3 things about Derek Jarman’s WAR REQUIEM

Posted on April 26, 2020 by robchristopher

War Requiem [1989]

1. The futility of digging trenches in mud.
2. Helmet sprouting grass.
3. The soldiers form a tableau.

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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s THE DEADLY AFFAIR

Posted on April 24, 2020 by robchristopher

The Deadly Affair [1966]

1. She answers the door wearing a short robe, bare legs, and thick gray socks.
2. Lunch at the Serpentine Restaurant.
3. Completely sodden wool overcoat.

3 other things.

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3 things about D.W. Young’s THE BOOKSELLERS

Posted on April 21, 2020 by robchristopher

The Booksellers [2019]

1. A collection of purses.
2. She wraps her arms around the set of Balzac. “These are mine!”
3. Fran Lebowitz on seeing books in the garbage: “It’s like seeing a human head.”

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s MAGNOLIA

Posted on April 20, 2020 by robchristopher

Magnolia [1999]

1. Stripy knitted bed jacket.
2. “Yes, and I’m listening. Avidly, fella.”
3. His utter lack of posture on the sofa.

3 other things.

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3 things about Bo Hu’s AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL

Posted on April 19, 2020 by robchristopher

An Elephant Sitting Still [2018]

1. “Surely he did not.”
2. On opposite escalators.
3. Why do they swap coats?

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW

Posted on April 16, 2020 by robchristopher

Rear Window [1954]

1. “Of course, they can do the same thing to me. Watch me like a bug under a glass if they want to.”
2. Engle Hand Laundry.
3. A Montrachet wine.

3 other things.

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3 things about Jacques Tourneur’s NIGHTFALL

Posted on April 15, 2020 by robchristopher

Nightfall [1956]

1. Sock stretchers.
2. Fleeing in a ball gown.
3. An imprint in the snow where the satchel used to be.

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3 things about Robert Wise’s THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN

Posted on April 14, 2020 by robchristopher

The Andromeda Strain [1971]

1. A sliver of paper between the clapper and the bell.
2. Mass human casualties, a variety of dying animals, and a naked lady in a G-rated movie.
3. Green lasers.

3 other things.

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3 things about John Sturges’ THE SATAN BUG

Posted on April 13, 2020 by robchristopher

The Satan Bug [1965]

1. Opening: we transition from veins in a human body to an aerial view of a desert road.
2. Eager beavers trapped in a bootleg kerosene lair.
3. Lonely flask on the edge of the seat.

Excellent Jerry Goldsmith score!

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3 things about Mattie Do’s THE LONG WALK

Posted on April 12, 2020 by robchristopher

The Long Walk [2019]

1. Regardless of specific events, the outcome is always a smashed pane of glass.
2. They need a tractor. The NGO instead installs solar panels.
3. Foil-and=plastic packets of dehydrated noodles.

Something special.

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