Fists in the Pocket [1965]
1. Immediately after killing her, he says a prayer for her soul.
2. A cocktail party in a brightly lit villa with whitewashed walls.
3. “Where have you been for thirty minutes?”
“I was with a whore.”
For some reason I just could not connect with this movie. I found it alternately boring, heavy-handed, and obvious. Though, oddly enough, there were things about it that reminded me of Wes Anderson …
The Man Who Fell to Earth [1976]
1. While drying the glass with a towel, one of her press-on nails comes off.
2. “They’re stuck. Now I’ll never get them off.”
3. Christmastime in a liquor store.
Bad news: the scanning of my negatives has been delayed. Good news: they’re now going to be scanned at 3K. Without getting too technical for the moment, that’s very good news indeed.
After spotting my pal Joe Craig’s item for Authors for the Philippines, I had to throw my hat in the ring too. So head on over and bid for a personalized copy of my book. If you place the winning bid I’ll not only sign the book, I’ll also write a 3-sentence review of a movie of your choice! So, yes, you could choose a movie I’ve been avoiding up till now, like Top Gun or Titanic or any of Tim Burton’s last nine movies, and I’ll watch it just so I can review it. How irritating can you be? It’s up to you–and it’s for a good cause!
The auction will close at 8pm GMT on Wednesday, November 20. Just place your bid in the Comments box (note that bids need to be entered in UK Pounds). Never fear, you don’t have to be a Brit to participate; if you win you’ll be paying directly to the British Red Cross and they do accept international donations. Check out the FAQ page for more info.
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Black Box [2013]
1. “I was just trying to make something work and I lost track of time.”
2. He exits through the door that isn’t there.
3. Curled up on the couch with a mug of tea. Birds chirping in the background (?)
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams [1990]
1. She gently drapes him with her shawl. At first she pats him soothingly. Then she holds him down.
2. “I couldn’t get the ear right, so I cut it off and threw it away.”
3. Each colored smoke is a different type of radiation.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country [1991]
1. “There is an old Vulcan proverb: Only Nixon could go to China.”
2. Iman smoking a cigarillo.
3. Rivets on his eyepatch.
Johnny Guitar [1954]
1. She moves in closer, looks straight at her and says, “I’m going to kill you.”
2. The magic of Trucolor. Flaming red shirt, flaming red lipstick. A red kerchief against a canary yellow shirt.
3. Emma shoots him right in the center of his forehead. A stunned look on his face as he falls backwards.
The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology [2012]
1. “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” was censored from The Sound of Music when it was shown in Communist Yugoslavia.
2. Fidel Castro concluded that the shark in Jaws represented capitalism.
3. Theory of satire: ridiculing one’s leaders and those in power is not effective in undermining an ideology because it leaves the system itself untouched. One has to make fun of the “common people” as well.
Flirting with Disaster [1996]
1. Blind U-turn.
2. Showercap and bra.
3. Reagan acid blotter.
