3 things about John Huston’s THE AFRICAN QUEEN

Posted on January 22, 2022 by robchristopher

The African Queen [1951]

1. She unfurls the umbrella and positions it above his head.
2. Forging a blade.
3. A very quick marriage.

3 other things.

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3 things about Walt Disney’s PETER PAN

Posted on January 21, 2022 by robchristopher

Peter Pan [1953]

1. Tinker Bell measures her hips.
2. Water-powered clock in the treehouse.
3. Regrettable (and forgettable) song “What Made the Red Man Red?”

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3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Posted on January 20, 2022 by robchristopher

Nightmare Alley [2021]

1. His eye seems to follow you no matter where you stand.
2. December 1941; there’s nary a Christmas decoration to be seen.
3. The way she says, “I’ll live.”

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3 things about Anthony Powell’s ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE

Posted on January 19, 2022 by robchristopher

Antarctica: A Year on Ice [2013]

1. T3 Syndrome.
2. Mummified seal.
3. He shows us the bunkhouse, spumes of frozen air piled everywhere.

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3 things about Richard Fleischer’s FANTASTIC VOYAGE

Posted on January 15, 2022 by robchristopher

Fantastic Voyage [1966]

1. Arthur O’Connell’s giant eye.
2. Jelly valves.
3. The g-forces inch her body up the wall.

3 other things.

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3 things about Nichols Roeg’s INSIGNIFICANCE

Posted on January 9, 2022 by robchristopher

Insignificance [1985]

1. Napoleon’s crap.
2. “You can never understand anything by agreeing, by making definitions. Only by turning over the possibilities. That’s called thinking. If I say I know, I stop thinking. As long as I keep thinking, I come to understand. That way, I might approach some truth.”
3. Lipstick on the mirror, blood on the mirror. He doesn’t notice either.

3 other things.

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3 things about Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE LOST DAUGHTER

Posted on January 8, 2022 by robchristopher

The Lost Daughter [2021]

1. A crushing responsibility.
2. Making out on the hotel staircase next to a bottle of wine and two glasses.
3. Hatpin.

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3 things about Ernst Lubitsch’s HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Posted on January 7, 2022 by robchristopher

Heaven Can Wait [1943]

1. “I hope you’ll forgive me, but we’re so busy down here. Really, sometimes it looks as if the whole world is coming to hell.”
2. Trapdoor and flames.
3. Gene Tierney’s weird matronly hairstyle.

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3 things about Frank Launder’s I SEE A DARK STRANGER

Posted on January 2, 2022 by robchristopher

I See a Dark Stranger [1946]

1. Ringing casket.
2. “Look down there for instance. Crossing the road to the Tynwald Court. She could easily fit the description. Right height, fawn coat, brown hair. Typically Irish. You meet them at every turn, old man.”
3. Ostentatious Yanks.

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3 things about Ridley Scott’s THE LAST DUEL

Posted on January 2, 2022 by robchristopher

The Last Duel [2021]

1. Pierced nipples.
2. “A rape cannot cause a pregnancy. This is just science.”
3. Swallowing the blade.

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