Natalia LL, Consumer Art, 1972-1975 (excerpt)
Natalia LL, Consumer Art, 1972-1975 (excerpt). 16mm film. Ed. 3/10. Collezione La Gaia, Busca (CN). The Unexpected Subject – 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy, curated by Marco Scotini and Raffaella Perna at Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milan (Italy). April 5, 2019. Video: Heinrich Schmidt | vernissage.tv
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MASS MoCA Time Lapse Videos: Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1094
Projecting form.
May 2003
Colored pencil (scribbles)
Collezione La Gaia, Busca, Italy
FIRST INSTALLATION
Alfonso Artiaco, Pozzuoli, Italy
FIRST DRAWN BY
Anthony Sansotta, Angelo Volpe
MASS MoCA BUILDING 7 THIRD FLOOR
Wall Drawing 1094 and the related Wall Drawing 1094A, also on display at MASS MoCA, were both completed in 2003. Wall Drawing 1094, first installed in Alfonso Artiaco in Pozzuoli, Italy, is a continuation of Sol LeWitt's ongoing exploration of isometric forms or shapes that appear protrusive and suggest at once space and flatness. LeWitt has repeatedly come back to isometric shapes in a number of mediums, including pencil, gouache, ink washes and acrylic. Each rendering plays with surface and suggests the possibilities of three-dimensionality without compromising the inherently flat medium of drawing.
The central form in Wall Drawing 1094 is rendered in gray, yellow, red, and blue scribbles. The contrast of the isometric form and the drawing technique evidences both a tightly controlled vision of geometry and a loose hand-made quality. The layering technique employed in this work allows the viewer to make out the planes of the form. The use of the four basic colors dates back to LeWitt's early pencil and ink drawings. These colors are the basic units for both commercial and fine art print processes and indicate LeWitt's commitment to employing a simple and standardized means to making work.
GRP, 11 maggio 2010 - GIORNO PER GIORNO
GIORNO PER GIORNO
Giugno 2010. Un mese d' arte contemporanea in Piemonte.
19 istituzioni culturali, 28 giorni di eventi diversi in 6 province, un unico grande calendario: si presenta così Giorno per giorno , un progetto ideato e promosso dalla Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT nell'ambito di Contemporary Art Torino -- Piemonte per coordinare i vari soggetti istituzionali che operano nel campo dell'arte contemporanea in Piemonte e presentare un cartellone congiunto di eventi.
Il progetto è coordinato da Artissima.
Istituzioni coinvolte: Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti, Torino -- Arca, Vercelli -- Barriera, Torino -- Associazione Fondo Giov-Anna Piras, Asti -- Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli -- CeSAC/ Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio -- Cittadellarte / Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella -- Collezione La Gaia,Busca -- CRAA Centro Ricerche Arte Attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania -- Fondazione Merz, Torino -- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino -- Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Poirino -- Fondazione 107, Torino -- GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino -- Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino -- PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Torino -- Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino -- TAG Torino Art Galleries, Torino -- il Bosco dei Pensieri, Fontanafredda a cura di Eataly.
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June 2010. A month of contemporary art in Piedmont.
19 cultural institutions, 28 days of different events in 6 districts, one big appointment schedule: this is Giorno per giorno, a project conceived and promoted by the Foundation for Modern and Contemporary Art -- CRT in range of Contemporary Art Torino -- Piemonte, in order to coordinate different institutions which work in the field of contemporary art in Piedmont, and in order to show a unique appointment schedule.
The project is coordinated by Artissima.
Institutions involved: Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti, Torino -- Arca, Vercelli -- Barriera, Torino -- Associazione Fondo Giov-Anna Piras, Asti -- Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli -- CeSAC/ Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio -- Cittadellarte / Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella -- Collezione La Gaia,Busca -- CRAA Centro Ricerche Arte Attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania -- Fondazione Merz, Torino -- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino -- Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte, Poirino -- Fondazione 107, Torino -- GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino -- Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Torino -- PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Torino -- Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino -- TAG Torino Art Galleries, Torino -- il Bosco dei Pensieri, Fontanafredda a cura di Eataly.
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PHOTO CALL - VALENTINA DE LAURENTIIS - VDL Collezione 2009 -WWW.RBCASTING.COM
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PHOTO CALL. Valentina De Laurentiis - VDL Collezione Spring/Summer 2009.
Tra i presenti: Aurelio De Laurentiis, Valentina De Laurentiis, Luigi De Laurentiis, Carlo Verdone, Moran Atias, Gaia Bermani Amaral, Giada Colucci, Francesca Inaudi, Vanessa Hassler, Michela Quattrociocche, Chiara Francini, Fiorella Migliore, Brando Giorgi, Nina Voluta, Nicolas Vaporidis, Romina Jr. Carrisi, Ludovico Fremont, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Brando De Sica, Matteo Branciamore, Christiane Filangieri, Simone Corrente, Raffaello Balzo, Andrea Perone, Cecilia Capriotti, Daniele Liotti, Caterina Balivo, Denny Mendez. Roma, Officine Farneto, venerdì 14 novembre 2008. 14/11/2008.
