Rob Christopher's Blog, page 118
December 9, 2019
3 things about John H. Auer's CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS
City That Never Sleeps [1953]
1. “Come over here,” she says seductively.
“I’ve been there,” he replies.
2. Long fter midnight. Mechanical Man performing in a storefront window to an empty street.
3. Beware the third rail.
December 8, 2019
3 things about Jonathan Glazer’s BIRTH
Birth [2004]
1. A lobby that resembles a mausoleum.
2. “If you had been Sean … and I kind of hoped you had … you would’ve come to me first. And I would’ve explored this.”
3. Upon entering Bob’s house he sits down on the green couch.
Masterpiece. 3 other things.
3 things about Alex Garland's ANNIHILATION
Annihilation [2018]
1. It has different kinds of teeth.
2. Crystal formations on the shore.
3. She finds his corpse in a pose reminiscent of Thích Quảng Đức.
December 6, 2019
3 things about BETWEEN TWO FERNS: THE MOVIE
Between Two Ferns: The Movie [2019]
1. “When you and Woody Harrelson are acting in a scene together, are you sad that somewhere there’s a sack not being hackied?”
2. The ferns ride shotgun.
3. Dickerflick Cabbagepatch.
December 4, 2019
3 things about Busby Berkeley's FOR ME AND MY GAL
For Me and My Gal [1942]
1. We know what the telegram says before she does.
2. “Gee, when I think about all the time I wasted. Why didn’t you tell me I was in love with you?”
3. Gene Kelly hand-grenading a nest of Germans.
December 3, 2019
3 things about Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT
Knives Out [2019]
1. Murder, She Wrote dubbed into Spanish
2. Donuts and holes.
3. Walt’s thumping cane.
November 28, 2019
November 27, 2019
3 things about Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Young Frankenstein [1974]
1. “You bet your boots it does.”
2. Igor playing the organ, stage left.
3. Wall Street Journal.
November 26, 2019
3 things about Freddie Francis’ TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS
Tales that Witness Madness [1973]
1. Claw scratches in the white paint on the bedroom door.
2. Kim Novak in a Hawaiian muumuu.
3. Jack Hawkins’ voice is obviously (and distractingly) dubbed by Charles Gray throughout his scenes with Donald Pleasance. That means two Blofelds share the screen!
November 25, 2019
3 things about Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN
The Irishman [2019]
1. Watermelon.
2. “It was no more complicated than that.”
3. From the church to the hospital to the graveyard.
