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Author Archives: robchristopher
3 things about David Fincher’s ZODIAC
Zodiac [2007] 1. Car window, passenger’s side, beaded with raindrops. Through the window we see the light from the lobby of a building, beige, gold, brown. Warm. 2. “Before I kill you I’m going to throw your baby out the … Continue reading
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3 things about Stanley Kramer’s JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG
Judgment at Nuremberg [1961] 1. One of the best closing lines in movie history: “It came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent.” 2. Clift takes out a small photograph from … Continue reading
3 things about Anna Biller’s VIVA
Viva [2007] 1. The Yellow Submarine-esque sequence featuring apples with hungry mouths.2. Turquoise eye makeup and princess-pink lipstick.3. Mrs. James, a dead ringer for Shelley Winters, describing her call girl operation: "It’s a kind of dating service."
3 things about Busby Berkeley’s THE GANG’S ALL HERE
The Gang’s All Here [1943] 1. The fake palm trees. Palm branches made of shimering green satin. At the top of each tree, alongside the coconuts, are real monkeys. 2. “We haven’t got time to be sensible!” 3. A field … Continue reading
3 Things
The Parallax View [1974] 1. The motorized vehicle slowly plows through the formation of tables, eventually coming to a stop.2. On board the airplane, the flight attendant asks for his name and then writes it on a clipboard. She quotes … Continue reading
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3 things about Alan J. Pakula’s KLUTE
Klute [1971] 1. The charcoal drawing of JFK on the wall near her dessing table. 2. “Everyone knows everything. So it doesn’t matter what I do.” 3. Night. She sits with her legs up on the kitchen table. A glass … Continue reading
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3 things about Astra Taylor’s ZIZEK!
Zizek! [2005] 1. “If I weren’t me I’d arrest myself.” 2. His young son is watching the TV; a movie is starting. Zizek talks about him. “Oh, he’s confused … now he is narcissistically amused.” 3. “I’m between hating the … Continue reading
3 Things
Derrida [2002] 1. He enters a room filled floor-to-ceiling with bookshelves, crammed with books. He’s asked if he’s read them all. No, he says. I’ve read four. But I’ve read those four really, really well.2. Derrida is a watching a … Continue reading
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3 things about Danny Boyle’s SUNSHINE
Sunshine [2007] 1. Every time there’s a crisis, some member of the crew invariably says, “Shit.” Yeah, it’s one of those movies. 2. A single green sprout pokes through the charred remains. Then she gets impaled on a spear. 3. … Continue reading
