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Salesman walking a tightrope from the poster for the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross taken from the published script for the original stage play. Produced by Zupnik Enterprises, distributed by New Line Cinema. Image depicted under Fair Use allowance. No copyright infringement intended.

Glengarry Glen Ross: the rules come from downtown

“Always Be Closing.” If there’s a scene everyone remembers from Glengarry Glen Ross, it’s undoubtedly the one where Blake (Alec Baldwin) briefly materialises to terrorise the jaded salesman of Premiere Properties. For my money, this is not the most unsettling scene in James Foley’s 1992 movie. There is a moment that I’m reminded of much […]

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Collage of images relating to Sam Shepard's career. Images from Motel Chronicles (Johnny Dark), from True West (1984) and from Paris Texas. Shared under fair use principle. Collage by Nicholas Blackmore.

Sam Shepard road trip: Super Cowboys and Strange Motels

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Sam Shepard often seemed more of an American myth than a man. His short, surreal prose pieces both unpack and undermine that frontier persona… “He’s like a Sam Shepard character.” This, somewhat recursively, is how I first heard Sam Shepard described. I knew nothing of his work until I heard theatre critic Mel Gussow explain

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