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Author Archives: robchristopher
3 things about Judith Helfand’s COOKED: SURVIVAL BY ZIP CODE
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code [2019] 1. They finally get the air conditioning they needed. 2. On the cover of the report: a snowflake. 3. A seemingly all white disaster preparedness conference. Urgent! There’s a story I sometimes tell about … Continue reading
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3 things about Chang-dong Lee’s BURNING
Burning [2018] 1. He brings up the concept of metaphor. 2. Sunset dance. 3. He caresses Faulkner’s face on the book cover.
3 things about Luchino Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE
Death in Venice [1971] 1. Altmanesque style throughout: gliding camera moves combined with zooms. Unexpected! 2. Meticulously, the barber paints Gustav’s hair black. 3. A thorough history of the spread of cholera from Asia.
3 things about Todd Solondz’s DARK HORSE
Dark Horse [2011] 1. Walken’s withering stare. 2. “Psychiatrists are idiots! The whole profession is a joke! I know my problems better than anyone, and there’s no solution.” 3. A soggy receipt.
3 things about Michael Haneke’s HAPPY END
Happy End [2017] 1. “I just put the same tablets in his food my mom takes for her depression. Let’s see what happens.” 2. A proposition for his barber. 3. They enter the hospital room, briefly look at her, then … Continue reading
3 things about James Mangold’s LOGAN
Logan [2017] 1. He admonishes the nurses not to view them as children. 2. Going to the bathroom. 3. A grass shroud.
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3 things about Mick Jackson’s THREADS
Threads [1984] 1. All the fingers are on fire. 2. The sound of swarms of flies coming from the cellar. 3. Britain’s population returning to medieval levels. Genuinely terrifying.
3 things about Todd Douglas Miller’s APOLLO 11
Apollo 11 [2019] 1. The utter blackness of space. And then, slowly, a glowing white curve enters the frame. 2. “It’s like one of those revolving restaurants.” 3. Modified trailer as quarantine quarters. Wow.
3 things about Joseph H. Lewis’s MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS
My Name Is Julia Ross [1945] 1. “She’s perfect.” “There’s even a small resemblance.” 2. She keeps a locked drawer full of her son’s knives. 3. Unhelpful vicar.
