Rob’s Best of 2020

Posted on December 23, 2020 by robchristopher

Not necessarily released in 2020, these were nevertheless some of the songs I listened to all year long: a personal time capsule of the past twelve months.

Enjoy!

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s THE APARTMENT

Posted on December 21, 2020 by robchristopher

The Apartment [1960]

1. Strand of leftover spaghetti on the tennis racket. He wraps it around his finger.
2. On her way out, she deposits a dime on the desk.
3. Key to the executive washroom.

3 other things.

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3 things about George Cukor’s HOLIDAY

Posted on December 19, 2020 by robchristopher

Holiday [1938]

1. Drinking champagne out of a trophy.
2. The way Lew Ayers says, “I’ll be–here.”
3. She closes her eyes and presses an elevator button.

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3 things about Chantal Akerman’s GOLDEN EIGHTIES

Posted on December 16, 2020 by robchristopher

Golden Eighties [1986]

1. Scissors as rhythm track.
2. Screwing on the stairs.
3. We finally get outside at the very end.

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3 things about Leo McCarey’s THE AWFUL TRUTH

Posted on December 14, 2020 by robchristopher

The Awful Truth [1937]

1. A ready-to-go eggnog cart.
2. “I don’t know what to say.”
“If you leave now, you won’t have to say anything.”
3. Cuckoo clock.

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3 things about Michael Curtiz’s WHITE CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 13, 2020 by robchristopher

White Christmas [1954]

1. Dashing from Florida to Vermont. And then they get there and there’s no snow. Early global warming musical.
2. “Sisters” is gay enough the first time around; the second time, it’s like gay on top of gay.
3. A minstrel show number that, thankfully, has almost nothing to do with minstrel shows.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s MARNIE

Posted on December 12, 2020 by robchristopher

Marnie [1964]

1. “Don’t crowd me, lady. I’m fighting a powerful impulse to beat the hell out of you.”
2. She retreats somewhere deep inside herself and offers no resistance.
3. Rolled up newspaper as telescope.

3 other things.

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3 things about David Lynch’s THE STRAIGHT STORY

Posted on December 6, 2020 by robchristopher

The Straight Story [1999]

1. Grabber for $10.
2. Unexplained pack of dogs.
3. When he orders a beer, the bartender asks him, “What flavor?”

3 other things.

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3 things about Terrence Malick’s A HIDDEN LIFE

Posted on December 2, 2020 by robchristopher

A Hidden Life [2019]

1. She tries to comfort her. Mud-caked fingers on her head.
2. “Sign this, you’ll be free.”
“I am free now.”
“Then why am I here?”
3. A room entirely in black with a wet floor.

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3 things about Jonathan Frakes’ STAR TREK: INSURRECTION

Posted on December 1, 2020 by robchristopher

Star Trek: Insurrection [1998]

1. Gilbert & Sullivan strategy.
2. The giveaway: a glitchy holodeck.
3. He has 318 days of shore leave coming to him.

3 other things.

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