3 things about Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON

Barry Lyndon [1975]

1. He blows smoke in her face and then smiles sweetly.
2. “Mr. Barry, in my profession we hear many such stories. Yours is one of the most intriguing and touching I’ve heard in many weeks. Nevertheless, I’m afraid I cannot grant your request. ”
3. £500 annuity.

3 other things.

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3 things about Mike Hodges’ FLASH GORDON

Flash Gordon [1980]

1. “Hurling your bodies into the void without the slightest inkling of who or what is out there.”
2. “How pathetic.”
3. “They armored me, girl!”

3 other things.

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3 things about Cecil B. DeMille’s UNION PACIFIC

Union Pacific [1939]

1. Train barreling across a burning bridge.
2. To get all the workmen to the end of the line, he starts a rumor about gold.
3. Holding him down in a trough of water with a wagon wheel.

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3 things about Hasse Ekman’s GIRL WITH HYACINTHS

Girl with Hyacinths [1950]

1. She never finished writing the song, she explains, because her inspiration ended.
2. An untouched bottle of Cinzano.
3. He achieves sobriety but his painting turns banal.

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3 things about Luchino Visconti’s CONVERSATION PIECE

Conversation Piece [1974]

1. Pop music from the other room clashing with the classical music on his bedside stereo.
2. He explains away the troubles in his past. “It was 1968.”
3. In a moment of loneliness, he invites them over for dinner.

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3 things about Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI!

Daaaaaalí! [2023]

1. He apologizes for the noise: it’s raining dead dogs.
2. The biggest film camera in the world.
3. Griping models.

3 other things.

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3 things about Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE

The Substance [2024]

1. Knee-pop.
2. Snow on the sidewalk in LA?
3. The whole crew of the show studying her ass.

3 other things.

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3 things about Raoul Peck’s ORWELL: 2 + 2 = 5

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 [2025]

1. “We cannot help this. When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships.”
2. Prone to tuberculosis. Frequent smoker.
3. There’s no goosestepping in Britain because the crowds would just laugh.

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3 things about Cary Joji Fukunaga’s NO TIME TO DIE

No Time to Die [2021]

1. Annoying screenwriting tick: Bond repeatedly telling people, “Talk to me.”
2. Rappelling the skyscraper at dusk.
3. Side-kicking a baddie in a killer dress.

3 other things.

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s RANDOM HARVEST

Random Harvest [1942]

1. Alone and terrified in the midst of an overjoyed, boisterous crowd.
2. Pained look on the Reverend’s face at the offkey organist’s singing.
3. A creaking gate, a treebranch that sags.

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