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Tag Archives: movies
3 things about Otto Preminger’s ANGEL FACE
Angel Face [1952] 1. She keeps right on playing. 2. For the ceremony, she wears a bridal bed jacket. Then her fellow patients launch into a congratulatory song. 3. He pops the cork; she pops the clutch.
3 things about Lynne Ramsay’s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
We Need to Talk About Kevin [2011] 1. The edge of the poster flaps in the breeze from a fan. 2. Her feet on the edge of the coffee table. The red knuckles of her toes. 3. “Eva, stop resisting. … Continue reading
3 things about Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEKONG HOTEL
Mekong Hotel [2012] 1. While knitting, her mother describes what it was like to fire an M-16. 2. Spanish guitar blues tune. 3. The river is like a Zen garden in motion, made of water.
3 things about George A. Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Night of the Living Dead [1968] 1. 1968: a black man slaps a white woman, she faints. 2. Tangled up in coats. 3. “Where’s that smile for me?”
3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO
Vertigo [1958] 1. He points at the brassiere with his cane. 2. Tangled up in drapes. 3. “It can’t matter to you.” A poem about Vertigo.
The final cover.
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3 things about Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise’s THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE
The Curse of the Cat People [1944] 1. He opens his hand. The butterfly has been crushed to bits. She slaps him. 2. Though she’s Serbian, she sings a French Christmas carol. 3. He never actually looks.
3 things about Jacques Tourneur’s CAT PEOPLE
Cat People [1942] 1. “I like the dark. It’s friendly.” 2. Her face in a tight spotlight. 3. T-square as crucifix.
3 things about Jeff Leiberman’s SQUIRM
Squirm [1976] 1. He patiently recites the recipe for an egg creme to the waitress. 2. Very, very Jessica Tandy. 3. Speakman brand showerhead.
3 things about Freddie Francis’ DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORORS
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors [1965] 1. M says, “A plant like that could take over the world.” 2. POV shot as Dr. Terror sizes up his fellow passengers. As the camera pans across the compartment, the side of his face … Continue reading
