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Author Archives: robchristopher
3 things about Ang Lee’s THE WEDDING BANQUET
The Wedding Banquet [1993] 1. He does it for the tax writeoff. 2. “Are you tired? When my Mom enters a department store, she turns into Michael Jordan.” 3. A red envelope filled with cash.
3 things about Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN
Kwaidan [1964] 1. One by one they disappear into the bloody water. 2. Invisible except for his ears. 3. He ignores the reflection and stubbornly drinks from the bowl.
two-dozen lists of movies.
Remember The Book of Lists and its numerous sequels? This is a smaller, more focused spin on that idea: two-dozen lists of movies. Actually, Queue Tips has twenty-four! Read the full Booklist review.
October 31 haiku
Several officemates have criticized my costume. It’s invisible
3 things about John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN
Halloween [1978] 1. A James Ensor poster on her wall. 2. “The keys! Oh, the keys!” 3. Asthma? Congestion?
October 30 haiku
along the street floats a car with its passenger swimming behind it
3 things about Otto Preminger’s ANGEL FACE
Angel Face [1952] 1. She keeps right on playing. 2. For the ceremony, she wears a bridal bed jacket. Then her fellow patients launch into a congratulatory song. 3. He pops the cork; she pops the clutch.
October 28 haiku
she can’t remember which bob hope movie she watched, which road he was on
October 27 haiku
a watery stone over which lies a speckled green banana leaf
October 26 haiku
Leave money where a stranger can take it, go do the thing that scares you.
