3 things about Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR

Posted on October 11, 2017 by robchristopher

Cemetery of Splendor [2015]

1. Jen and the two dead princesses silently eat fruit together.
2. Paramecium.
3. She/he quietly ministers to the leg.

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3 things about Martin Campbell’s GOLDENEYE

Posted on October 10, 2017 by robchristopher

GoldenEye [1995]

1. M prefers bourbon.
2. Sauna brawl.
3. “Don’t touch that! It’s my lunch.”

3 other things.

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3 things about Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER

Posted on October 9, 2017 by robchristopher

Blade Runner [1982]

1. He lives on the 97th floor.
2. “Wake up, it’s time to die!” His frontal lobe flattens.
3. Motionless beneath the sheet.

3 other things.

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3 things about Samuel Fuller’s THE BARON OF ARIZONA

Posted on October 4, 2017 by robchristopher

The Baron of Arizona [1950]

1. “Who are you?”
“A wanderer like Cain looking for a woman of my own.”
2. An impromptu courtroom is quickly installed.
3. Silhouette of an empty noose.

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3 things about Jonathan Kaplan’s TRUCK TURNER

Posted on October 2, 2017 by robchristopher

Truck Turner [1974]

1. “You want to find the rooster, you gotta check out the hens.” Outrageous Nichelle Nichols outfit.
2. Lovemaking cut short by cat.
3. Early appearance of the Spike Lee dolly shot.

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3 things about Guy Maddin’s THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD

Posted on October 1, 2017 by robchristopher

The Saddest Music in the World [2003]

1. “Spats? Would you call his hair slippery?”
2. His favorite song: “Skip to My Lou.”
3. A squeezebox that’s a vintage radio.

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Waking life.

Posted on September 28, 2017 by robchristopher

“One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.”

― Salvador Dalí

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3 things about Luis Buñuel’s THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE

Posted on September 27, 2017 by robchristopher

That Obscure Object of Desire [1977]

1. The judge ponders his question for a moment and answers, “Probably.”
2. After they pass from one bedroom to the other, their clothing is different.
3. Eyes fastened on the needle of the seamstress in the store window, he shakes his head as in disbelief and then walks away.

3 other things.

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3 things about Billy Ray’s SECRET IN THEIR EYES

Posted on September 23, 2017 by robchristopher

Secret in Their Eyes [2015]

1. She rips off her forensic gloves and clutches her daughter’s body even closer.
2. The same booth day after day.
3. “You look a million years old.”

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3 things about James Fanizza’s SEBASTIAN

Posted on September 21, 2017 by robchristopher

Sebastian [2017]

1. They don’t bother to close the front door.
2. “I’m Meryl!”
3. An interesting mystery: why is the dead man’s wife at a gay bar?

This film screens at REELING 35 on September 27.

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