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3 things about Hiroshi Teshigahara’s PITFALL

Pitfall [1962]

1. Ferrying ants using chopsticks.
2. He died without eating, so he’ll be hungry for all eternity.
3. Still in pursuit, he removes a pair of white gloves from his briefcase.

3 things about Woody Allen’s INTERIORS

Interiors [1978]

1. Every design recommendation she makes is more expensive than the agreed upon budget.
2. The back of his head, wintry Manhattan and the tops of skyscrapers. “I will say … it was like an ice palace.”
3. Endless beach fence.

3 things about Carol Reed’s THE THIRD MAN

The Third Man [1949]

1. Landlady wrapped in a quilt.
2. We never see the children in the hospital.
3. Fingers poking through the grate.

3 things about Matt Wolf’s TEENAGE

Teenage [2013]

1. Army uniforms for 13-year-olds.
2. The adult advises them to voluntarily change the teen canteen’s closing hours from 11 o’clock to 10:30 on weeknights.
3. “Mother, it’s just a hen party, what am I supposed to wear?”

3 other things.

3 things about Douglas Sirk’s THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW

There’s Always Tomorrow [1956]

1. Fred standing alone in the rain, as cars zoom past and honk at him to get out of the way.
2. Shadows on her face of the raindrops on the windowpane. Several years before In Cold Blood.
3. Marion never apologizes, never seems to have the first clue about what’s going on.

3 things about Sergio Corbucci’s THE GREAT SILENCE

The Great Silence [1968]

1. The stagecoach is running a week late.
2. Faceburn.
3. “We’ll eat for a week off that beast.”

3 things about Christopher Nolan’s TENET

Tenet [2020]

1. Skittering backwards across the floor in pursuit of the gun.
2. A blue side and a red side.
3. Sunscreen and a wet deck.

3 other things.

3 things about Jean Renoir’s THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH

The Woman on the Beach [1947]

1. “Peg, you’re so beautiful. So beautiful outside, so rotten inside.”
2. The only thing he saves from the fire is his typewriter.
3. Coat of a ghost.

3 things about François Ozon’s SWIMMING POOL

Swimming Pool [2003]

1. She spits her mouthful of yogurt back into the bowl.
2. Tristana on the balcony.
3. Reappearance of the crucifix.

3 things about George Marshall’s THE BLUE DAHLIA

The Blue Dahlia [1946]

1. “Why not? Plenty of genial old parties like you commit murders.”
2. He pounds on the wall. “We got a sick baby in here!”
3. Bathing his ankle in salt water.

3 other things.