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Tag Archives: documentaries
3 things about Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri’s THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World [2021] 1. Visconti’s direction largely consisted of four things: Go, Stop, Turn Around, Smile. 2. Ten days of apartment cleaning. 3. Manga icon.
3 things about Josell Ramos’s MAESTRO
Maestro [2003] 1. Reading the grooves without headphones. 2. An array of tweeters suspended over the dancefloor. 3. Gwen Guthrie’s farewell speech at the closing of the Paradise Garage.
3 things about Griffin Dunne’s JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold [2017] 1. During a party at their house, she walks into her child’s bedroom and finds drug paraphernalia 2. Ice-cold Coke in the fridge at all times. 3. Collecting the latest gossip during … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 things, california, documentaries, joan didion, movies, new york, writing
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3 things about Julie Cohen’s EVERY BODY
Every Body [2023] 1. “The current was too strong.” 2. Newspaper headline: “Bathroom” Bill Dead–For Now 3. They acknowledge that their mother will never get their pronouns right.
3 things about Rob Reiner’s ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life [2023] 1. A drink of water for the dummy. 2. Death is like getting a colonoscopy. 3. The audition for Nicolas Winding Refn. Yes, it’s basically just a puff piece stuffed with celebrity talking heads–but … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 things, albert brooks, documentaries, movies, rob reiner
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3 things about Stanley Nelson’s MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool [2019] 1. Going cold turkey at the barn. 2. “Quincy Jones sure is a handsome man.” 3. It ended when Coltrane started playing for himself instead of for the band.
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3 things about Leslie Buchbinder’s WESTERMANN: MEMORIAL TO THE IDEA OF MAN IF HE WAS AN IDEA
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea [2023] 1. An elegant wooden box, on the lid of which is EDS VARNISH. 2. “He made two hundred gifts a year and two works of art.” 3. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 things, 3-D, art, Chicago, documentaries, ed ruscha, h.c. westermann, movies, scuplture
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3 things about Nanfu Wang’s IN THE SAME BREATH
In the Same Breath [2021] 1. New Year’s to New Year’s. 2. Absurdly low figure of 3,000 fatalities. 3. The hospital worker scolds the ambulance crew: quit bringing patients here, we have no beds.