3 things about David Cronenberg’s SCANNERS

Posted on March 16, 2018 by robchristopher

Scanners [1981]

1. A neatly folded brown blanket on the bed.
2. Melting telephone.
3. An ad in LIFE.

3 other things.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s SABOTAGE

Posted on March 13, 2018 by robchristopher

Sabotage [1936]

1. Forget about a bomb, the kid is walking the streets of London with a nitrate print!
2. Low shot: she slowly walks out the of the room and sits down on a chair in the hallway, her legs drawn up tightly.
3. “But she said it before. Or was it after? I can’t remember.”

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3 things about Herman Shumlin’s WATCH ON THE RHINE

Posted on March 11, 2018 by robchristopher

Watch on the Rhine [1943]

1. “We might also manage a visa for you. I’m sure you are homesick for shabby places and gaudy cafes and the rest of the decaying things that represent Europe to you.”
“Blecher, we do not like each other.”
“But that will not stand in the way our doing business.
2. Smiling in wonderment she looks at herself in the mirror and says, “I had forgotten.”
3.  I guess it was decided that Bette Davis had to have the last scene. It feels tacked on.

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3 things about Albert Brooks’ LOST IN AMERICA

Posted on March 10, 2018 by robchristopher

Lost in America [1985]

1. “I never really tasted melted cheese before!”
2. A tiny, heart-shaped shower.
3. Sniffing the leather.

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New site! New video!

Posted on March 8, 2018 by robchristopher

Head over to Roy’s World for a new look at the project, including a brand new clip featuring Jason Adasiewicz’ music + a story from Barry Gifford!

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3 things about Steve James’ ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

Posted on March 4, 2018 by robchristopher

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail [2017]

1. She tries in vain to get someone to listen to her point.
2. The blurred line between a gift and a loan.
3. Justice … with a $10 million legal bill.

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3 things about Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN

Posted on March 3, 2018 by robchristopher

Wonder Woman [2017]

1. “I’m both frightened and aroused.”
2. A brief vision of earth without humans.
3. In the last crowd scene, there’s something that bothers me about Etta and Diana appearing in public without wearing a hat. Victory celebration or no, in 1918 that behavior would have been scandalous.

3 other things.

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3 things about Fred M. Wilcox’s FORBIDDEN PLANET

Posted on March 2, 2018 by robchristopher

Forbidden Planet [1956]

1. Levels and levels and levels and levels.
2. “Will sixty gallons be sufficient?”
3. Peeling back of the shutters and the support beam crumbles.

3 other things.

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3 things about Martin Rosen’s WATERSHIP DOWN

Posted on March 1, 2018 by robchristopher

Watership Down [1978]

1. Rat attack.
2. “Is not far?”
3. Resemblance between the blades of a plow, General Woundwort’s clawmarks.

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3 things about David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE

Posted on February 27, 2018 by robchristopher

Inland Empire [2006]

1. The expression on Grace Zabriskie’s face when we first see her.
2. “Somebody’s got to do it. Gable’s dead.”
3. The mottled handle of the screwdriver.

3 other things.

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