Previous editions of this series consist mainly of shots of actors and directors caught in off-camera moments during the making of a movie, sometimes off-set, at home and elsewhere. This special edition focuses on filmmakers and actors smoking. Some shots are candid, while some are obviously posed for promotional purposes.These come from a time when smoking was endemic in our culture. I grew up in the 1950s when it seemed like everybody smoked — my parents, their friends, people in movies and on TV. No-smoking bans were years in the future. Health concerns about smoking got little if any attention. Cigarettes were props, a way of shaping an image. Being photographed holding a cigarette or having one hanging out of the mouth could add a sense of glamor, sexiness, or mystery. I think that’s at work in many of these photographs, though in the more candid shots, the person just happened to be smoking at the time.
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David Lynch and Jean-Luc Godard.
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Stanley Kubrick, shooting Dr. Strangelove (1964).
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Jacqueline Bisset
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Natalie Wood blowing smoke with Michael Caine.
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Bette Davis, photo by Ron Galella.
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Brigitte Bardot, photo by Terry O’Neill.
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François Truffaut, shooting Fahrenheit 451 (1966).
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Akira Kurosawa, elegant as ever.
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Marcello Mastroianni, photo by Bert Stern 1963.
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Jeanne Moreau and Catherine Deneuve.
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James Dean at a lunch counter. Lonely photo.
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Jacques Tati, Paris 1955.
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Romy Schneider
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Romy Schneider and Alain Delon, who looks like he just went a few rounds.
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Anouk Aimée
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Ingrid Bergman
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Catharine Deneuve and Luis Buñuel.
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Federico Fellini
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
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Julie Delphy and Charlotte Gainsbourg, maybe not so glamorous in these shots.
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Sophia Loren
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Shelley Duvall
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Peter O’Toole
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Gena Rowlands. I don’t know, this might be from a film, which would bend the rules, but I really like the shot for this post. Besides, it’s a great shot, isn’t it?
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Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn, photo by Annie Leibovitz.
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Okay, I think that’s enough smoking for now. See you next time. — Ted Hicks
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WOW! Sure am glad I never was a cigarette smoker! Smoked a pipe for a few years but that was it. Yes, back in those olden days everyone smoked. I remember going to the movies with my parents and most of the audience would be smoking! Crazy time! D
Deneuve and Bardot aren’t actually smoking (oddly enough). Great compilation, though.