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.

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October 25 haiku.

Visible from the Street a window piled high with Assorted Christmas

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October 24 haiku.

First take this broken Feeling and make it yours and Then get out of bed

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October 23 haiku.

At 5:45 A partial solar eclipse Last chance for 3 years

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October 22 haiku.

Songs about waiting And songs about hanging up Songs about leaving

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October 21 haiku.

Five bags on each arm They haltingly squeeze themselves Through the taxi’s door

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October 20 haiku.

Across the carpet Creeps a red wine rivulet Courtesy her cat

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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.

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October 19 haiku.

Golden rooftops wet Shadows dissolving sunset Hands in your pockets

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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.

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