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Monthly Archives: October 2014
3 things about Jeff Nichols’ TAKE SHELTER
Take Shelter [2011] 1. “Is anyone else seeing this?” 2. A knife on the drainboard, covered with flies. 3. He holds out his hand, trembling, keyring looped around his finger.
October 25 haiku.
Visible from the Street a window piled high with Assorted Christmas
October 24 haiku.
First take this broken Feeling and make it yours and Then get out of bed
October 23 haiku.
At 5:45 A partial solar eclipse Last chance for 3 years
October 22 haiku.
Songs about waiting And songs about hanging up Songs about leaving
October 21 haiku.
Five bags on each arm They haltingly squeeze themselves Through the taxi’s door
October 20 haiku.
Across the carpet Creeps a red wine rivulet Courtesy her cat
3 things about Frederick Wiseman’s NATIONAL GALLERY
National Gallery [2014] 1. Varnish. Shiny, buffed floors. 2. A hunting horn, a lobster, a peeled lemon. 3. He collects the tiniest possible sample and places it on a glass slide. Phenomenal.
October 19 haiku.
Golden rooftops wet Shadows dissolving sunset Hands in your pockets
3 things about Stuart Rosenberg’s THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
The Laughing Policeman [1973] 1. Chivas Regal and rubbers. 2. “Did she go out with a lot of men?” “She didn’t go out with men … at all.” 3. The table legs are actually legs.