POLAROIDS

I STARTED THINKING ABOUT PHOTO BOOTH PICTURES TODAY, WHICH LED ME TO THINKING ABOUT POLAROIDS, WHICH LED ME TO THINKING ABOUT ANDY WARHOL'S POLAROIDS. I THINK THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL. I WISH I HAD PHOTOS LIKE THESE OF EVERYONE I LOVE. MAYBE I SHOULD DO THAT.

PHOTOS (FROM TOP LEFT): LIZA MINELLI, GRACE JONES, DEBBIE HARRY, MICK JAGGER, DOLLY PARTON, JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT, DIANA ROSS, JERRY HALL, ANDY WARHOL, FARRAH FAWCETT, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, DENNIS HOPPER, BIANCA JAGGER, TRUMAN CAPOTE, JANE FONDA, CHERYL TIEGS

STRANGE

THIS SCENE FROM ROMAN POLANSKI'S 1988 FILM FRANTIC PRETTY MUCH COVERS THE MAJORITY OF MY MAJOR FIXATIONS: PARIS, GRACE JONES, LEATHER DRESSES AND JACKETS, MINI DRESSES, AND DANCING. I LOVE THE WAY EMMANUELLE SEIGNER DANCES IN THIS SCENE. IT'S SO AWKWARD AND BIZARRE AND TOTALLY FREAKY. YET SHE'S COMPLETELY SEXY! GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW GREAT PEOPLE LOOK WHEN THEY'RE JUST BEING THEMSELVES. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE, YOU MUST! IT'S EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT FROM A DRUG-SMUGGLING, PSEUDO-ROMANCING, HOSTAGE-TAKING ESCAPADE SET IN 1980'S PARIS TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE GODDESS GRACE JONES. I'VE ALSO POSTED BELOW THE ORIGINAL VIDEO FOR LIBERTANGO (AKA STRANGE). AND THERE AIN'T NOTHIN STRANGER THAN GRACE.