3 things about Sidney Salkow’s TWICE-TOLD TALES

Posted on November 3, 2013 by robchristopher

Twice-Told Tales [1963]

1. Skeleton bride collapses to the floor.
2. “Look at that lizard, Giovanni. Look at it. Watch that beautiful creature die.”
3. A crack appears in the ceiling. Blood.

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by robchristopher

Here are some things about spooky movies.

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3 things about Roger Corman’s TALES OF TERROR

Posted on October 29, 2013 by robchristopher

Tales of Terror [1962]

1. Morella: H.R. Gigeresque.
2. “Why don’t you watch where I’m going?!”
3. Gooey Vincent.

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3 things about Akira Kurosawa’s RAN

Posted on October 28, 2013 by robchristopher

Ran [1985]

1. “The hen pecks the cock and makes him crow.”
2. Two thin cuts on his bulging artery.
3.  “Prepare yourself to die, Lord Jiro. I will follow you.”

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3 things about Frank Oz’s DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

Posted on October 26, 2013 by robchristopher

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [1988]

1. “You won’t feel Mr. Piggy then, will you? Tell me if you feel this. Tickle, tickle, tickle.”
2. She wears a hairpiece in the shape of a knot.
3. Facing the sea, backs to the camera. Two motorboats leave watertrails.

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3 things about Faythe Levine & Sam Macon’s SIGN PAINTERS

Posted on October 24, 2013 by robchristopher

Sign Painters [2013]

1. “One thing I tell people, don’t ever use pink without talking with the customer first. Some people really do not like that.”
2. Gnarled, paint-spattered hands picking out a tune on an old upright piano.
3. “If you don’t have that tapered angle, you get a breakdown in viscosity.”

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3 things about Mong-Hong Chung’s SOUL

Posted on October 23, 2013 by robchristopher

Soul [2013]

1. Cityscape passing by outside the car window, upside down.
2. Neckhole bloodjet.
3. He steps back slightly from the opening of the well. “Sir, I am only showing you the path.”

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Delivered.

Posted on October 22, 2013 by robchristopher

The negatives have arrived at the film scanning facility!

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3 things about Christian Nyby’s THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

Posted on October 21, 2013 by robchristopher

The Thing from Another World [1951]

1. A movie of commands. “Keep your eye on that Geiger counter!” “Get out of there!” “Watch the skies!”
2. While he’s “tied up” she forces drinks on him.
3. Buckets of kerosene. The creature slashes the mattress with a flaming hand.

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3 things about Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi’s CLOSED CURTAIN

Posted on October 21, 2013 by robchristopher

Closed Curtain [2013]

1. He removes the batteries from the remote control then tosses everything down next to the dog.
2. Wrinkled jacket. Water spot on the back of his polo shirt. A belly that sticks out.
3. In the distance someone is flying a kite on the beach.

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