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Monthly Archives: May 2014
3 things about Ron Howard’s FROST/NIXON
Frost/Nixon [2008] 1. A pause before he shakes his hand. 2. Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd. 3. “You know, I would’ve said ‘sons of bitches,’ but Manolo here is a lover of dogs, and he hates me to defame animals.”
3 things about Woody Allen’s SMALL TIME CROOKS
Small Time Crooks [2000] 1. Rooftop, laundry on a clothesline, sunset. 2. “Make conversation. But don’t say anything, don’t speak.” 3. A bearskin that lights up.
3 things about Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
Only Lovers Left Alive [2014] 1. She opens her mouth in pleasure, revealing her teeth. 2. “How I wish I had met him before I wrote Hamlet. He would have provided the most perfect role model imaginable.” 3. Face dissolving … Continue reading
How quick-cutting obscures.
Quick-cutting used to be a tool used by clever low budget filmmakers to help disguise the absence of expensive production design and special effects. And it worked. But now, paradoxically, it’s used even more often by big budget filmmakers; and … Continue reading
3 things about Andrew Stanton’s JOHN CARTER
John Carter [2012] 1. Cracking the ice to water the horses. 2. Several instances: pointlessly cutting from a medium shot to a wide angle shot, briefly, and then back to a medium shot. 3. He emerges from the body cavity … Continue reading
3 things about Terry Gilliam’s 12 MONKEYS
12 Monkeys [1995] 1. Grizzly outside City Hall. 2. Frank Gorshin’s sideways cigarette plant. 3. Insurance.
3 things about Jack Bernhard’s DECOY
Decoy [1946] 1. She jiggles her jewelry at him and says, “Do they have this trash on your level?” 2. “Don’t let that face of yours go to your head.” 3. Improperly folded sheet on the corpse.
3 things about André De Toth’s CRIME WAVE
Crime Wave [1954] 1. Working late at the animal hospital, wearing a holey sweater. 2. In the apartment building’s corridor stands a very sad plant on a table. 3. They end up in a crumpled heap at the bottom of … Continue reading
Lost and found.
I haven’t been working on the film much lately (moving to a new apartment after 12 years is a concentration killer) but there is an exciting development. Courtesy of the 16mm mag reels that I used for editing all those … Continue reading
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