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Monthly Archives: November 2020
3 things about René Clair’s AND THEN THERE NONE
And Then There Were None [1945] 1. He samples several cocktails to prove he didn’t poison them. 2. Keyholes within keyholes. 3. A murderer fond of cats.
3 things about Young-seok Noh’s DAYTIME DRINKING
Daytime Drinking [2008] 1. “Hey, do you still dance to weird music when you get drunk?” 2. Heated floors. 3. They’re just business partners. 3 other things.
3 things about Juliano Dornelles & Kleber Mendonça Filho’s BACURAU
Bacurau [2019] 1. Crowd surfing the suitcase. 2. Nudists with shotguns. 3. “We have all taken a powerful psychotropic drug.”
3 things about Franklin J. Schaffner’s THE BEST MAN
The Best Man [1964] 1. “I don’t understand you.” “I know you don’t. Because you have no sense of responsibility toward anybody or anything. And that is a tragedy in a man, and it is a disaster in a president.” … Continue reading
Something for the Lounge: Cocktails with Henry Mancini
Something jazzy, something satiny, something fabulous. Mostly instrumental. Here’s a six-hour playlist I created. Enjoy!
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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS
The Birds [1963] 1. “Which is why the mail never gets delivered in this town.” 2. A fly on the leg of Annie’s corpse. 3. Chipped fingernail polish. 3 other things.
3 things about Ki-young Kim’s THE HOUSEMAID
The Housemaid [1960] 1. Cut from the children’s game of cat’s cradle to the looms in a textile factory. 2. An embrace. She interlaces her fingers behind his back. 3. Jokey lecture to the audience.
3 things about Joseph Losey’s THE PROWLER
The Prowler [1951] 1. A dull library of his voice. 2. In the bedroom of the newlyweds, the sounds of traffic all night long. 3. Primitive generator. 3 other things.
3 things about Robert Wise’s THE HAUNTING
The Haunting [1963] 1. No right angles. 2. The door bends. 3. Camera ascending the spiral staircase.
3 things about Elio Petri’s INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion [1970] 1. Twenty-five blue neckties. 2. A fluttering gallery of oversized fingerprints. 3. Unable to prove his own guilt.
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