Rob Christopher's Blog, page 106
May 28, 2020
May 27, 2020
3 things about Joseph H. Lewis’s GUN CRAZY
Gun Crazy [1950]
1. Russ Tamblyn, completely rain-drenched, lying in the street, looking up at the policeman.
2. Thick fog. Splashes. Voices.
3. Wearing a fur coat on a roller coaster.
May 26, 2020
3 things about Phil Karlson’s 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE
5 Against the House [1955]
1. Cutting edge parking garage.
2. A $5 bet he’ll never collect.
3. Heavy petting while driving.
May 25, 2020
3 things about Todd Haynes’ DARK WATERS
Dark Waters [2019]
1. A field of mounds.
2. Christmas card from 1957.
3. “The system is rigged. They want us to believe that it’ll protect us, but that’s a lie. We protect us. We do. Nobody else. Not the companies, not the scientists, not the government. Us.”
May 24, 2020
3 things about Jean-Pierre Melville’s UN FLIC
Un Flic [1972]
1. A seemingly deserted block of highrise apartment buildings with a bank on the corner. Wind, rain, seaspray.
2. Jawdroppingly unconvincing miniatures: a toy train pursued by a toy helicopter.
3. Delon and Deneuve are two of the most beautiful people in the history of film, yet it’s telling that they have such weak chemistry in their love scene.
May 20, 2020
3 things about Robert Aldrich’s THE BIG KNIFE
The Big Knife [1955]
1. “Never underestimate a man just because you don’t like him.”
2. Backscratcher as seduction tool.
3. Fake hearing-aid.
May 17, 2020
3 things about Noel Marshall’s ROAR
Roar [1981]
1. Davey doesn’t want to leave the house.
2. “Oh God, look what the cat dragged in.”
3. The unexpectedly sensual image of an unconscious ‘Tippi’ Hedren in closeup as liquid honey pours onto her head and coats her face.
Whoa.
May 15, 2020
3 things about Richard Ayoade’s THE DOUBLE
The Double [2013]
1. “Sukiyaki” on the jukebox.
2. Bent over to spy through a hole in the kitchen’s service door.
3. “Give Rudolf his arm back!”
May 11, 2020
3 things about Norman Jewison’s MOONSTRUCK
Moonstruck [1987]
1. Vicki Carr.
2. Kiss. “Wait a minute, wait a minute!” Kiss.
3. Sharing oatmeal in the kitchen.
May 10, 2020
3 things about Saul Bass’ PHASE IV
Phase IV [1974]
1. Triple flesh-tunnels.
2. Combating yellow with adaptation to yellow.
3. Rows of holes, from which dirt is pouring.
