Two quotes:
“I love images of people smoking, and I think [others] find it attractive, even if they don’t smoke — they find it sexy in old movie images. It’s so iconic, not only for film noir but for old movies. What’s better than a femme fatale with a cigarette dangling out of her mouth? What better image?” — Bruce Goldstein, curator of the NYC Noir festival which begins this Friday at Film Forum, quoted by The Reeler.
“We discourage depictions of cigarette smoking in Disney, Touchstone and Miramax films. In particular, we expect that depictions of cigarette smoking in future Disney branded films will be non-existent.” — Disney president and CEO Robert Iger, quoted in a press release announcing that Disney will no longer include images of smoking in films released under the Disney label.
Other than that, today’s clip should speak for itself.