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Monthly Archives: February 2021
3 things about Josh Greenbaum’s BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar [2021] 1. She’s thinking about Kermit on his bicycle. 2. Three pills in the treasure chest. They float away from the bar. 3. Headshake, ringtone. When Grace Jones’s cover of “Tomorrow” from … Continue reading
3 things about Koreyoshi Kurahara’s INTIMIDATION
Intimidation [1960] 1. Beginning and ending with a train. 2. He slips on clear plastic galoshes. 3. Multiple receipts for counterfeit seals.
3 things about Carl Boese and Paul Wegener’s THE GOLEM
The Golem [1920] 1. Ecstatic figures on a platform flanked by glowing candelabra. 2. An epic manifestation displayed for the amusement of the royal company. They all laugh. 3. Aryan children sitting on top of the deactivated Golem.
3 things about Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE: ALEX WHEATLE
Alex Wheatle [2020] 1. Put in a straitjacket, dumped on the floor. 2. Listening to shit. 3. As he sleeps we hear the commencement of a raid.
3 things about Gary Fleder’s RUNAWAY JURY
Runaway Jury [2003] 1. Valuable data cache stored on an MP3 player. 2. Powdered sugar on his tie. Mustard on his tie. 3. Lonely Sazerac at the Napoleon House.
3 things about Alan J. Pakula’s PRESUMED INNOCENT
Presumed Innocent [1990] 1. “It’s going to be so good.” 2. Is that a backdrop of Chicago outside his office window? 3. Brain matter on a claw hammer.
3 things about Frank Oz’s DEREK DELGAUDIO’S IN & OF ITSELF
Derek DelGaudio’s in & of Itself [2020] 1. Eight years to learn how to hold a deck of cards.2. Crumbling sand pedestal.3. The frames collapse onto the floor and the audience gasps.
3 things about Steven Soderbergh’s LET THEM ALL TALK
Let Them All Talk [2020] 1. Checking out the ship’s library to see which of her books they have. 2. “I was wondering if I could kiss you … sometime … in the near future.” 3. Thrombosis montage.
3 things about Josef von Sternberg’s SHANGHAI EXPRESS
Shanghai Express [1932] 1. Alone in the darkness of her train compartment, only her hands visible. Clenching and unclenching. 2. She waves her hand and says, “I’m weary of you now.” 3. Anna May Wong’s exquisite eye makeup.
3 things about Joseph Losey’s ACCIDENT
Accident [1967] 1. “I never thanked you for introducing us.” “I didn’t.” 2. Black cat playing with the tennis net. 3. A wordless rendezvous. With words.
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