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Tag Archives: war
3 things about Matt Wolf’s TEENAGE
Teenage [2013] 1. Child labor ends, kids go to school longer: adolescence is born. 2. Bare-chested, shell-shocked soldiers. 3. “Anything that begins with Duke Ellington, ends with an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler.”
3 things about Preston Sturges’ HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO
Hail the Conquering Hero [1944] 1. Blackout curtains at the restaurant. 2. “He’s a hero, he’s got a statue in the park and the birds sit on it.” 3. Stacks of flannel cakes. 3 other things.
3 things about Michael Curtiz’ CASABLANCA
Casablanca [1942] 1. “Where were you last night?” “That’s so long ago I can’t remember.” “Will I see you tonight?” “You know I never make plans that far in advance.” 2. A tear begins to slide down her cheek; she … Continue reading
3 things about David O. Selznick’s GONE WITH THE WIND
Gone with the Wind [1939] 1. “If it ain’t fit, it ain’t fit.” Beat. “It ain’t fit.” 2. Just after Intermission, a green snood. 3. The stained glass windows at the top of the stairs depict a castle and a … Continue reading
3 things about John Huston’s HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [1957] 1. Deborah Kerr says, “Poop.” 2. He eyes the creature warily. 3. As he’s being carried away in a stretcher, she helps him smoke a cigarette.
3 things about Richard Lester’s THE BED SITTING ROOM
The Bed Sitting Room [1969] 1. “Love? Love is a four-letter word. So is ball, come to think of it.” 2. She makes knitting motions with her hands. 3. An escalator to nowhere. An amazingly well-designed movie, surely one that … Continue reading
March 20, 2003
On the evening of March 20, 2003 I was working as a field researcher for a UIC/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation health study. My job was to go door to door to the addresses randomly chosen for the study and conduct … Continue reading
3 things about Stuart Rosenberg’s VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
Voyage of the Damned [1976] 1. “The only sure thing in Cuba, doctor, is … a cigar.” 2. Faye Dunaway with a monocle. 3. She picks up the clumps of her own hair which she has cut off and piles … Continue reading
3 things about Kathryn Bigelow’s ZERO DARK THIRTY
Zero Dark Thirty [2012] 1. “He’s never leaving here, is he?” 2. Tony Robbins. 3. He hands the child a glowing lightstick. She looks at it in wonder.
3 things about Akira Kurosawa’s KAGEMUSHA
Kagemusha [1980] 1. He has three attendants and two pages. 2. Fan song interlude. 3. He is banished from his own mansion. They pelt him with mud.
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