Rob Christopher's Blog, page 15

3 things about DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman’s LOVING VINCENT

Loving Vincent [2017]

1. Watching the rain through the cafe windows.
2. He takes a few paintings in lieu of a bill.
3. A chair at the edge of a field.

3 things about Sara Driver’s WHEN PIGS FLY

When Pigs Fly [1993]

1. Half-eaten sandwich next to him on the bed.
2. Impromptu bop to “A Night in Tunisia.”
3. Pieces of chair tied to their heads.

3 things about Fernando Ayala’s THE BITTER STEMS

The Bitter Stems [1956]

1. Looking through the window of the train into the past.
2. A strategically loud orchestra.
3. Shallow planting.

3 things about Brian Levant’s THE FLINTSTONES

The Flintstones [1994]

1. Kids playing in Jurassic Park.
2. He ignores his mother-in-law and unties the pet dino.
3. The invention of concrete.

3 things about Catherine Breillat’s LAST SUMMER

Last Summer [2023]

1. Disassociated orgasm.
2. “Your son’s a monster. Get that into your head.”
3. Woodshed.

3 things about Tom Stoppard’s ROSENKRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead [1990]

1. A theory of narrative: “Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.”
2. Sudden queer gaze in the baths.
3. An initial miscount of the number of deaths.

3 things about John Huston’s KEY LARGO

Key Largo [1948]

1. Lounging in the bathtub with a cigar, and a fan aimed directly at him.
2. A lengthy whisper that we can’t quite make out, which makes it feel even filthier.
3. Her song is pathetic, tender, brave, sad, and uncomfortable. All at the same time.

3 other things.

3 things about Steve De Jarnatt’s MIRACLE MILE

Miracle Mile [1988]

1. They choose to spend their last moment’s eating at Canters Deli and who can blame them?
2. Dying at the bottom of an escalator.
3. Tar pit crash.

3 things about Milos Forman’s AMADEUS

Amadeus [1984]

1. “These”(gulp)”are originals?”
2. Portrait of Haydn on the wall in Mozart’s flat.
3. Dripping black veils and hoods.

3 things about Nanette Burstein’s ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LOST TAPES

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes [2024]

1. Richard Burton repeating the same story over and over about seeing her rushes for the first time.
2. Working through the death of Mike Todd during Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
3. “I won the award for my tracheotomy.”