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3 things about Rouben Mamoulian’s LOVE ME TONIGHT

Love Me Tonight [1932] 1. Three mirrored panels, each displaying a unique angle of Maurice. 2. “Don’t you think about anything but men?” “Why sure.” “What?” “Schoolboys.” 3. Slow motion horseback ride.

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3 things about Abdellatif Kechiche’s BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

Blue is the Warmest Color [2013] 1. Kissing, intermittent starbursts. 2. Louise Brooks projection. 3. “Excuse me, I don’t know … I don’t know … It’s beyond my control.” “You’re excused.”

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3 things about Daniel Kraus’ PREACHER

Preacher [2011] 1. During his sermon, in his exuberance he drops his handkerchief. A man picks it up and, not missing a beat, he takes it back. 2. He likes to wrastle with fish. 3. A cake that says HAPPY … Continue reading →

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What it looks like.

The scan of the negatives is finished. The negatives were scanned at between 2K and 3K, 2400 pixels across, using what’s called a “flat pass” approach. No color correction or adjustment, simply capturing the greatest possible detail, including the grain. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Delmer Daves’ DARK PASSAGE

Dark Passage [1947] 1. POV shot from the inside of the barrel as it tumbles down the hillside. 2. Agnes Moorehead’s peculiar pyramidal hairdo. 3. Glass elevator illuminated from within.

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3 things about Archie Mayo’s THE PETRIFIED FOREST

The Petrified Forest [1936] 1. Sign: TIPPING IS UN-AMERICAN/KEEP YOUR CHANGE 2. He kisses her; she swats him away like a fly. 3. “Have a drink, my colored brother.”

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3 things about Joel & Ethan Coen’s INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Inside Llewyn Davis [2013] 1. A box of Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza. 2. “Where were we?” “You were saying I was careerist, and I was saying you were a loser.” 3. A long pause. “I don’t see a lot of … Continue reading →

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3 things about Michael Haneke’s CACHE (HIDDEN)

Caché [2005] 1. Behind him a wall of books, all blank, all dummies. Set dressing. 2. To kill time until she gets home, he idly watches news reports of international atrocities. 3. Majid takes a razor from his pocket; Georges … Continue reading →

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3 things about Howard Hawks’ THE BIG SLEEP

The Big Sleep [1946] 1. “Then she tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.” 2. She briefly hikes her shirt to scratch an itch. 3. A line of bulletholes sprout in a horizontal line across the … Continue reading →

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3 things about John Cameron Mitchell’s SHORTBUS

Shortbus [2006] 1. Splatter painting. 2. “Why don’t you come in and have a look. After all, voyeurism is participation.” 3. She bludgeons the pink egg using a mannequin leg clad in a fishnet stocking.

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