3 things about Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS

Posted on June 5, 2021 by robchristopher

The Merchant of Four Seasons [1972]

1. She calmly steps past his body and calls an ambulance.
2. Paper cones for fruit.
3. Shot after shot after shot after shot.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s TOPAZ

Posted on June 1, 2021 by robchristopher

Topaz [1969]

1. Private conversation in a walk-in cooler.
2. An important document lies beneath a half-eaten hamburger.
3. Two boarding ramps; one plane is heading to Washington, the other to Moscow.

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3 things about George Marshall’s THE BLUE DAHLIA

Posted on May 31, 2021 by robchristopher

The Blue Dahlia [1946]

1. Monkey music.
2. “Am I under suspicion?”
“I don’t know. How do you feel about it?”
3. The glow of the glistening street under the nightclub’s enormous neon sign.

Fantastic. Not because the convoluted plot comes together in a satisfying way (it doesn’t) but because of its atmosphere, moment to moment how things unfurl. The nastiness is riveting.

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3 things about Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR

Posted on May 30, 2021 by robchristopher

The Souvenir [2019]

1. Dividing the bed with stuffed animals.
2. Awkward directing sequence.
3. She looks her steadily in the face and says, “The worst.”

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3 things about Nagisa Ôshima’s TABOO

Posted on May 24, 2021 by robchristopher

Taboo [1999]

1. Obscure reasons for not cutting off his locks.
2. Chopping down the tree in a single stroke.
3. “I’m more inclined to incline towards those who are inclined.”

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3 things about Jean-Luc Godard’s BREATHLESS

Posted on May 23, 2021 by robchristopher

Breathless [1960]

1. Making out during a Western.
2. “Sleeping’s so sad. You say ‘sleeping together’ but you never do.”
3. He berates him for wearing silk socks with a tweed suit.

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3 things about Paul Verhoeven’s BLACK BOOK

Posted on May 22, 2021 by robchristopher

Black Book [2006]

1. A sensitive whistler.
2. He pulls down her panties and says, “You’re a perfectionist, aren’t you?”
3. Screwing down the lid of the casket using her locket.

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3 things about Errol Morris’s STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

Posted on May 18, 2021 by robchristopher

Standard Operating Procedure [2008]

1. He outlines the subtle differences between “Criminal Act” and “S.O.P.”
2. If she could take it back, she wouldn’t have joined the army.
3. Upset that the “No Photographs Allowed” sign was violated.

3 other things.

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3 things about Tay Garnett’s THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE

Posted on May 17, 2021 by robchristopher

The Postman Always Rings Twice [1946]

1. Short shorts and lots of legs.
2. She signs her statement and then he stamps and countersigns it.
3. “The less you know, the better. I’m handling it. You don’t count now.”

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3 things about Quentin Dupieux’s KEEP AN EYE OUT

Posted on May 16, 2021 by robchristopher

Keep an Eye Out [2018]

1. Actually.
2. Smoking hole.
3. A discussion on the fine art of eating on stage.

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