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Sfilata (prima parte). Valentina De Laurentiis - VDL Collezione Spring/Summer 2009.
Tra i presenti: Aurelio De Laurentiis, Valentina De Laurentiis, Luigi De Laurentiis, Carlo Verdone, Moran Atias, Gaia Bermani Amaral, Giada Colucci, Francesca Inaudi, Vanessa Hassler, Michela Quattrociocche, Chiara Francini, Fiorella Migliore, Brando Giorgi, Nina Voluta, Nicolas Vaporidis, Romina Jr. Carrisi, Ludovico Fremont, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Brando De Sica, Matteo Branciamore, Simone Corrente, Christiane Filangieri, Raffaello Balzo, Andrea Perone, Cecilia Capriotti, Daniele Liotti, Caterina Balivo, Denny Mendez. Roma, Officine Farneto, venerdì 14 novembre 2008. 14/11/2008.
Workers who cannot be paid, remunerated to remain inside cardboard boxes
Frammento dell'opera di Santiago Serra, presentata il 5 Giugno 2010 presso il Castello del Roccolo dalla Collezione la Gaia di Busca, curata da Marco Scotini.
Palazzo Marconi in Cormano (MI)
Palazzo Marconi in Cormano (MI) edificio di classe energetica A+
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Lost Kitties- Apriamoli insieme
Ciao sono Gaia, e oggi apro una confezione dei Lost Kitties!
Game Theory: Super Mario, Pipe Dreams
Take the plunge into the sewers with Mario as we cover everything from alligators under New York to albino pot in this second episode of Game Theory.
Inspired by the Tangential Learning episode of gaming series EXTRA CREDITS, I've started a new web series that looks into learning a wide range of topics through the filter of video games.
The Case of the White Kitten / Portrait of London / Star Boy
London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest city, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the European Union by most measures.[note 1] Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.[3] London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core.[4] The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region[5] and the Greater London administrative area,[6][note 2] governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.[7]
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence.[8] It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City[9][10][11] and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world depending on measurement.[note 3][12][13] London has been described as a world cultural capital.[14][15][16][17] It is the world's most-visited city measured by international arrivals[18] and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.[19] London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe.[20] In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.[21]
London has a diverse range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries.[22] In March 2011, London had an official population of 8,174,100, making it the most populous municipality in the European Union,[23][24] and accounting for 12.5% of the UK population.[25] The Greater London Urban Area is the second-largest in the EU with a population of 8,278,251,[26] while the London metropolitan area is the largest in the EU with an estimated total population of between 12 million[27] and 14 million.[28] London had the largest population of any city in the world from around 1831 to 1925.[29]. The latest census reveals white Britons as minority in London for first time in modern times. [30] London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory marks the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT).[31] Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Tate Modern, British Library, Wimbledon, and 40 West End theatres.[32] The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world and will complete 150 years of operations on 9 January 2013.[33][34]
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Elite: Dangerous or Elite 4 is a space adventure, trading, and combat simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments played on PC, Mac and Xbox one and is the fourth release in the Elite video game series Piloting a spaceship, the player explores a realistic 1:1 scale open world galaxy based on the real Milky Way, with the gameplay being open-ended. The game is the first in the series to attempt to feature massively multiplayer gameplay, with players' actions affecting the narrative story of the game's persistent universe, while also retaining single player options. It is the sequel to Frontier: First Encounters, the third game in the Elite series, released in 1995. Re-conceptualized by David Braben. Starting a few years back as the Elite dangerous Kickstarter campaign a strong community has now grown around the Elite universe. elite dangerous thargoids sci-fi preview 2.4.
