3 things about Steven Soderbergh’s CONTAGION

Posted on July 4, 2017 by robchristopher

Contagion [2011]

1. “We don’t need to weaponize the bird flu. The birds are doing that.”
2. A metal chest of placebos.
3. Birthday lottery.

3 other things.

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3 things about Bong Joon Ho’s OKJA

Posted on July 1, 2017 by robchristopher

Okja [2017]

1. One thing I was not expecting was John Denver.
2. He calls his wife and asks what kind of body wash they have at home.
3. “They’ll eat it if it’s cheap enough.”

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3 things about Norman Jewison’s ROLLERBALL

Posted on June 28, 2017 by robchristopher

Rollerball [1975]

1. At his party: several biracial couples, white men with black women.
2. They take a trip to a Luxury Center. He expresses a vague aspiration to get a secretary.
3. “But comfort is freedom, it always has been.”

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3 things about Quentin Tarantino’s THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Posted on June 27, 2017 by robchristopher

The Hateful Eight [2015]

1. Looking down through the rafters.
2. “That door is a whore!”
3. He carefully drapes a blanket and two animal skins over the chair.

3 other things.

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3 things about Matt Dillon’s CITY OF GHOSTS

Posted on June 23, 2017 by robchristopher

City of Ghosts [2002]

1. Still holding the child, Gerard administers a beatdown.
2. For $5 he buys back his own sunglasses.
3. “Car good. Road bad.”

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3 things about Andrew Marton’s CRACK IN THE WORLD

Posted on June 22, 2017 by robchristopher

Crack in the World [1965]

1. “How do you feel?”
“Medium rare.”
2. Microscope/projector viewing device.
3. “A safety valve of immense proportions.”

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3 things about Richard Donner’s THE OMEN

Posted on June 20, 2017 by robchristopher

The Omen [1976]

1. For no good reason, she puts the goldfish bowl on the banister.
2. “And the woman?”
“She is an apostate of hell.”
3. Painfully fake head.

Junk. On the other hand, there aren’t too many movies where you get to see Gregory Peck stab someone to death.

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3 things about Jim Jarmusch’s GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI

Posted on June 13, 2017 by robchristopher

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [1999]

1. The only two flavors we see are chocolate and vanilla.
2. “It’s poetry!”
3. After stealing the Jag his first order of business is selecting a CD to play.

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Working on the script.

Posted on June 12, 2017 by robchristopher

Analog is often better.

assembling a script for ROY'S WORLD

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3 things about Robert Kenner’s COMMAND AND CONTROL

Posted on June 11, 2017 by robchristopher

Command and Control [2016]

1. “Anytime I want to I can close my eyes and see it.”
2. After receiving the phone call, he looked out the window at the street outside. Wondering what to do.
3. Even when asked by the Vice President of the United States, they could neither confirm nor deny the existence of a nuclear warhead.

Hair-raising.

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