3 things about Don Siegel’s CHARLEY VARRICK

Posted on August 31, 2017 by robchristopher

Charley Varrick [1973]

1. Poster at the whorehouse which reads “SIN BIN.”
2. He shoves the wheelchair towards the wall, where it slams into a pile of boxes.
3. The car almost doesn’t start but he never looks perturbed.

3 other things.

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3 things about Robert Zemeckis’s DEATH BECOMES HER

Posted on August 24, 2017 by robchristopher

Death Becomes Her [1992]

1. Mad and Hel.
2. The way Isabella Rossellini says, “But keep your ass handy.”
3. Visual quotation of The Wizard of Oz.

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3 things about Michael Winterbottom’s THE TRIP TO SPAIN

Posted on August 23, 2017 by robchristopher

The Trip to Spain [2017]

1. Life-affirming butter (LAB).
2. “My name isn’t Roger Muslim. It’s Roger Moor.”
3. Missing his own son, he asks the owner’s son how old he is.

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November 4. Write it in your diary.

Posted on August 21, 2017 by robchristopher

Be there or be square!

Saturday, November 4 at 8:30pm
Barry Gifford & Jason Adasiewicz
Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago

“[Barry Gifford’s book The Up-Down is] right next door to perfection.” —David Lynch

To celebrate the publication of his newest book The Cuban Club, Constellation welcomes master storyteller Barry Gifford to Chicago for a reading of stories from the book accompanied by the music of Jason Adasiewicz. A masterpiece of mood and setting, character and remembrance, The Cuban Club is Gifford’s ultimate coming-of-age story, told as 64 linked tales as seen through the eyes of Roy, a kid growing up in Chicago in the 1950s and early 1960s. Gifford has been writing his Roy stories on and off for over 40 years. As part of Roy’s World, a forthcoming documentary by Rob Christopher about the stories, Jason Adasiewicz has composed his first original film score.

The evening will feature Adasiewicz (vibes), Keefe Jackson (tenor sax + bass clarinet), Josh Berman (cornet), and Joshua Abrams (bass) as they perform selections from the score in a “conversation” with Gifford and his newest stories. Signed copies of The Cuban Club will be available for purchase.

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3 things about Alan Arkin’s LITTLE MURDERS

Posted on August 17, 2017 by robchristopher

Little Murders [1971]

1. Her hand gesture as she says, “It’s in the vermouth.”
2. One phone booth is smashed so, without missing a beat, she tries another one.
3. The hum of the subway car as it sits in the station.

3 other things.

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3 things about Mark Robson’s EARTHQUAKE

Posted on August 15, 2017 by robchristopher

Earthquake [1974]

1. He makes a left turn off of Deep Dell Place, a street referenced in Lost Highway.
2. She grabs a few donuts and gets arrested for looting.
3. A man’s shoe crunches down on her fingers. Her aggrieved expression.

3 other things.

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3 things about Sam Wood’s A DAY AT THE RACES

Posted on August 13, 2017 by robchristopher

A Day at the Races [1937]

1. The brothers form a chain. Circular handwashing routine.
2. “Are you a man or a mouse?”
“You put a piece of cheese down there and you’ll find out.”
3. Disintegrating piano.

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3 things about Terence Young’s THUNDERBALL

Posted on August 12, 2017 by robchristopher

Thunderball [1965]

1. The scorched chair, minus its former occupant, is maneuvered back into place.
2. HANDLE LIKE EGGS is stenciled on the side of the bomb.
3. The rogue Polish nuclear scientist recants, is tossed overboard with a life preserver, and then we never see him again.

3 other things.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s STAGE FRIGHT

Posted on August 10, 2017 by robchristopher

Stage Fright [1950]

1. As he descends the stairs, a very smooth crane shot.
2. Smoking a cigarette through the veil.
3. Lovely Ducks has trouble opening the breach of the gun.

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3 things about Mario Bava’s LISA AND THE DEVIL

Posted on August 9, 2017 by robchristopher

Lisa and the Devil [1973]

1. Squashing the ankles so the body fits in the casket.
2. He plates a slice of cake and says, “It’s with chocolate sprinkles.”
3. Luxurious, empty airplane.

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