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“... its own flag (black and gold), stamps, song (by King Sunny Ade), toilet paper, T-shirts and cups. Marilyn Nance, an official photographer for the North American zone, described the branding as ‘the Olympics, plus a biennial, plus Woodstock. But Africa style.’ The festival’s emblem was the 16th-century ivory mask of Queen Idia of Benin, exemplifying ...”

“... and a grant of $10,000, supplemented by Lynch’s job delivering the Wall Street Journal. Jack Nance, who would become his friend and long-term collaborator, was cast as Henry. Lynchian figures move at strange speeds, and Nance has the waddling gait of Chaplin’s tramp. Almost every shot of him is a reaction shot but he ...”