (1991); ARh+ [i.e. Positive] (1993); Baphomet Tarot Set (1999); Baphomet: the Tarot of the Underworld (1992); Biomechanics (1990); Film Design (1996); Giger (B&N) (2008); Giger's Alien (1979); H. R. Giger's Retrospective, 1964-1984 (1984); H.R. Giger Guillotine (2006); H.R. Giger: 30 Postcards (1993); H.R. Giger's Necronomicon 2 (1985); HR Giger ARh+ (1991); HR Giger: The Oeuvre Before Alien, 1961-1976 (2007); Morpheus 2009 (2008); Necronomicon (1977); Necronomicon Ex Mortis (2014); Species Design (1995); The Mystery of San Gottardo (1998); Www H. R. Giger Com (1998); www HR Giger com (1996).

Movies and television:

A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982); Alien (1979); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999); C-Files: Tell Saga (2000); Dark Seed (1992); Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie (2018); Debbie Harry: Backfired (1981); Debbie Harry: Now I Know You Know (1981); Future-Kill (1985); Giger's Alien (1979); Giger's Necronomicon (1975); High and Heimkiller (1967); Killer Condom (1996); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Prometheus (2012); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Swiss Made (1968); Tagtraum (1973); The Alien Legacy (1999); Tokyo: The Last War (1989).

Born on this day – Tom Wilkinson:

Tom Wilkinson

Actor

February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023

Credits:

The Full Monty (2023); SAS: Red Notice (2021); Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021); Belgravia (2020); Watership Down (2018); Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back (2018); The Titan (2018); Burden (2018); The Happy Prince (2018); The Catcher Was a Spy (2018); This Beautiful Fantastic (2016); Denial (2016); Snowden (2016); The Choice (2016); Jenny's Wedding (2015); Little Boy (2015); Unfinished Business (2015); Selma (2014); Good People (2014); The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014); Felony (2013); Belle (2013); The Lone Ranger (2013); Sleeping Dogs (2012); The Samaritan (2012); The Gruffalo's Child (2011); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011); The Kennedys (2011); The Green Hornet (2011); Burke and Hare (2010); The Conspirator (2010); The Debt (2010); Jackboots on Whitehall (2010); The Ghost Writer (2010); The Gruffalo (2009); 44 Inch Chest (2009); Duplicity (2009); Valkyrie (2008); A Number (2008); RocknRolla (2008); Recount (2008); John Adams (2008); Michael Clayton (2007); Cassandra's Dream (2007); Dedication (2007); The Last Kiss (2006); The Night of the White Pants (2006); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Separate Lies (2005); The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Piccadilly Jim (2004); A Good Woman (2004); Stage Beauty (2004); Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); If Only (2004); Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003); Normal (2003); An Angel for May (2002); Before You Go (2002); The Importance of Being Earnest (2002); The Gathering Storm (2002); Black Knight (2001); Another Life (2001); In the Bedroom (2001); Chain of Fools (2000); Essex Boys (2000); The Patriot (2000); David Copperfield (1999); Ride with the Devil (1999); Molokai (1999); Shakespeare in Love (1998); Jilting Joe (1998); Rush Hour (1998); The Governess (1998); Cold Enough for Snow (1997); Oscar and Lucinda (1997); Wilde (1997); The Full Monty (1997); Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997); Screen Two (1990–1996); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); Interview Day (1996); A Very Open Prison (1995); Sense and Sensibility (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); Performance (1994); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994); Priest (1994); Alleyn Mysteries (1994); Royal Deceit (1994); A Business Affair (1994); In the Name of the Father (1993); Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993); Stay Lucky (1993); An Exchange of Fire (1993); Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992); Underbelly (1992); Prime Suspect (1991); Lovejoy (1991); Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991); Paper Mask (1990); Counterstrike (1990); TECX (1990); Inspector Morse (1990); First and Last (1989); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1988); The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988); The Woman He Loved (1988); The Lost Secret (1986); First Among Equals (1986); Happy Families (1985); Travelling Man (1985); Sylvia (1985); Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985); Wetherby (1985); Bones (1984); Sakharov (1984); Squaring the Circle (1984); Sharma and Beyond (1984); Strangers and Brothers (1984); Spyship (1983); All for Love (1983); Panorama (1982); Crime and Punishment (1979); The Shadow Line (1976); 2nd House (1975).

On this day in movie history - The Outlaw (1943)

The Outlaw

directed by Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks,

written by Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1943.

Music by Victor Young.

 
Cast:

Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Mimi Aguglia, Joe Sawyer, Gene Rizzi, Bobby Callahan, Martin Garralaga, Ben Johnson, Dickie Jones, Cecil Kellogg, Ethan Laidlaw, Ted Mapes, William Newell, Emory Parnell, Edward Peil Sr., Wallace Reid Jr., Julian Rivero, Lee Shumway, William Steele, Harry Strang, Frank Ward, Pat West.

On this day in movie history - Payback (1999)

Payback

directed by Brian Helgeland,

written by Brian Helgeland and Terry Hayes,

based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1999.

Music by Chris Boardman and Scott Stambler.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Lucy Alexis Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Jack Conley, John Glover, William Devane, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Trevor St. John, Freddy Rodriguez, Manu Tupou.

On this day in television history - Justified (2013)

Justified
Season 4. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Kin.

Released February 5, 2013.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, VJ Boyd, Ingrid Escajeda, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Jim Beaver, Bonita Friedericy, Rick Gomez, Gerald McRaney, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Mike O'Malley, Romy Rosemont, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alexandra Kyle, Tom E. Proctor, Christopher Douglas Reed, Natalie Zea, Raymond J. Barry, Jonathan Kowalsky, Kevin McNamara, Ted Cannon, Michael FitzGibbon, Cathy Baron, Hayley Timsit, Azmyth Kaminski.

On this day in music history - Voila, by Belinda Carlisle (2007)

Voila

by Belinda Carlisle,

was released on February 5, 2007.

Track list:

Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp; Bonnie et Clyde; Avec le Temps; Sous le Ciel de Paris; Des Ronds Dans L'eau; Pourtant Tu M'aimes; Ne Me Quitte Pas; La Vie en Rose; Contact; Merci Cherie; Jezebel.

On this day in music history - The album Miss Understood, by Carolyn Wonderland (2008)

 

Miss Understood

by Carolyn Wonderland

was released on February 5, 2008.

Track list:

Misunderstood; I Found the Lions; Bad Girl Blues; Walk on; Still Alive and Well; Long Way to Go; Trouble in the City; Throw My Love; I Live Alone with Someone; The Farmer Song; Feed Me to the Lions; I Don't Want to Fall for You.