3 things about the Ross Brothers’ CONTEMPORARY COLOR

Posted on August 3, 2020 by

Contemporary Color [2016]

1. Nighttime. Practicing in the middle of the street.
2. Catching the flag by the silk.
3. Writing the song in a day, recording the song in a day; crafting the routine in 26 weeks.

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3 things about Michael Winterbottom’s THE TRIP TO GREECE

Posted on August 2, 2020 by

The Trip to Greece [2020]

1. Dental implants.
2. Falsetto.
3. Willfully perverse music choices: cues from Winterbottom’s Wonderland, Philip Glass’s Satyagraha.

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3 things about Andrea Arnold’s RED ROAD

Posted on August 1, 2020 by

Red Road [2006]

1. To rile the waitress, he literally licks his plate clean.
2. Lava lamp reflected in the bedroom window.
3. She stuffs the clothes with other clothes, making a doll. She hugs it and says, “I’m sorry.”

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s PHANTOM THREAD

Posted on July 31, 2020 by

Phantom Thread [2017]

1. When it comes to porridge, cream makes all the difference.
2. Lace from the 1600s.
3. “I’m not moaning. I don’t want to be ignored.”
“No one does. But I don’t want to hear about it because it hurts my ears.”

3 other things.

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

Posted on July 29, 2020 by

Punch-Drunk Love [2002]

1. Dusty footfalls.
2. The way Luiz Guzmán says, “Which guy in Toledo are you talking about?”
3. Twilight Mai Tais on the beach at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.

3 other things.

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3 things about Andre De Toth’s DAY OF THE OUTLAW

Posted on July 24, 2020 by

Day of the Outlaw [1959]

1. Grisly bullet removal.
2. He doesn’t want to dance. He holds her by the shoulders and says, “I want to look at you.”
3. “I’m not doing anything special. Just taking some bad men out of a good town.”

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3 things about Sergio Leone’s DUCK YOU SUCKER

Posted on July 19, 2020 by

Duck You Sucker [1971]

1. “Where there’s revolution there’s confusion, and when there’s confusion, a man who knows what he wants stands a good chance of getting it.”
2. His eyes complete the torn poster.
3. Incredible mobile shot detailing the carnage.

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3 things about Yorgos Lanthimos’s THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

Posted on July 18, 2020 by

The Killing of a Sacred Deer [2017]

1. General anesthesia.
2. Nice, clean, beautiful hands.
3. Pillowcases.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO

Posted on July 17, 2020 by

Vertigo [1958]

1. “It’s new and clean and waiting.”
2. “See? There’s an answer for everything.”
3. “I don’t think Mozart’s going to help at all.”

A poem about Vertigo.

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3 things about James Mangold’s FORD V FERRARI

Posted on July 14, 2020 by

Ford v Ferrari [2019]

1. A tip of the hat.
2. Wonder Bread as weapon. Llama bite.
3. Mallet to the door.

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