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Words at War: They Shall Inherit the Earth / War Tide / Condition Red
Germany invaded France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg on 10 May 1940.[67] The Netherlands and Belgium were overrun using blitzkrieg tactics in a few days and weeks, respectively.[68] The French-fortified Maginot Line and the Allied forces in Belgium were circumvented by a flanking movement through the thickly wooded Ardennes region,[69] mistakenly perceived by French planners as an impenetrable natural barrier against armoured vehicles.[70]
British troops were forced to evacuate the continent at Dunkirk, abandoning their heavy equipment by early June.[71] On 10 June, Italy invaded France, declaring war on both France and the United Kingdom;[72] twelve days later France surrendered and was soon divided into German and Italian occupation zones,[73] and an unoccupied rump state under the Vichy Regime. On 3 July, the British attacked the French fleet in Algeria to prevent its possible seizure by Germany.[74]
In June, during the last days of the Battle of France, the Soviet Union forcibly annexed Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,[57] and then annexed the disputed Romanian region of Bessarabia. Meanwhile, Nazi-Soviet political rapprochement and economic cooperation[75][76] gradually stalled,[77][78] and both states began preparations for war.[79]
With France neutralized, Germany began an air superiority campaign over Britain (the Battle of Britain) to prepare for an invasion.[80] The campaign failed, and the invasion plans were canceled by September.[80] Using newly captured French ports, the German Navy enjoyed success against an over-extended Royal Navy, using U-boats against British shipping in the Atlantic.[81] Italy began operations in the Mediterranean, initiating a siege of Malta in June, conquering British Somaliland in August, and making an incursion into British-held Egypt in September 1940. Japan increased its blockade of China in September by seizing several bases in the northern part of the now-isolated French Indochina.[82]
Throughout this period, the neutral United States took measures to assist China and the Western Allies. In November 1939, the American Neutrality Act was amended to allow cash and carry purchases by the Allies.[83] In 1940, following the German capture of Paris, the size of the United States Navy was significantly increased and, after the Japanese incursion into Indochina, the United States embargoed iron, steel and mechanical parts against Japan.[84] In September, the United States further agreed to a trade of American destroyers for British bases.[85] Still, a large majority of the American public continued to oppose any direct military intervention into the conflict well into 1941.[86]
At the end of September 1940, the Tripartite Pact united Japan, Italy and Germany to formalize the Axis Powers.[87] The Tripartite Pact stipulated that any country, with the exception of the Soviet Union, not in the war which attacked any Axis Power would be forced to go to war against all three.[88] During this time, the United States continued to support the United Kingdom and China by introducing the Lend-Lease policy authorizing the provision of materiel and other items[89] and creating a security zone spanning roughly half of the Atlantic Ocean where the United States Navy protected British convoys.[90] As a result, Germany and the United States found themselves engaged in sustained naval warfare in the North and Central Atlantic by October 1941, even though the United States remained officially neutral.[91][92]
The Axis expanded in November 1940 when Hungary, Slovakia and Romania joined the Tripartite Pact.[93] In October 1940, Italy invaded Greece but within days was repulsed and pushed back into Albania, where a stalemate soon occurred.[94] In December 1940, British Commonwealth forces began counter-offensives against Italian forces in Egypt and Italian East Africa.[95] By early 1941, with Italian forces having been pushed back into Libya by the Commonwealth, Churchill ordered a dispatch of troops from Africa to bolster the Greeks.[96] The Italian Navy also suffered significant defeats, with the Royal Navy putting three Italian battleships out of commission by a carrier attack at Taranto, and neutralising several more warships at the Battle of Cape Matapan.[97]
German paratroopers invading the Greek island of Crete, May 1941.
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Political Documentary Filmmaker in Cold War America: Emile de Antonio Interview
Emile Francisco de Antonio (May 14, 1919 -- December 16, 1989) was an American director and producer of documentary films, usually detailing political or social events circa 1960s--1980s. About his films:
He has been referred to by scholars and critics alike, and arguably remains, ...the most important political filmmaker in the United States during the Cold War.
de Antonio was born in 1919 in in the coal-mining town of Scranton, Pennsylvania. His father, Emilio de Antonio, an Italian immigrant, fostered the lifelong interests of Antonio by passing on his own love for philosophy, classical literature, history and the arts. Although his intelligence allowed him the privilege of attended Harvard University alongside future-president John F. Kennedy, he was also familiar with the working class experience, making his living at various points in his life as a peddler, a book editor, and the captain of a river barge (among other duties).
After serving in the military during World War II as a bomber pilot, de Antonio returned to the United States where he frequented the art crowd, often associating with such Pop artists as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, in whose film Drink de Antonio appears. Warhol was famously quoted praising de Antonio with the words, Everything I learned about painting, I learned from De.
The book Necessary Illusions (1989) by Noam Chomsky and the documentary Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick are dedicated to Emile de Antonio.
Filmography
Point of Order (1964)
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1964)
Rush to Judgment (1967)
America Is Hard to See (1968)
In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Charge and Countercharge (1969)
Millhouse: A White Comedy (1971)
Painters Painting (1972)
Underground (1976)
In The King of Prussia (1982)
Mr. Hoover and I (1989)
The Great Gildersleeve: New Neighbors / Letters to Servicemen / Leroy Sells Seeds
The Great Gildersleeve (1941--1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popularity.
On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary's Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. You're a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee! became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of Gildersleeve's Diary on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940).
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
The Great Gildersleeve: Minding the Baby / Birdie Quits / Serviceman for Thanksgiving
The Great Gildersleeve (1941--1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popularity.
On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary's Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. You're a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee! became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of Gildersleeve's Diary on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940).
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
Calling All Cars: Gold in Them Hills / Woman with the Stone Heart / Reefers by the Acre
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California.
The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption.
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.