Eccentrics
RIP Maria Makowska-Kalinowska, Champion Moviegoer
"Today, Ms. Maria Kalinowska, the greatest Poznań (Polish, and probably the largest in the scale of the universe) cinema lover, has passed away today," wrote the employees of the cinema to which Maria regularly visited her husband. A married couple wrote down each screening in a notebook - they could spend whole days in the cinema, equipped with sandwiches. People from Poznań who regularly visit the Muza Cinema had to meet them at least once.
News article source of quote.
Their Wikipedia page says:
Maria Makowska-Kalinowska (1945 – 14 November 2020) and Bogdan Kalinowski (1939 – 9 November 2017) were a married couple from Poznań, Poland, known as the most avid filmgoers in Poland. They watched films in cinemas of Poznań regularly from 1973 on. In 2010 alone they watched 563 films. Altogether, between 1973 and 2010 they had viewed over 11,000 films together; by mid-2015 the total exceeded 13,000.[
Maria and Bogdan Kalinowski were librarians, and they met during a course for librarians. There was also a library of the films watched, which they meticulously kept. The Kalinowski family went to every film festival, sat down with notebooks in their hands and took notes of every film they watched. And they saw thousands of them together - in 2017, when Mr. Bogdan died, this number probably exceeded 16,000.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 17, 2020 -
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Eccentrics, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Movies, Europe
I Took a Trip (On a Gemini Spaceship)
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 02, 2020 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Music, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Outsider Art, 1960s
Viktor Wynd
Read the whole article here. His new book about his collections is behind the link below.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 26, 2020 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Museums, United Kingdom
Flagpole Rock
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Buildings and Other Structures, Eccentrics, Music, Unauthorized Dwellings, 1950s
The Lewis Sisters, “He’s An Oddball”
Our theme song here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 02, 2020 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Eccentrics, Music, 1960s
Where Would You Hide Two Elephants?
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Category: Animals, Crime, Eccentrics, 1980s
The World’s Fastest Shed
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Category: Eccentrics, Motor Vehicles, United Kingdom
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More photos at this page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 23, 2020 -
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Category: Architecture, Eccentrics, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough
Las Pozas
When travel resumes, here's a destination alluring to any WU-vie.Read more on the creator here.
His Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 21, 2020 -
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Category: Art, Outsider Art, Surrealism, Eccentrics, Twentieth Century
Peter the Hermit of Hollywood
Article source.
More anecdotal articles here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 20, 2020 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Movies, 1960s, Twentieth Century
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