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3 things about Richard Schenkman’s THE MAN FROM EARTH

The Man from Earth [2007]

1. Tony Todd’s cap.
2. “The sofa stays.”
3. 25 cents from a thrift store.

3 things about Tony Gilroy’s MICHAEL CLAYTON

Michael Clayton [2007]

1. An armload of fresh baguettes.
2. “Who needs balance? There’s your balance. There’s your balance.”
3. An injection between the toes.

3 other things.

3 things about George Sluizer’s THE VANISHING

The Vanishing [1988]

1. Two golden eggs colliding in space.
2. Confrontation with the English husband.
3. He finds a use for the lighter in his pocket.

3 things about Francis Ford Coppola’s RUMBLE FISH

Rumble Fish [1983]

1. Drifting around.
2. “35 summers left.”
3. Clouds reflected in the window as they have their talk.

3 things about David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE

Inland Empire [2006]

1. Bucky J.
2. Rabbit answers the phone.
“Billy?!” says the voice.
Canned laughter.
3. “There is no paper. For the toilet.”

3 other things.

3 things about Brian De Palma’s PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE

Phantom of the Paradise [1974]

1. Trouble getting off the floor in his platform shoes.
2. Volunteers for teeth removal.
3. A vault of videotapes.

3 things about Rowland Brown’s QUICK MILLIONS

Quick Millions [1931]

1. Under-the-table POV of the hit.
2. George Raft’s snake-hips dance.
3. “What difference does it make. Whether laws are made by a bunch of lawyers for other lawyers to break, or whether they’re made by hoodlums for other hoodlums. They’re all man-made laws.”

3 things about Michael Curtiz’s MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM

Mystery of the Wax Museum [1933]

1. A judge becomes Voltaire.
2. Pink taxicab.
3. She helps herself to several bottles of bootlegged liquor as a finder’s fee.

3 things about Michael Curtiz’s DOCTOR X

Doctor X [1932]

1. Sinister estate on Long Island.
2. Deep green dress.
3. From the secret compartment he removes a synthetic hand.

3 things about Álex de la Iglesia’s PERDITA DURANGO

Perdita Durango [1997]

1. Buying a Herb Alpert CD at a border crossing gift shop.
2. One agent hands the fetus to another agent and says, “See that this child gets a decent burial.”
3. James Gandolfini becomes Gary Cooper.