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Film stills don’t get much better than this. Mifune (L) and Seiji Miyaguchi ® in “Seven Samurai” (1954).
After “Ikiru,” Kurosawa and his screenwriting team - Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni - wanted to make a film exploring a day in the life of a samurai, but the idea was too vague. Looking over the enormous amount research material compiled, Kurosawa found a tidbit about a group of samurai who came together to protect a village from bandits.
The team sat down to explore the idea and ended up writing a 500 page script.
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Big Do-Nut Drive-In at 805 Manchester Blvd in 1976, with Pup N Taco behind it. Just a couple of miles east of LAX.
Photograph: John Margolies
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This icon of Americana is still proudly perched on that tiny stand today, but it’s been Randy’s Donuts for many years. I really wish that Pup N Taco was still there.
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An amazing photo of the fire which destroyed Fraser’s Million Dollar Pier in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, on September 3, 1912.
The entire pier was destroyed, as were five square blocks of the business district in the surrounding area.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Abandoned hornet’s nest found in a shed. The head is a part of a wooden statue it fused with
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