11/18/11

"The Answers Are Never What We Thought They Were Going to Be"

R. Reese Fuller discusses his new book, the state of Louisiana and the nature of language, among other things

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11/04/11

New Orleans as a Character

Even before tax incentives made New Orleans and Louisiana an attractive venue for filmmakers, the Big Easy was a popular place to set movies that didn't fit into the molds of New York or Los Angeles. The city itself seemed to live in the American imagination - not always accurately, but always vividly. Here's a not-at-all comrehensive look at how New Orleans has developed on screen over the last half century:

1969: Easy Rider
Modern cowboys Wyatt and Billy, decked out in costumes devoted to their own interpretations of what it means to be American (one in stars-and-stripes leathers, the other in spaghetti-Western-Indian style fringe), are on the road, trying to get across country to live off the dividends of their last, best...

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