Rob Christopher's Blog, page 27

3 things about Delbert Mann’s MARTY

Marty [1955]

1. Splurging on a taxi home.
2. “I dunno, what do you wanna do?”
3. Two Irish-American ladies having a beer together at the bar.

3 things about Howard Hawks’ EL DORADO

El Dorado [1966]

1. “I hit the sign and the sign hit him.”
2. The two men walk down the street side by side, both using crutches.
3. Wrassling in the barn.

3 things about Paul Schrader’s HARDCORE

Hardcore [1979]

1. A blue that’s just a little overpowering.
2. Every room in the dungeon is nothing more than painted balsa wood.
3. A big, glowing sign: HYPNO-SEX-ISM.

3 things about John Ford’s THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance [1962]

1. He grabs the steak from off the floor and mashes it down on the table. Possible influence on Young Frankenstein? (“There, I’ve touched it. Happy now?”)
2. Train timetable blackboard in the “schoolroom.”
3. A patch of blooming cacti at the burned-out house.

3 things about Orson Welles’ THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI

The Lady from Shanghai [1947]

1. Take a drink every time Everett Sloan says “lover” and you’ll be on the floor long before Welles escorts you to the Crazy House.
2. “It’s a bright, guilty world.”
3. The juror keeps interrupting.

3 things about Charlie Kaufman’s SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

Synecdoche, New York [2008]

1. “We have 560 lighting cues. I don’t why I make it so complicated.”
“Because that’s what you do.”
2. Smoke inhalation.
3. “You’re weirdly close to what I visualized for this character.”
Long pause.
“Glad to be weirdly close.”

3 other things.

3 things about Jóhann Jóhannsson’s LAST AND FIRST MEN

Last and First Men [2020]

1. “We cannot prevent the climate from becoming more and more deadly, even at the poles. The intervening regions have already been deserted.”
2. Fleeting glimpses of birds are the only creatures we see in the film.
3. Spores in the form of finely tuned electromagnetic signals.

3 things about David Lowell Rich’s THE CONCORDE… AIRPORT ’79

The Concorde… Airport ’79 [1979]

1. Why exactly is Charo flying from Paris to Moscow? I want a movie about that story.
2. Shooting the flare while the plane’s upside down.
3. Coming to the cockpit for a good cry.

3 other things.

3 things about Andreas Horvath’s ZOO LOCK DOWN

Zoo Lock Down [2022]

1. Lemur pooping at the snack shack.
2. Taking his time with the cricket.
3. Anesthetized rhino insemination.

3 things about Luis Buñuel’s VIRIDIANA

Virdiana [1961]

1. “You won’t believe it, but the first time I saw you, I thought, ‘My cousin Viridiana and I will end up shuffling the deck together.'”
2. Coming from the opposite direction is another cart with a dog tethered to it.
3. A special camera.