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Tag Archives: movies
3 things about Arthur Dong’s HOLLYWOOD CHINESE
Hollywood Chinese [2007] 1. Christopher Lee explains eye makeup and prosthetics. 2. Notes on Anna May Wong’s screen test for The Good Earth: “disappointing.” 3. Roger Ebert defending Better Luck Tomorrow at Sundance.
3 things about Curtis Hanson’s BAD INFLUENCE
Bad Influence [1990] 1. An ingenious cut: Michael throws back the shot of tequila, Alex swallows it. 2. Glass bricks everywhere. 3. Don’t step on the brake pedal.
3 things about Nunnally Johnson’s BLACK WIDOW
Black Widow [1954] 1. His sits at home at his bar. Glowing pink light behind frosted glass. 2. Upon discovering the body, she doesn’t scream. She merely leaves the room and pauses at the doorway. 3. Shopping list with doodles.
3 things about Arthur Dong’s COMING OUT UNDER FIRE
Coming Out Under Fire [1994] 1. Incompatible. 2. Using the word “darling” in a letter was a giveaway. 3. Mimeographed bulletin, “The Myrtle Bitch Beach.” Invaluable.
3 things about William Greaves’s SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One [1968] 1. Showing the location permits to the cop. 2. He could be just offscreen, directing the whole thing. 3. His favorite is 69th.
3 things about Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s CONCEIVING ADA
Conceiving Ada [1997] 1. Draped bathtub. 2. Unconvincing mouse controls. 3. Karen Black with an English accent.
3 things about Jonathan Davies’ TOPOLOGY OF SIRENS
Topology of Sirens [2021] 1. A sudden rain shower. 2. Hurdy-gurdy trade. 3. The beginning of a long baseball game.
3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s THE SHAPE OF WATER
The Shape of Water [2017] 1. He wants to add an extra S to GRAS. 2. “I think it’s some of my best work.” 3. Fingers bouncing across the carpet. 3 other things.
3 things about Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE
Dune [2021] 1. Grains of spice sparkling in the sand. 2. Hunter-seeker emerging from a tiny hole in the sandworm wall mural. 3. Evil black and yellow goo.
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