On this day in movie history - Pig (2021):

Pig

directed and written by Michael Sarnoski,

based on a story by Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski,

was released in the United States on July 16, 2021.

Music by Alexis Grapsas and Philip Klein.

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Cassandra Violet, Julia Bray, Elijah Ungvary, Beth Harper, Brian Sutherland, David Shaughnessy, Gretchen Corbett, Sean Tarjyoto, Darius Pierce, Kevin Michael Moore, Tom Walton, Davis King, Nina Belforte, David Knell, Adam Arkin, Dana Millican, Dalene Young, October Moore, Brandy (the pig), Cody Burns, Parker Green, Carlo Hernandez, Josh C. Logan, Kent W. Luttrell, Anita Marier, Troy Oelke, Baka Prase, Bill Salfelder, Jamie Martin Stewart, Kieran Thomas, Daniel Vasic, Christian Wilson.

On this day in movie history - Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes (2008):

Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes

documentary directed and written by Jon Ronson,

released in the United States on July 16, 2008.

Music by Simon Fisher-Turner.

Cast: Stanley Kubrick, Jon Ronson, Anthony Frewin, Jan Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, Manuel Harlan, Anya Kubrick, Julian Senior, Vincent Tilsley, Rick Senat, Deborah Davis, Judy Tobey, Van Boudreaux, Leon Vitali, Terry Needham, Bernd Eichhorn.

On this day in music history:

Portrait by Susan Graham (2007)

Illumination by Jennifer Thomas (2012)

Portrait

Album by Susan Graham,

released July 16, 2007.

Track list: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Voi che sapete, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Alcina, opera, HWV 34; Di te mi rido, by George Frederick Handel; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto, by George Frederick Handel; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; Early in the Morning, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from “Poems of Walt Whitman”), by Ned Rorem; La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, (“légende dramatique”) H. 111 (Op. 24); Autrefois un roi de Thulé, by Hector Berlioz; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?, by Hector Berlioz; Dead Man Walking, opera, by This journey. This journey to Christ, by Jake Heggie; Who will walk with me?, by Jake Heggie; He will gather us around, by Jake Heggie; Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103); Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, by Johannes Brahms; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament, by Johannes Brahms; Early Songs (7), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Die Nachtigal, by Alban Berg; Traumgekrönt, by Alban Berg; Im Zimmer, by Alban Berg; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire, song collection for voice & piano, L. 64; Harmonie du soir, by Claude Debussy; Le Jet d’eau, by Claude Debussy; The Circus Band, song for voice & piano, S. 229 (K. 6B20), by Charles Ives; The Cage, song for voice & piano, S. 221 (K. 6B42), by Charles Ives; Ciboulette, operetta in 3 acts; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue, by Reynaldo Hahn; Toi c’est moi, operetta; Vagabonde, by Moisés Simóns.

Illumination

Album by Jennifer Thomas,

released July 16, 2012.

Track list: Etude for the Dreamer; After the Storm; Illumination; Gymnopédie No. 1; New Life; Beyond the Summit; Into the Forest; Secrets; Toccata and Fugue; Rainforest; Fire Dance; Pachelbel’s Canon (a Duet); Across the Starlit Sky; Requiem for a Dream; Sonata Minoré; Eventide; New World Symphony.

On this day in movie history - Nuremberg (2000 TV mini-series & book):

Nuremberg

2-part TV mini-series directed by Yves Simoneau,

written by David W. Rintels,

based on the book Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial by Joseph E. Persico,

released in the United States on July 16, 2000.

Music by Richard Grégoire.

Cast: Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy, Christopher Heyerdahl, Roger Dunn, David McIlwraith, Christopher Shyer, Hrothgar Mathews, Herbert Knaup, Frank Moore, Frank Fontaine, Raymond Cloutier, Bill Corday, Ken Kramer, Sam Stone, Douglas O'Keeffe, Benoît Girard, James Bradford, Frank Burns, Erwin Potitt, Tom Rack, Roc Lafortune, Dennis St John, Griffith Brewer, Gabriel Gascon, Julien Poulin, Alain Fournier, René Gagnon, Len Cariou, David Francis, Len Doncheff, Paul Hébert, Colm Feore, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Robert Joy, Michael Ironside, Matt Craven, Geoffrey Pounsett, Scott Gibson, Steve Adams, Paul Hopkins, Mark Walker, Howard Bilerman, Max von Sydow, Alain Goulem, Rob Burns, Guy Sprung, Mark Houghton, Rebecca Jenkins, Susan Glover, Sally Taylor-Isherwood, Bobo Vian, Peter Colvey, Mark Ryan, Adam MacDonald, Joris Jarsky, Shawn Baichoo, Joe Cobden, David La Haye, Larry Day, Ilona Elkin, Lorne Brass, Norman Mikeal Berketa, Marc Gourdeau, Emidio Michetti, Josh Trager, François Vaqué, Eric LeBoeuf, Timothy Mooney, Pierre Gaudette, Constantine Kourtidis.

