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3 things about William Wyler’s THE BIG COUNTRY
The Big Country [1958] 1. Fistfight in long shot. 2. Leech picks up the shotgun that Rufus has thrown down, confirms that it’s loaded. 3. Together they look out over the landscape, and say everything that needs to be said … Continue reading
3 things about Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT
Somewhere in the Night [1946] 1. “You look like two witches! What cooks?” 2. She has to be told what “private eye” and “shamus” mean. 3. They step carefully across the boards under the pier. Fog on the water.
3 things about Michael Crichton’s LOOKER
Looker [1981] 1. The doorbell rings. She takes off her robe and goes to answer the door in her underwear, naturally. 2. Insufficient body twist. 3. Spurt Toothpaste.
3 things about Stanley Donen’s SATURN 3
Saturn 3 [1980] 1. Gravity in four directions. 2. “You have a great body. May I use it?” 3. The spectacle of a naked Kirk Douglas strangling Harvey Keitel is one I will not soon forget.
3 things about Richard Lester’s A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
A Hard Day’s Night [1964] 1. “Give us a kiss.” 2. Cameo by George Shearing. 3. The book Ringo is reading is Anatomy of a Murder.
3 things about Woody Allen’s ANYTHING ELSE
Anything Else [2013] 1. “There was something compelling about your apathy.” 2. She only knows how to cook spaghetti for eight. 3. He closes the laptop and pours out lines of coke on it. This vies with Hollywood Ending for … Continue reading
Bringing it on home.
Last Sunday morning just before 9 o’clock, I dashed through the rain to the front porch of Nick’s house in Littleton, Colorado and rang the bell. I was holding a bag of donuts, a cup of coffee, and my trusty … Continue reading
3 things about William Berke’s COP HATER
Cop Hater [1958] 1. Sleeping shirtless in belted slacks. 2. “Three slugs in the back of the head. They found him laying there like garbage outside of some crummy, closed up movie palace.” 3. Jerry Orbach as a young latino … Continue reading
3 things about David Wain’s THEY CAME TOGETHER
They Came Together [2014] 1. “You can say that again.” And, “Tell me about it.” 2. Dead body under a pile of leaves. 3. Sword-wielding Michael Shannon.
3 things about David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ
eXistenZ [1999] 1. Balmsticks for bioports. 2. “You have to play the game to find out why you’re playing the game.” 3. Cheek-shredding teeth bullets.
