Testament [1983]
1. Teasingly, he plucks at her nightshirt.
2. “Larry left us today. He just crawled into a ball and died.”
3. She gently lifts him out of the sink; the water has turned brown. She swaddles him in clean towels and then we see a large red spot.
This ought to be discussed as one of the masterworks of 20th Century filmmaking.
Cry Terror! [1958]
1. Thumb hooked into the corner of his mouth, index finger resting near the corner of his eye. Unimpressed with her panic.
2. He casually slaps her in the face with the newspaper and wrests away the phone.
3. The tone in his voice as he declares, shiv in hand: “I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him.”
Under the Volcano [1984]
1. An old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken.
2. He endures a very brief shower and then submits to a shave.
3. The neatly printed business card.
The Big Sleep [1978]
1. Smearing blood all over the beaded curtain.
2. Grotesque glass eye.
3. “If I had a razor, I’d cut your throat just to see what ran out of it.”
Another loser from Winner. He has absolutely no competence at staging or editing a scene. Too bad, because Robert Mitchum is game and Oliver Reed is a fantastic Eddie Mars.
The Living Daylights [1987]
1. Topless diversion.
2. “He got the boot.”
3. Bulletproof gun shield.
The Mummy [1959]
1. Christopher Lee’s gold nail polish.
2. It’s all about the matching hairstyle.
3. Why does he take her to the swamp?
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