3 things about Busby Berkeley’s THE GANG’S ALL HERE

Posted on April 20, 2017 by robchristopher

The Gang’s All Here [1943]

1. “How are you?”
“I’m very well to do, thank you.”
“Ah, you do very well, what you do do.”
2. Ketchup from a Brazilian tomato.
3. Neon-like curtain of water foreshadows the neon hoops.

3 other things.

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PAUSE OF THE CLOCK now available on Vimeo!

Posted on April 17, 2017 by robchristopher

You’ve been clamoring for it, and here it is!

Pause of the Clock from Rob Christopher on Vimeo.

For $3, the traditional price of a VHS rental back when we started making the film, you can bask in its HD glory! And you can watch Vimeo on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.

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3 things about W.S. Van Dyke’s ANOTHER THIN MAN

Posted on April 17, 2017 by robchristopher

Another Thin Man [1939]

1. He pauses from his highball to unlatch the trunk for her.
2. A pen full of babies.
3. She suddenly transforms into a tough-talking dame.

3 other things.

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3 things about Ingmar Bergman’s THE SILENCE

Posted on April 16, 2017 by robchristopher

The Silence [1963]

1. Upside down eyes, rimmed in black.
2. “How nice,” she says, examining the scars on his shoulder. “How nice that we can’t understand each other.”
3. She pulls the sheet over her own head. But she hasn’t died.

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ROY’S WORLD receives a City of Chicago DCASE grant!

Posted on April 11, 2017 by robchristopher

I’m pleased to announce that I will receive a 2017 Individual Artists Program grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). This grant will go directly toward funding Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago, especially my collaboration with Jason Adasiewicz on the documentary’s original score.

Arts funding, particularly state and federal funding, is really important to projects like mine. I don’t have a huge slate of past projects under my belt I can brag about, so getting the “thumbs up” from an office like DCASE makes it easier for other potential funders to say yes. As you might have heard, the State of Illinois is a hot mess right now. We’ve been operating without a budget for more than two years now; arts funding certainly isn’t a priority. It’s really nice to know that despite its own financial difficulties, Chicago is still doing its bit.

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3 things about Jack Smight’s AIRPORT 1975

Posted on April 10, 2017 by robchristopher

Airport 1975 [1974]

1. Overall, Jerry Stiller comes off best. He sleeps through most of the movie.
2. Ominous yet meaningless zoom in on the guitar strings.
3. Myrna Loy pouring herself an Olympia beer.

Did everything Jack Smight touch turn to crap? Or was it already crap and he just did what he had to do, but poorly? 3 other things.

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3 things about Richard Lester’s JUGGERNAUT

Posted on April 9, 2017 by robchristopher

Juggernaut [1974]

1. A pinball machine on board called Shipwreck.
2. First ransom phone call: Soderberghian layering of sound on top of silent action.
3. “Two double scotches, in the same glass. Staff.”

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3 things about Vincente Minnelli’s THE PIRATE

Posted on April 7, 2017 by robchristopher

The Pirate [1948]

1. Cigarette kiss.
2. “He’s not a lump or a pumpkin!”
3. Double ear wriggle.

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3 things about Curtis Hanson’s L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Posted on April 2, 2017 by robchristopher

L.A. Confidential [1997]

1. The sound as he breathes through this nose.
2. “Is that how you did good cop/bad cop?”
3. Lana Turner in the Formosa Cafe.

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3 things about Michael Bay’s MAXIMUM CARNAGE HORIZON

Posted on April 1, 2017 by robchristopher

Maximum Carnage Horizon [2017]

1. “Do these look like kid gloves to you, pal? Do they? I want an answer, mister!”
2. The building completely flattens the dreadlocked hippie; the CGI dog sitting next to him remains untouched.
3. The sergeant shouts, “Fuck you, Lady Frankenstein!” and tosses his phone into the vat of molten steel.

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