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Monthly Archives: December 2009
3 Things
Side Street [1950] 1. He bursts into the room, sees the dead body in the chair, flings the door closed. The music cue cuts out so fast it’s like someone swatted away the needle from the record. 2. Her pillbox … Continue reading
3 things about Nicholas Ray’s THEY LIVE BY NIGHT
They Live by Night [1948] 1. One dead eye, milky white. He lights up his cigar. 2. “I can rent you a ring for a dollar or sell you one for five.” 3. He flicks the Christmas ornaments with his … Continue reading
3 things about W.S. Van Dyke’s THE THIN MAN
The Thin Man [1934] 1. She pours him a drink. He picks up the bottle instead. 2. “Send up a whole flock of sandwiches.” 3. He ditches the cigarette, pulls his sport coat around himself tighter to ward off the … Continue reading
3 Things
Circle of Deceit [1981] 1. Scarred, towering Holiday Inn. No man’s land. 2. A burned-out car. What was once a human being has its head thrown back. 3. “Don’t worry. I never write what I think.”
3 Things
Sayonara [1957] 1. Ricardo Montalban’s fishy accent: Kobe by way of Mexico City. 2. A pamphlet falls out of her purse. 3. The two puppets lie down together and die as the curtain slowly descends.
3 Things
The Machinist [2004] 1. As he bends over we can see the knobs of his spine. 2. He is confronted by a menacing hallway. 3. A pile of bloody fish heads.
3 things about Tom Ford’s A SINGLE MAN
A Single Man [2009] 1. He parks the car. Janet Leigh’s enormous eyes. A billboard for Psycho. 2. Fuzzy sweater. White jeans. 3. The hammer of the gun has left marks on his skin.
3 Things
eXistenZ [1999] 1. Country Gas Station. 2. Jennifer Jason Leigh’s peculiar hair-weave. 3. He wraps up the package of frog organs and seals it neatly with a strip of brown tape. He places it on a conveyor belt.
3 things about Woody Allen’s CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Crimes and Misdemeanors [1989] 1. “The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty.” 2. Closeup: his expensive, polished shoes on the floor of her apartment. 3. Watching Singin’ in the Rain on … Continue reading
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