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ROGER BALLEN: BOARDING HOUSE

Here is a selection of photos by Roger Ballen from his book Boarding House.

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Peter Falk, John Cassavetes & Ben Gazzara

Here is chaos.This interview on The Dick Cavett Show in 1970 with the stars of Husbands is a nightmare version of the Rat Pack. It is uncomfortable, messy, and completely real. There are so many types of human emotion on display simultaneously. Cassavetes famously tried to get real feelings out of his actors and this interview feels like an attempt to show ugliness uncensored on TV. It can be boorish and borderline bullying, but I’m glad it exists. It predates Andy Kaufman, Nathan Fielder, and the Safdie Brother antics. It completely dismantles the talk show format & the pageantry of Hollywood.

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Head of Gerda Boehm

Here is Frank Auerbach’s

Head of Gerda Boehm

oil on board

44.5 by 37 cm. 17½ by 14½ in.

1965.

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Harry Gruyaert

Here is a Harry Gruyaert photo taken in the Soviet Union. Russia. Moscow. 1989.

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‘Husbands’

Here is a trailer from John Cassavetes’ Husbands from 1970. It’s a movie about men and their inability to say what they feel. It is about what isn’t said in friendship in male friendships and how male friendships are often about activities and codes rather than words.