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3 things about Jack Bernhard’s DECOY
Decoy [1946] 1. She jiggles her jewelry at him and says, “Do they have this trash on your level?” 2. “Don’t let that face of yours go to your head.” 3. Improperly folded sheet on the corpse.
3 things about André De Toth’s CRIME WAVE
Crime Wave [1954] 1. Working late at the animal hospital, wearing a holey sweater. 2. In the apartment building’s corridor stands a very sad plant on a table. 3. They end up in a crumpled heap at the bottom of … Continue reading
Lost and found.
I haven’t been working on the film much lately (moving to a new apartment after 12 years is a concentration killer) but there is an exciting development. Courtesy of the 16mm mag reels that I used for editing all those … Continue reading
from a notebook
“Jazz shouts its sorrows at us, and we don’t give a damn. That’s why it’s fine, real.” –Erik Satie
3 things about Victor Fleming’s THE WIZARD OF OZ
The Wizard of Oz [1939] 1. Fresh crullers. 2. Her broomstick has red stripes on the upper handle. 3. A giant spraycan of Witch Remover. 3 other things.
“They got to the bar of the hotel by taking an elevator in the center of the mall.”
That’s the opening sentence from “Nightcap,” an excerpt from my long-lost unpublished novella Tiny Apocalypse, which appears in the brand new issue no. 5 of Graze magazine. It’s really something to see this story live again. Kristopher Schmelzer specially took some … Continue reading
3 things about Warren Beatty & Buck Henry’s HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Heaven Can Wait [1978] 1. Nobody wears trainer’s shorts (or a loud tie) like Jack Warden. 2. She drinks vodka straight from the carafe. 3. James Mason: “I’m going to have to take charge of this case personally.”
3 things about Matt Wolf’s TEENAGE
Teenage [2013] 1. Child labor ends, kids go to school longer: adolescence is born. 2. Bare-chested, shell-shocked soldiers. 3. “Anything that begins with Duke Ellington, ends with an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.”
3 things about Michael J. Paradise’s THE VISITOR
The Visitor [1978] 1. More proof that John Huston wore a safari suit the entire span of the 1970s. 2. Who dubbed Peckinpah. 3. The bird hovers in mid-air then suddenly grows a long, razor-sharp beak. It flies straight into … Continue reading
3 things about Robert Culp’s HICKEY & BOGGS
Hickey & Boggs [1972] 1. Screen door, bullet holes. 2. “You only seem to remember my phone number when it’s bedtime.” 3. Scary-thin James Woods in a fuchsia nighshirt. It’s definitely got some style, but Walter Hill’s script really isn’t … Continue reading
