The Horse’s Mouth [1958]
1. “You’re missing a big slice of life, Cokey. Half a minute of revelation’s worth a million years of know-nothing.”
“Who lives a million years?”
“A million people, every twelve months.”
2. As he stands up, he gives a little tug on the bottom of her skirt.
3. Two streaks of blue paint on his cheeks.
Why isn’t this film better known? It’s not only very funny, it’s also one of the best films I’ve ever seen about being an artist.
The Big Cube [1969]
1. She got that accent in Switzerland? I guess?
2. “Sweetness, baby. Flow with the tide, that’s my bag.”
3. Psychedelic moving telephone.
The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]
1. Cat splat.
2. “I guess you would call that a draw.”
3. The knot of his tie is always crooked.
Sunset Blvd. [1950]
1. Jack Webb as a happy-go-lucky party boy.
2. As he’s leaving, his pocket chain catches on the door.
3. “Then they got a couple of pruning hooks from the garden and fished me out, ever so gently. Funny how gentle people get with you once you’re dead.”
Sense and Sensibility [1995]
1. “Marianne, could you play another piece? Mamma has been weeping since breakfast.”
2. Three women weeping behind three different doors. She sits down on the stairs and sips the cup of tea.
3. She is suddenly overcome with tears. Practically hyperventilating. The rest of the family quietly withdraws.
Child’s Play [1972]
1. He stuffs the malicious note into the headmaster’s hand.
2. The casket catches on the edge of the grave.
3. As the boys encircle him, a bar of light on his eyes and mustache.
James Mason is especially good (made me think of Bigger Than Life), but the last half hour has a very high “oh come on!” factor.
Hail the Conquering Hero [1944]
1. Blackout curtains at the restaurant.
2. “He’s a hero, he’s got a statue in the park and the birds sit on it.”
3. Stacks of flannel cakes.
Take This Waltz [2011]
1. He calls at her from across the street. “That’s too bad.”
2. On the patio, a large red wheelbarrow filled with ice and bottles of beer.
3. Sweat on her forehead. She leans her head against the oven door.
The most Canadian movie I’ve watched in a long time. Sarah Polley makes Toronto look like the most beautiful city on the planet!
Cube [1997]
1. Scaramanga.
2. Wire twist.
3. Into the light.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]
1. Dr. Catheter hands the kleenex to an assistant and says, “Have this tissue analyzed.”
2. Edward G. Robinson gremlin.
3. “I’m melting, I’m melting!”
