3 things about James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN

Posted on October 13, 2022 by robchristopher

Frankenstein [1931]

1. Larger and larger doses of sedative are necessary.
2. Lonely burning windmill.
3. Pointless final scene involving a bottle of very old wine.

3 other things.

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3 things about Marguerite Duras’ INDIA SONG

Posted on October 12, 2022 by robchristopher

India Song [1975]

1. An empty hotel dining room.
2. Mirrors, mirrors, mirrors.
3. Red bicycle leaning against the tennis court fence.

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3 things about François Truffaut’s SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER

Posted on October 7, 2022 by robchristopher

Shoot the Piano Player [1960]

1. “Is my chest that interesting?”
“You bet! I’m a doctor.”
2. His name is Fido.
3. Tumbling through the snow.

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3 things about James Whale’s THE INVISIBLE MAN

Posted on October 5, 2022 by robchristopher

The Invisible Man [1933]

1. “There’s breathing in my barn!”
2. Forgotten mustard.
3. His face, in the final shot.

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3 things about Roger Corman’s THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

Posted on October 4, 2022 by robchristopher

The Masque of the Red Death [1964]

1. They enter the yellow chamber and he says, “My father imprisoned a friend of his in this room for three years. When he was released, he could never again bear to look at the sun. Or even a daffodil.”
2. Branded just above the breast.
3. Death comes in all the colors of the rainbow.

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3 things about Stanley Kwan’s ROUGE

Posted on September 28, 2022 by robchristopher

Rouge [1987]

1. The brothel is now a kindergarten.
2. Voyeur.
3. “How can I be both a swordsman and a ghost?”

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3 things about Duncan Jones’ MUTE

Posted on September 26, 2022 by robchristopher

Mute [2018]

1. American diner at the mall.
2. Sex robot tableaux.
3. Carved wooden marbles on a bracelet.

3 other things. Not any better the second time unfortunately.

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Hyde Park, here we come!

Posted on September 25, 2022 by robchristopher

That’s right, Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago is coming to the South Side! I’ll be there in person for the Q & A. Hope you can make it:

Friday, October 7, 2022 – 7:00pm
The University of Chicago Film Studies Center
Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th St.

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3 things about Brett Morgen’s MOONAGE DAYDREAM

Posted on September 25, 2022 by robchristopher

Moonage Daydream [2022]

1. “Everything is rubbish and all rubbish is wonderful.”
2. The only collaborator that Bowie namechecks personally is Brian Eno.
3. Pepsi with Tina Turner.

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3 things about W.S. Van Dyke’s PENTHOUSE

Posted on September 25, 2022 by robchristopher

Penthouse [1933]

1. “Oh, I’ve been stupid. Very stupid.”
“Of course. You’re a man.”
2. He clutches his stomach and blood spurts out from between his fingers.
3. Sugar in her coffee.

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