Rob Christopher's Blog, page 127
June 10, 2019
3 things about Yorgos Lanthimos’s THE FAVOURITE
The Favourite [2018]
1. “Must the duck be here?”
2. Sectional lace-up leather corset.
3. “Have you come to seduce me or rape me?”
“I am a gentleman.”
“So, rape then.”
June 8, 2019
3 things about George Cukor’s A STAR IS BORN
A Star Is Born [1954]
1. She kisses him first.
2. A tiny, squelched “no.”
3. Spanish musical troupe rehearsing backstage.
June 6, 2019
3 things about Alan Gibson’s DRACULA A.D. 1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 [1972]
1. “Com’on Jess, it’s only for a giggle.”
2. A truly great edit: tilt up from a gravestone in 1872 to the sky, in which a jet plane suddenly appears.
3. Bubbling blood and ashes in a chalice.
June 5, 2019
3 things about Alain Resnais’ LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
Last Year at Marienbad [1961]
1. Abandoned tea service on the table in front of her.
2. The group adjourns to the library to research last year’s weather reports.
3. A drawer filled with hundreds of copies of the same photograph.
3 other things. I’d like to live inside this movie sometimes, its stillness and physical spaces. Someday I’ll watch this without subtitles so that I can experience it more purely.
June 3, 2019
Presenting the first movie poster for ROY’S WORLD!
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I am so thrilled to share our very first movie poster for Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago!
It’s based on an original collage created by Kevin Sampsell. (Trivia: the two photos near the bottom were taken by Stanley Kubrick in the late 1940s.) The poster was designed by Kim Thornton, who previously did such an amazing job on the Pause of the Clock poster.
As we near completion of the film, we’ve launched a crowdfunding campaign to help us cover our final postproduction expenses before we hit the film festival circuit. I hope you’ll surf on over to the film’s website, check out our trailer, and consider supporting the project. Thanks in advance and let a smile be your umbrella!
June 2, 2019
3 things about Tamara Jenkins’ PRIVATE LIFE
Private Life [2019]
1. He stands up and it’s sticking to his butt.
2. “Scrambled is good, but however you guys do them is fine with me.”
3. Deflating the mattress.
May 30, 2019
3 things about Ron Howard’s SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Solo: A Star Wars Story [2018]
1. Singing a duet in the lounge: a chanteuse in gold lamé and a creature in a floating jar.
2. “I hate you.”
“I know you do.”
3. Syringe filled with red goo.
May 29, 2019
3 things about Jim Jarmusch’s PERMANENT VACATION
Permanent Vacation [1980]
1. “You know, sometimes I think I should just live fast and die young. And go in a three-piece white suit like Charlie Parker.”
2. He takes off his shoes and really cut loose.
3. Doppler Effect.
May 28, 2019
3 things about George Cukor’s A LIFE OF HER OWN
A Life of Her Own [1950]
1. Their song is “Invitation.”
2. “She exists and her name is Nora. And that’s all I know about her.”
3. A gimmick that never caught on: cocktail lounges featuring a roving ventriloquist who makes catty observations of the customers’ behavior.
No idea why this film isn’t better known. It was a flop at the time but seen today it’s a pretty perceptive, genuinely feminist melodrama. Turner and Milland have real chemistry. And Ann Dvorak is stunning.
May 24, 2019
3 things about Britt Poulton & Dan Madison Savage’s THEM THAT FOLLOW
Them That Follow [2019]
1. Tiny spider tattoo on her purlicue.
2. We see her white underwear twice: once when she takes the pregnancy test, and once when she’s assaulted.
3. Stacks of red-covered hymnals on rough-hewn shelves.
A rather intense film featuring lots of creepy snakes, gorgeous landscapes, and an impeccable accent by Olivia Coleman. Ending reminded me of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
