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3 things about Katsuhiro Ôtomo & Kôji Morimoto & Tensai Okamura’s MEMORIES

Memories [1995]

1. A feast that looks beautiful but is actually inedible.
2. Thick bodies, tiny heads.
3. We are never shown who the war is being fought against.

3 things about Robert Lee King’s PSYCHO BEACH PARTY

Psycho Beach Party [2000]

1. Prunes at the diner.
2. “I’m having trouble with my pants. Whenever I put my hand in the pocket, I feel a little prick.”
3. Sex Kittens Go Bossa Nova.

3 things about Steven Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

Close Encounters of the Third Kind [1977]

1. An attempt to corral the ducks.
2. Magnetic manipulations in the cab of the truck.
3. As soon as the helicopter departs, they gratefully remove their gas masks.

3 other things.

3 things about David Lean’s LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Lawrence of Arabia [1962]

1. “Here you may drink. One cup.”
2. The tiniest black dot on the horizon.
3. He gaily skips through the entryway to catch up with the soldiers. Discussion of a new squash court.

3 other things.

3 things about Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra [1963]

1. A wink.
2. Setting the toy boats on fire.
3. Movement in the basket of figs.

3 other things.

3 things about Robert Altman’s SHORT CUTS

Short Cuts [1993]

1. Racy Movies.
2. Birdcage swinging around. “It wasn’t the big one!”
3. She hugs the basketball like it’s an unborn child.

3 other things.

3 things about Richard Lester’s SUPERMAN III

Superman III [1983]

1. A traffic signal altercation.
2. “You know what the problem is?”
“Too much mayonnaise?”
3. The motorist instructs the gas station attendant to give his car “the good stuff.”

3 other things.

3 things about Fernando Frias’s I’M NO LONGER HERE

I’m No Longer Here [2019]

1. “When it’s slower, you feel it more.”
2. Huffing fumes from a repurposed water bottle.
3. Diagonal streets converging in the center of the frame.

3 things about Susan Streitfeld’s FEMALE PERVERSIONS

Female Perversions [1996]

1. Compulsive lipstick freshening.
2. Stealing her lucky suit.
3. Nipple and razor blade.

3 things about Sandi Tan’s SHIRKERS

Shirkers [2018]

1. Going from ATM to ATM, methodically draining their savings accounts.
2. 70 film canisters but no sound reels.
3. An “original idea” lifted from Paris, Texas.