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Mark Parascandola

Mark Parascandola

THE SUMMER OF 1970: ALMERIA BECOMES A GLOBAL MOVIE HUB

The summer of 1970 was a boom season for international movie productions in Spain. A long list of stars passed through Madrid and, of…

Aug 10

THE SUMMER OF 1970: ALMERIA BECOMES A GLOBAL MOVIE HUB

Aug 10

Mark Parascandola

HENGDIAN: THE WORLD’S LARGEST FILM STUDIO

Xie Jin was one of the most important film directors of the Communist cinema generation working in the 1950s and early 1960s. His 1965 film…

Aug 10

HENGDIAN: THE WORLD’S LARGEST FILM STUDIO

Aug 10

Mark Parascandola

EIGHT LIVES OF EL CONDOR

The camera is usually shooting out from the hillside, looking down over the installation. The sun sets behind the hillside, so the few…

Oct 5, 2020

EIGHT LIVES OF EL CONDOR

Oct 5, 2020

Mark Parascandola

SPARTACUS: BETWEEN SPAIN AND HOLLYWOOD

Spartacus was supposed to be filmed entirely in California. By 1960 there was growing alarm about the impact of “runaway” productions…

Sep 21, 2020

SPARTACUS: BETWEEN SPAIN AND HOLLYWOOD

Sep 21, 2020

Mark Parascandola

NELSON ALGREN AND SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR’S ROAD TRIP THROUGH FRANCO’S SPAIN

Only a handful of photographs exist of Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren together from a love affair that persisted, mostly across the…

Sep 7, 2020

NELSON ALGREN AND SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR’S ROAD TRIP THROUGH FRANCO’S SPAIN

Sep 7, 2020

Mark Parascandola

Farewell My Film Studio

Ruins of an iconic film studio back lot lie neglected in central Beijing

Feb 25, 2020

Farewell My Film Studio

Feb 25, 2020

Mark Parascandola

Mark Parascandola

is a researcher and documentary photographer. 20th century history, film, and globalization. ‘Once Upon a Time in Shanghai’ (Daylight Books, 2019)

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