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Monthly Archives: April 2019
3 things about Andrei Tarkovsky’s NOSTALGIA
Nostalgia [1983] 1. Petting the dog as he drifts off to sleep. 2. The debris is a landscape in miniature. 3. Sheltering the candle with his coat.
3 things about Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Joon-ho Bong’s TOKYO!
Tokyo! [2008] 1. He opens the bathroom door and the chair is sitting in the bathtub. 2. Flowers and money. 3. Neat stacks of pizza boxes. So-so.
3 things about Claire Denis’ HIGH LIFE
High Life [2018] 1. Learning to walk, learning to stand. 2. A series of dissolves shows him turning into earth. 3. Horizontal golden band.
3 things about Richard Compton’s RAVAGERS
Ravagers [1979] 1. At first he’s not sure what to do with the fork. 2. Art Carney playing “Tea for Two” on a piano. 3. A bullet to the gut finishes off Ernest Borgnine.
3 things about Angela Robinson’s PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [2017] 1. “When will you stop justifying the whims of your cock with science?” 2. 50-60% less bondage. 3. A new stove.
3 things about Paul Schrader’s AMERICAN GIGOLO
American Gigolo [1980] 1. “I know what I see.” 2. Laying out his wardrobe, creating outfits. 3. The ultimate humbling: driving a Pinto. Interesting that both David Thomson and Bret Easton Ellis write about it in their new books.
3 things about Fritz Lang’s SCARLET STREET
Scarlet Street [1945] 1. He carefully, adroitly slices the liver. 2. “I’ve been out to dinner with him three times this week and now he’s talking about breakfast.” 3. A chair for a nightstand. 3 other things. Possibly my favorite … Continue reading
3 things about Kimberly Reed’s DARK MONEY
Dark Money [2018] 1. The office is located in its own little house. 2. Why lobby a politician when you can instead buy them outright at the very beginning? 3. A 3-3 vote on everything.
3 things about Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT
Transit [2018] 1. The whole film is a bartender’s story! 2. Omnipresent heavily-armed guards outside the American Consulate. 3. Suddenly, she’s just not there. Tightly coiled, frightening, uniquely relevant.
3 things about Otto Preminger’s IN HARM’S WAY
In Harm’s Way [1965] 1. They both toss their pineapple garnishes off the veranda. 2. Bullet through the cheek. 3. “I’m so scared my bones are clicking, like dice on a Reno crap table.”