Director John Huston was born on this date.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

[Crowman2009]

1. Have you seen "Other Side of the Wind"?

I assume John acted in it as a favor to his friend Orson Welles. But it just quite a confusing beautiful mess that the cast tried hard to hold together with a script written during filming.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

2. I have not.

But will look for it.

[Crowman2009]

4. It's on Netflix.

Don't worry, it ain't going away any time soon since Netflix had a hand in making this long delayed project possible. There's also a documentary about the making of this movie, but I forgot the name of it right now.

[Aristus]

3. My favorite thing by John Huston:

Narrating "The Hobbit", Rankin-Bass Tv special from 1977. Some Tolkien fans turn their nose up at this 1-hour animated special. But I love it; it's what introduced me to Tolkien's writing.

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. I loved that cartoon

[Paladin]

6. One of America's finest directors. (nt)