Carmen Jones [1954]
1. “Don’t say I didn’t tell you true/ I told you truly, if I love you/Dat’s the end of you.”
2. Max Roach is wailing away on the drums, but we don’t actually hear him most of the time …
3. Joe spies on Husky through the window. His wide, paranoid eyes at the bottom of the frame.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [1967]
1. “Put up or shut up, son.”
2. A bulky office machine sheathed in its cover.
3. Biggley’s private washroom is located behind the fireplace. (Is that feasible?)
Stories We Tell [2012]
1. Talking on the phone, making a stop sign with her hand.
2. He explains why taking out the garbage makes him feel like he’s not in control. It means you’re on someone else’s schedule.
3. “And then I saw your gummy smile.”
Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008]
1. Night Gallery on TV.
2. “I’m not a baby, I’m a tumor.”
3. Wings of eyes.
That Cold Day in the Park [1969]
1. He lies on the floor under the coffee table puffing on a cigar, a glass of wine balanced on his chest.
2. “He has a terrible habit of plucking at the creases in his trousers, you know the kind of person I’m taking about.”
3. Electric blue stockings.
Another undervalued Altman gem. Genuinely creepy. Lovely theme by Johnny Mandel too.
a frame from CR 29 of the PAUSE OF THE CLOCK footage
That’s me holding a grey card. And a box of donuts.
Wreck-It Ralph [2012]
1. Brick blanket.
2. Devil Dogs.
3. Mentos stalactites.
Enemy [2013]
1. Walking down the ceiling of the hallway.
2. Conventional blueberries, organic blueberries.
3. “How was school tonight?”
Brilliant. The Toronto setting adds immeasurably. It really captures the disquiet of Saramago’s work.
Best in Show [2000]
1. Seven kimonos.
2. “She looks like a cocktail waitress on an oil rig.”
3. Pug and leg.
Shooting on location in Colorado, January 1995: (L to R) me, Gavin Mayer, Lesley Walbridge, DC Vito.
Happy Thanksgiving!
