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Monthly Archives: February 2020
3 things about Frank Perry’s “DOC”
“Doc” [1971] 1. Born into the line. 2. Crude BBQ brush. 3. “I guess he reminded me of too many things.”
3 things about Jordan Peele’s US
Us [2019] 1. Two important coffee tables. 2. Putting on lip gloss. 3. Neck crunch.
3 things about Pedro Costa’s VITALINA VARELA
Vitalina Varela [2019] 1. Barefoot on the tarmac. 2. The sound of men on the roof. 3. Windowbars frame his face as a sun.
The 2020 CFA Media Mixer!
In Roy’s World, I used a whole lot of images from various collections of the Chicago Film Archives. So when CFA asked me to be one of 2020’s “remixers” I was delighted to accept! I’m already digging into some materials … Continue reading
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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s ROPE
Rope [1948] 1. Namedropping James Mason, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman. 2. Dropping the rope into the kitchen drawer. 3. “Cat and mouse, cat and mouse, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse!” 3 other things.
3 things about Brian De Palma’s SISTERS
Sisters [1972] 1. The African Club. A black waiter wearing a tuxedo jacket but no shirt. 2. Smashed cake. 3. A sofa in Quebec.
