Rob Christopher's Blog, page 130
April 9, 2019
3 things about Kimberly Reed’s DARK MONEY
Dark Money [2018]
1. The office is located in its own little house.
2. Why lobby a politician when you can instead buy them outright at the very beginning?
3. A 3-3 vote on everything.
April 8, 2019
3 things about Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT
Transit [2018]
1. The whole film is a bartender’s story!
2. Omnipresent heavily-armed guards outside the American Consulate.
3. Suddenly, she’s just not there.
Tightly coiled, frightening, uniquely relevant.
April 7, 2019
3 things about Otto Preminger’s IN HARM’S WAY
In Harm’s Way [1965]
1. They both toss their pineapple garnishes off the veranda.
2. Bullet through the cheek.
3. “I’m so scared my bones are clicking, like dice on a Reno crap table.”
April 5, 2019
3 things about Clyde Bruckman’s MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE
Man on the Flying Trapeze [1935]
1. Eating toast like it’s corn on the cob.
2. “It must be hard to lose a mother-in-law.”
“Very hard, very hard. Almost impossible.”
3. Filing system.
April 4, 2019
3 things about Lynne Ramsay’s YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
You Were Never Really Here [2017]
1. Tendrils of her hair.
2. Blood and spilled milk on the kitchen floor near the bowl of cat food.
3. Holding hands.
April 3, 2019
A cocktail with Barry.
[image error]I had the privilege last weekend of showing a fine cut of the film to Barry Gifford. Full speed ahead!
March 28, 2019
3 things about Errol Morris’s GATES OF HEAVEN
Gates of Heaven [1978]
1. As humans, we don’t really know one another; but we know our pets.
2. Memorial marker: “I Knew Love. — I Had A Dog.”
3. Outdoor electric guitar. 100 watts per channel.
March 27, 2019
3 things about Rusty Cundieff & Darin Scott’s TALES FROM THE HOOD 2
Tales from the Hood 2 [2018]
1. His name is Portifoy Simms … a nod to Ossie Davis in the pilot episode of Night Gallery?
2. Cards Against Humanity does not translate well to film.
3. A fleet of Klan Patrol vehicles.
March 24, 2019
3 things about John “Bud” Cardos’ THE DARK
The Dark [1979]
1. That robe.
2. Jelly donut splatter.
3. He sends her on her way and strokes his mustache.
Prime example of a movie that utterly terrified me as a kid. Those laser eyes!
March 23, 2019
3 things about John Waters’ DESPERATE LIVING
Desperate Living [1977]
1. “Look at those disgusting trees, stealing my oxygen! I can’t stand this scenery another minute! Natural forests should be turned into housing developments! I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation!”
2. Child in the refrigerator.
3. Mink Stole as Maleficent.
