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Tag Archives: movies
3 things about John Sturges’ MYSTERY STREET
Mystery Street [1950] 1. He lifts her out of the car, clunks her body against the car door. He doesn’t care. 2. Elsa Lanchester: “Careful, dear boy! That gin costs four dollars a bottle.” 3. She goes through the canceled checks; … Continue reading
3 things about Martin Scorsese’s THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
The Age of Innocence [1993] 1. Dissolving into slow motion and then back again. 2. He picks up the parasol and lifts the handle to his nose. Later he finds out it isn’t hers. 3. She laughs bitterly. “Have you … Continue reading
3 things about Wong Kar-wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
In the Mood for Love [2000] 1. “I’ll leave you in peace then.” 2. Green Melmac plates, green coffee cups and saucers. You can see the coffee through the cup. 3. A rehearsal of a confrontation. A rehearsal of a … Continue reading
Unproduced disaster film.
A dream last night. It was an all-star cast which included Mary Tyler Moore, Nancy Walker, James Mason, and Robert Ryan. The premise: it’s four weeks before Christmas and the Grand Opening Day of a new, state-of-the-art shopping mall. One … Continue reading
3 things about Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman’s HOWL
Howl [2010] 1. The typewriter punches out handwriting. 2. Next to the phonograph, an LP by Dinah. 3. An arm emerges from the bottom corner of the frame to accept the cup of tea.
3 things about James Cameron’s AVATAR
Avatar [2009] 1. “You’ve contaminated the sample with your saliva, Norm.” 2. Quick cutting neutralizes 3D. 3. Chest hair, green filaments.
3 things about Fred Zinnemann’s ACT OF VIOLENCE
Act of Violence [1948] 1. The slow scrape of his shoe on the sidewalk. 2. She cradles the bottle of milk, nervously massaging it. 3. Alongside the train tracks they approach one another, like a shootout in a western.
3 things about Tobe Hooper’s LIFEFORCE
Lifeforce [1985] 1. Frank Finlay has the Christopher Lee role. 2. “Every blue spark is a human soul.” 3. A flattened pile of twitching corpses on the stairs of the cathedral.
3 things about Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Young Frankenstein [1974] 1. It begins to rain. 2. “There. Now I’ve touched it. Are you happy?” 3. Sssst!
3 things about Andrei Tarkovsky’s IVAN’S CHILDHOOD
Ivan’s Childhood [1962] 1. Chicken on a chain. 2. Suddenly, a blinding flash on the water. 3. Hanging from the rafters is a line of wire nooses.
