3 things about Ronald Neame’s HOPSCOTCH

Hopscotch [1980]

1. “You can drop the accent, it’s terrible.”
2. He gags him with a bright yellow handtowel held in place with a necktie, ruffles his hair, leaves the room.
3. Turban, mustache, beard.

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3 things about Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL

Man of Steel [2013]

1. Shirtless and flaming hot, literally.
2. In front a stained glass window in a church. Real subtle.
3. Headgrind across the side of a skyscraper.

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3 things about Vincente Minnelli’s FATHER OF THE BRIDE

Father of the Bride [1950]

1. A circular rack of pipes near his easy chair.
2. “And what would you like–a dozen frozen daiquiris?”
3. Triple pane of Liz in a bridal gown.

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David Lynch would agree.

“All my life I’ve been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.”
–Luis Buñuel

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3 things about Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE

12 Years a Slave [2013]

1. Paddle wheel as thresher.
2. “A good meal and some rest, and your children will soon be forgotten.”
3. As he unties her, she finally drops the cake of soap.

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3 things about David Lynch’s WILD AT HEART

Wild at Heart [1990]

1. “Speakin’ of Jack, One-Eyed Jack’s yearnin’ to go a-peepin’ in a seafood store.”
2. He doesn’t even flush.
3. Chunks of vomit in her hair and on a corner of her mouth.

3 other things.

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3 things about Pedro Almodóvar’s MATADOR

Matador [1986]

1. She holds the bowl of gazpacho while her mother helps her finish getting dressed.
2. From a distance, the detective watches the students’ crotches and asses.
3. Rosebud and pubic hair.

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I told him to stay the fuck away from my cookie tray.

[Some freewriting from earlier this week].

I told him to stay the fuck away from my cookie tray. In fact I’ve told him once if I’ve told him a thousand times. But that bastard at the end of the hallway, the guy who works in Accounts Receivable, must be deaf. He’s constantly nibbling at my cookies, and he leaves no cookie unnibbled; neither the rum raisin nor the ginger snaps nor even the fruitcake bites, the greedy fucker. But this year, well, this year I’ll be damned if I put up with it. Not again. I bake all weekend so that my BFFs, Wilma and Doris, my office ladies, can have a few damn Christmas cookies to soothe their frazzled minds. All the shit they put up with. At the hands of yours truly. But oh no, no sir, Mr. Eats-It-All swoops in like a goddamn Dyson and practically tilts the whole fucking tray into his mouth. Big as a swamp. Looks like one too, he opens it up so wide you get a pretty good view. Well, I’m going to give him his own personal tray this year, a special tray. And let me tell you about 45 minutes after he stuffs that mouth of his he better be real close to a bathroom, because the crapper will be his throne for the rest of the day.

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3 things about Frank Perry’s MAN ON A SWING

Man on a Swing [1974]

1. She walks out of the supermarket with a Hibachi under her arm.
2. He stands on the table in order to be near the ceiling, “away from where people usually are.”
3. Dripping wet in maroon pajamas.

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3 things about Steven R. Monroe’s THE 12 DISASTERS OF CHRISTMAS

The 12 Disasters of Christmas [2012]

1. They arrive at Aunt Betty’s Christmas tree lot. “How do you feel?”
“Like crap.”
“I guess that’s a good thing, right?”
2. Christmas lights with tentacles.
3. A shoulder wound that comes and goes.

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