Rob Christopher's Blog, page 67

3 things about Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN

The Batman [2022]

1. The look on his face as he’s being cuffed.
2. Glasgow cemetery cycle ride.
3. Joker next door.

3 things about Wes Anderson’s THE FRENCH DISPATCH

The French Dispatch [2021]

1. “I’ll have my drink now.”
2. Cat-covered roofs.
3. Typographic memory.

3 things about Bruno Dumont’s FRANCE

France [2021]

1. Iridescent jacket.
2. Enormous Gilbert & George (?) stained glass artpiece in the living room.
3. “I was married to a monster for 20 years.”

3 things about Chris Carter’s THE X FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE

The X Files: I Want to Believe [2008]

1. Dirty glass.
2. Another chase scene at a construction site.
3. Severed head in a cooler bag.

3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s HEAT LIGHTNING

Heat Lightning [1934]

1. “You go your way, and we’ll go the way of all flesh.”
2. She proffers her face for a kiss and he complies unenthusiastically.
3. A guitar and a voice and the heat lightning in the sky, and everyone sitting outside quietly.

3 things about Christopher St. John’s TOP OF THE HEAP

Top of the Heap [1972]

1. Racist taxi driver played by Allen Garfield.
2. Moon landing rehearsal.
3. Spiro T. Agnew, golfing giant.

3 things about Preston Sturges’s THE GREAT McGINTY

The Great McGinty [1940]

1. A crowd of 75,000 at the baseball game.
2. “Got a new suit.”
“It looks more like the suit got you.”
3. Destroying dishes in the dark.

3 other things.

3 things about Isaac Halasima’s WATERMAN

Waterman [2021]

1. When Duke Paoa Kahanamoku arrived in Australia, he didn’t have a board with him. So he carved a new one himself.
2. He was the best … until Johnny Weissmuller came along.
3. Taking a nap under the stands before the race.

3 things about Hayao Miyazaki’s PORCO ROSSO

Porco Rosso [1992]

1. Secret meeting in a movie theatre.
2. “I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.”
3. The graceful way in which we are shown that his curse has been lifted.

3 things about Terry Gilliam’s JABBERWOCKY

Jabberwocky [1977]

1. The most gruesome PG-rated film ever?
2. Herald’s tuneless trumpet.
3. Destroying the production line.