Recommended reading:

Nuremberg:

Infamy on Trial

By Joseph E. Persico.

Published by Penguin Publishing Group.

Published 1994.

ISBN-10: 014016622X

ISBN-13: 9780140166224

Description:

A vivid reconstruction of the actions of the wartime allies and the Nazi elite at Nuremberg. Persico eaily carries us into a deeper understanding of the trials. – New York Newsday.

This book deserved a wider readership than any of its predecessors. … Here were the leaders of the most evil regime in recorded history – all save their leader – called to account for their deeds. … The whole world now knows why they were there; and every generation needs a book like this to remind us of it. – The Washington Post Book World.

Perisco captures both the sweep and the detail of the war crimes trials in an account that sometimes reads like a Ludlum novel. – Los Angeles Times.

It is not often that a book works at once as historical tract, morality play, and crime thriller. This one does.

– The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Nuremberg trials remain, after nearly a half a century, the benchmark for judging international crimes. Using new sources – ground-breaking research in the papers of the Nuremberg prison psychiatrist and commandant, the letters and journals of the prisoners, and accounts of the judges and prosecutors as they struggled through each day making compromises and steeling their convictions – Joseph Persico retells the story of Nuremberg, combining sweeping history with psychological insight. Here are brilliant, chilling portraits of the Nazi warlords and riveting descriptions of the tensions between law and vengeance, between East and West, and of the friction already present in the early stages of the Cold War.

On this day in movie history - Eyes Wide Shut (1999 movie & novel):

Eyes Wide Shut

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael,

based on the novella Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler,

was released in the United States on July 16, 1999.
Music by Jocelyn Pook.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Madison Eginton, Jackie Sawiris, Sydney Pollack, Leslie Lowe, Peter Hans Benson, Todd Field, Michael Doven, Sky du Mont, Louise J. Taylor, Stewart Thorndike, Randall Paul, Julienne Davis, Lisa Leone, Kevin Connealy, Marie Richardson, Thomas Gibson, Mariana Hewett, Dan Rollman, Gavin Parry, Chris Pare, Adam Lias, Christian Clarke, Kyle Whitcombe, Gary Goba, Vinessa Shaw, Florian Windorfer, Rade Serbedzija, Togo Igawa, Eiji Kusuhara, Leelee Sobieski, Sam Douglas, Angus MacInnes, Abigail Good, Brian W. Cook, Leon Vitali, Carmela Marner, Alan Cumming, Fay Masterson, Phil Davies, Cindy Dolenc, Clark Hayes, Treva Etienne, Colin Angus, Karla Ashley, Kate Charman, James Demaria, Tony DeSergio, Janie Dickens, Laura Fallace, Vanessa Fenton, Georgina Finch, Peter Godwin, Joanna Heath, Lee Henshaw, Ateeka Poole, Adam Pudney, Sharon Quinn, Ben De Saumserez, Emma Lou Sharratt, Paul Spelling, Matthew Thompson, Dan Travers, Russell Trigg, Kate Whalin, Jerson David Ambion, Shelsie Blake, Cate Blanchett, Emilio D'Alessandro, Jeremy Davidson, Paul Desbois, Donna Ewin, Tres Hanley, Sam Heydon, Alex Hobbs, Christiane Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick, Taylor Murphy.

Recommended reading:

Dream Story

a.k.a. Traumnovelle / Rhapsody / Eyes Wide Shut.

By Arthur Schnitzler.

Edited & translated by Robert Jordan G.

First published 1926.

ASIN: B0GHFBP5F7

ISBN-13: 979-8244277838

Description:

In a single night, Dr. Fridolin embarks on a journey through desire, secrecy, and moral uncertainty, wandering the shadowy streets of Vienna as the boundaries between fantasy and reality dissolve. A chance encounter, a whispered confession, and a masked invitation lead him into a world of hidden rituals, erotic fascination, and unspoken fears. Each step draws him deeper into a labyrinth of temptation and self-reflection, where the line between innocence and transgression is perilously thin.

Schnitzler’s Dream Story is a masterful exploration of the subconscious, a tale in which longing, guilt, and the fragility of social mores intertwine. A provocative, haunting work, it lingers long after the final page, leaving the reader to question the nature of dreams – and the truths they reveal.

On this day in movie history - Akira (1988):

Akira

directed by Katsuhiro Otomo,

written by Katsuhiro Otomo and Izo Hashimoto,

based on the Akira manga comic book series,

written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo,

was released in Japan on July 16, 1988.

On this day in movie history - Key Largo (1948):

Key Largo

directed by John Huston,

written by Richard Brooks and John Huston,

based on the play by Maxwell Anderson,

was released in the United States on July 16, 1948.
Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas Gomez, Harry Lewis, John Rodney, Marc Lawrence, Dan Seymour, Monte Blue, William Haade, Jay Silverheels, Rodd Redwing.