3 things about Rouben Mamoulian’s LOVE ME TONIGHT

Posted on January 18, 2014 by robchristopher

Love Me Tonight [1932]

1. Three mirrored panels, each displaying a unique angle of Maurice.
2. “Don’t you think about anything but men?”
“Why sure.”
“What?”
“Schoolboys.”
3. Slow motion horseback ride.

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3 things about Abdellatif Kechiche’s BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

Posted on January 17, 2014 by robchristopher

Blue is the Warmest Color [2013]

1. Kissing, intermittent starbursts.
2. Louise Brooks projection.
3. “Excuse me, I don’t know … I don’t know … It’s beyond my control.”
“You’re excused.”

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3 things about Daniel Kraus’ PREACHER

Posted on January 16, 2014 by robchristopher

Preacher [2011]

1. During his sermon, in his exuberance he drops his handkerchief. A man picks it up and, not missing a beat, he takes it back.
2. He likes to wrastle with fish.
3. A cake that says HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB.

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What it looks like.

Posted on January 12, 2014 by robchristopher

The scan of the negatives is finished. The negatives were scanned at between 2K and 3K, 2400 pixels across, using what’s called a “flat pass” approach. No color correction or adjustment, simply capturing the greatest possible detail, including the grain. Below is a sample frame. Even in its raw state, this footage looks gorgeous.

a still from PAUSE OF THE CLOCK--Dylan asleep

a still from PAUSE OF THE CLOCK: Dylan asleep

A clear reminder of what glasses looked like in 1995!

You’ll notice the sprocket holes are visible at each corner. That’s because the scan captured every bit of the frame, allowing for greater freedom during the final editing. If I want to, I’ll be able to resize or crop the image.

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3 things about Delmer Daves’ DARK PASSAGE

Posted on January 12, 2014 by robchristopher

Dark Passage [1947]

1. POV shot from the inside of the barrel as it tumbles down the hillside.
2. Agnes Moorehead’s peculiar pyramidal hairdo.
3. Glass elevator illuminated from within.

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3 things about Archie Mayo’s THE PETRIFIED FOREST

Posted on January 12, 2014 by robchristopher

The Petrified Forest [1936]

1. Sign: TIPPING IS UN-AMERICAN/KEEP YOUR CHANGE
2. He kisses her; she swats him away like a fly.
3. “Have a drink, my colored brother.”

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3 things about Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Posted on January 11, 2014 by robchristopher

Inside Llewyn Davis [2013]

1. A box of Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza.
2. “Where were we?”
“You were saying I was careerist, and I was saying you were a loser.”
3. A long pause. “I don’t see a lot of money here.”

The scene at The Gate of Horn really took me back to Mickey One. Their recreation was spot on.

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Easy come, easy go.

Posted on January 10, 2014 by robchristopher

“There were bars for cruising and bars for conversation, but in either kind of bar the restless hunt for something besides conversation gave friendships an ephemeral fluidity that alcohol rendered even looser and more transient. You could ‘know’ many people for years without knowing a single hard fact about their lives, a glimpse through the keyhole into their reality might be offered once or twice in a decade. The rest of what you knew was a compost of gossip and inference and whatever the person told you.”

–Gary Indiana, Three Month Fever

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3 things about Michael Haneke’s CACHE (HIDDEN)

Posted on January 9, 2014 by robchristopher

Caché [2005]

1. Behind him a wall of books, all blank, all dummies. Set dressing.
2. To kill time until she gets home, he idly watches news reports of international atrocities.
3. Majid takes a razor from his pocket; Georges flinches.

Bonus: Georges Laurent/Dick Laurent.

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3 things about Howard Hawks’ THE BIG SLEEP

Posted on January 7, 2014 by robchristopher

The Big Sleep [1946]

1. “Then she tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.”
2. She briefly hikes her shirt to scratch an itch.
3. A line of bulletholes sprout in a horizontal line across the door.

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