3 things about Scott Frank’s THE LOOKOUT

Posted on October 8, 2012 by robchristopher

The Lookout [2007]

1. “I’ve been turned down more times than the beds at the Holiday Inn.”
2. Blackened fingernails.
3. A teriyaki burger, extra teri.

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October 7 haiku

Posted on October 7, 2012 by robchristopher

the cracked glaze on the
edge of the vessel a ring
in a sawn-off branch

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3 things about Chris Sullivan’s CONSUMING SPIRITS

Posted on October 7, 2012 by robchristopher

Consuming Spirits [2012]

1. He drops the cigarette, which is quickly eaten up by a fish.
2. “One must stay alert in this business. Victor is using a coffee cup to stay alert.”
3. A local watering hole is called The Juice of the Barley.

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3 things about David Lynch’s DUNE

Posted on October 6, 2012 by robchristopher

Dune [1984]

1. “Where’s my doctor?!”
2. The rock slab becomes a rock slide.
3. Bloody embryo.

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October 6 haiku

Posted on October 6, 2012 by robchristopher

born with his and born
with hers and born to typecast
every face we see

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3 things about David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME

Posted on October 6, 2012 by robchristopher

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me [1992]

1. She looks from one agent to the other, then says, “We don’t have any.”
2. A coffee urn to her right, a pack of cigarettes and a lighter to her left. After Laura and Leland leave the room, she lights up.
3. We are wrapped in a clear plastic shroud.

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3 things about David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Posted on October 5, 2012 by robchristopher

Lawrence of Arabia [1962]

1. When Lawrence first eats with Tafas, he uses his left hand. Bad etiquette.
2. A large bowl of chipped ice at the end of the bar.
3. “A deserter. But from which army?” The curl of his lip beneath his mustache.

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October 5 haiku

Posted on October 5, 2012 by robchristopher

an eddy of sand
visible against his black
robes sparkling jetstream

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An advance review

Posted on October 5, 2012 by robchristopher

My book Queue Tips: Discovering Your Next Great Movie is now available for pre-order at IndieBound and Amazon. From an advance proof of the review which will appear in the Nov. 1 issue of Booklist:

“An imaginative and often thought-provoking book—Zoe Trope’s ‘Seven Reasons to Love Nicholas Cage’ really does make us take another look at the frequently mocked actor—and it has a little bit of something for everyone, while at the same time managing to avoid the usual staples of best-of lists and the same familiar titles you see in a multitude of other books.”

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October 4 haiku

Posted on October 4, 2012 by robchristopher

suddenly it’s warm
again capri pants and flip
flops again hell no

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