The Linguini Incident [1991]
1. Complaining about her hairdo.
2. Bowie pummeling a chicken.
3. Andre Gregory laughing maniacally.
The new Director’s Cut. It’s very amiable but not as funny as it should be. David Bowie, of course, has infinite charm.
Airport ’77 [1977]
1. Their only pairing outside of Bell, Book and Candle yet James Stewart and Jack Lemmon don’t even trade dialog in their one scene together.
2. Dorothy plays a video game.
3. Why exactly is Julie on this flight anyway? Just because she’s the boyfriend of the piano man?
El [1953]
1. A tableaux of unwashed feet.
2. He says, “We’ll do anything you like,” then proceeds to veto her every suggestion.
3. “Few men possess so keen a sense of justice as I.”
Another of Buñuel’s unjustly neglected masterpieces. Obsessive “love,” a key scene in a belltower: surely Hitchcock was familiar with this film. There’s also a Sirkian flavor to it as well, though Don Luis pushes the story into a realm that’s uniquely his. (Love those scenes in the church!) The transfer I watched wasn’t great but I could still appreciate Gabriel Figueroa’s silky smooth cinematography.
The Grifters [1990]
1. A bag of oranges and a towel.
2. An empty room that the sucker never sees.
3. “Sooner or later, the lightning hits. I don’t want to be around when it hits you.”
3 Women [1977]
1. “Hi, Pat.”
“Millie. You’re back.”
“I hadn’t been anywhere.”
2. She goes to write in her diary but her pen has run dry. She gives in and turns out the light.
3. A large pile of old tires next to the house.
Delta Space Mission [1984]
1. Marauding rock giants.
2. A metal munching dog named Tin.
3. Fruit-eating goo dweller.
What a trip. Pop a few edibles and fasten your seatbelt.
American Dharma [2018]
1. Real profits from fictional currency.
2. It all began with an encounter at Sundance.
3. Breitbart shouting himself into a coronary.
Bonjour Tristesse [1958]
1. Deborah Kerr’s cashmere (?) car dress in ivory.
2. The patio at twilight. On the right, the group tanks up prior to their trip to the casino; on the left, the housemaid swigs a beer while standing behind the bar.
3. Subterranean powder room with an asymmetrical mirror.
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