Hostile Witness [1968]
1. No one grimaces like Ray Milland. Ray Milland invented the grimace. When he reacts to something going badly, or some fool saying something idiotic, he looks as if a brand new ulcer had suddenly sprouted in his stomach.
2. The width of the blade is one inch. The heart was pierced twice.
3. “Logan is dead!” Oops.
“Pause of the Clock,” Chicago director Rob Christopher’s film about young adults who confront the struggle for identity and push the boundaries of trust, recently wrapped a production schedule that spanned almost two decades.
“It’s a film about friendship, secrets, and the power of stories,” says Christopher, who wrote the script during his own personal journey through the threshold of adulthood, when he was a teenage film student at Columbia College in the late ‘90s.
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There are 5 days left in the Kickstarter campaign. The good news is that, right now, the project is 66% funded. 66%! But Kickstarter is all or nothing: if I don’t get to 100% by early Thursday morning, I don’t get anything. I will lose the $10,000 in pledges that have already been raised from the 82 backers who have contributed thus far.
Here’s one more reason to take a moment right now and click the shiny, candy-like green button on the right side of this page. Through the generosity of an anonymous backer, all pledges made between now and midnight on Sunday will be matched. Your $25 pledge? It’s suddenly $50. Give $100? Voila: it’s $200. Every pledge counts; and right now every pledge counts for double.
So please: kick in a few bucks. Thanks!
The Two Faces of January [2014]
1. “I didn’t do it for him.”
“You shouldn’t have done it for either of us.”
2. He grabs him by the crotch of his pants and dangles him overboard.
3. “I’m sorry I disappointed you,” he says, and dies.
Not without its flaws, but still quite faithful to the Highsmith spirit. Which, if you know the body of her work, is trickier to pull off than you’d think. Ambiguity of character is one of her overriding themes, something that movie thrillers don’t usually handle well. But Amini does. If only his camera and editing weren’t so restless. I’ve always thought that Antonioni would have been the perfect director for this novel.
Anyway, Viggo delivers the goods! He’s great.
Okay, so, after you’ve finished groaning over that headline go check out the Reel Librarian. A big supporter of my book and now a big supporter of my film!
It’s a good time to take a snapshot of where the Kickstarter is:
78 backers
$9,779 pledged of $15,000 goal
65% OF THE WAY THERE. But there are only 7 days to get to 100%. Now, in addition to supporting my film you can get some pretty sweet rewards too: a custom pint glass, a peek into my diary, even a producing credit! Your pledge will make all the difference. So please take a moment and click that shiny, candy-like green button on the right side of this page. Thank you!
In this post at The Jeremy Show, Mr. Jeremy Wells talks with me about the film and some of the stuff that was going on in my life when I made it: going to church, going broke, wearing pastel t-shirts. I also wax ecstatic about David Lynch and tiki.
8 days to go in my campaign, and only about $5,000 left until I reach my goal. Down to the wire. Please, pledge today!
Rope [1948]
1. The two halves of the broken champagne glass in his hands. Streaks of blood on the glass.
2. Flash of green light. Flash of red light.
3. “You’re going to die, Brandon!”
A Perfect Murder [1998]
1. Espresso foreplay.
2. Meat thermometer.
3. His escape plan is to take a train to Montreal?! And he needs to use a travel agency to buy his ticket?!
Love the meat thermometer. But I’ll stick with Hitchcock.
