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Tag Archives: movies
3 things about Alfonso Cuarón’s CHILDREN OF MEN
Children of Men [2006] 1. “I just don’t think about it.” 2. Prescient: everyone at work, no one working; watching the media coverage of the death. 3. Smashed in the face with a cinder block. 3 other things.
3 things about Franklin J. Schaffner’s PLANET OF THE APES
Planet of the Apes [1968] 1. Scratching out the message in the dirt. 2. Interspecies kiss. 3. “His destiny.” 3 other things.
3 things about Claire Denis’ HIGH LIFE
High Life [2018] 1. Her body slowly moving further away. 2. Rivulet of fluid draining from the box. 3. A handful of earth in the bodybag. 3 other things.
3 things about Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI
Flowers of Shanghai [1998] 1. Wine and hot towels. 2. Ham congee. 3. We catch two glimpses of the outside world, both through open windows.
3 things about Joe Dante’s MATINEE
Matinee [1993] 1. Movie poster for Panic in Year Zero! 2. Tiny role for Naomi Watts in the film-within-the-film The Shook Up Shopping Cart. 3. He unthinkingly feeds popcorn to his goldfish.
3 things about Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS
The Merchant of Four Seasons [1972] 1. She calmly steps past his body and calls an ambulance. 2. Paper cones for fruit. 3. Shot after shot after shot after shot.
3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s TOPAZ
Topaz [1969] 1. Private conversation in a walk-in cooler. 2. An important document lies beneath a half-eaten hamburger. 3. Two boarding ramps; one plane is heading to Washington, the other to Moscow.
3 things about George Marshall’s THE BLUE DAHLIA
The Blue Dahlia [1946] 1. Monkey music. 2. “Am I under suspicion?” “I don’t know. How do you feel about it?” 3. The glow of the glistening street under the nightclub’s enormous neon sign. Fantastic. Not because the convoluted plot … Continue reading
3 things about Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR
The Souvenir [2019] 1. Dividing the bed with stuffed animals. 2. Awkward directing sequence. 3. She looks her steadily in the face and says, “The worst.”
3 things about Nagisa Ôshima’s TABOO
Taboo [1999] 1. Obscure reasons for not cutting off his locks. 2. Chopping down the tree in a single stroke. 3. “I’m more inclined to incline towards those who are inclined.”
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