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3 things about Robert Altman’s 3 WOMEN

3 Women [1977]

1. “She’ll show you just how easy it really is.”
2. “We don’t like the twins.”
3. “Ever since you moved in here you’ve been causing me grief. Nobody wants to hang around you. You don’t drink, you don’t smoke. You don’t do anything you’re supposed to do.”

3 other things.

3 things about Arthur Dong’s HOLLYWOOD CHINESE

Hollywood Chinese [2007]

1. Christopher Lee explains eye makeup and prosthetics.
2. Notes on Anna May Wong’s screen test for The Good Earth: “disappointing.”
3. Roger Ebert defending Better Luck Tomorrow at Sundance.

3 things about Curtis Hanson’s BAD INFLUENCE

Bad Influence [1990]

1. An ingenious cut: Michael throws back the shot of tequila, Alex swallows it.
2. Glass bricks everywhere.
3. Don’t step on the brake pedal.

3 things about Nunnally Johnson’s BLACK WIDOW

Black Widow [1954]

1. His sits at home at his bar. Glowing pink light behind frosted glass.
2. Upon discovering the body, she doesn’t scream. She merely leaves the room and pauses at the doorway.
3. Shopping list with doodles.

3 things about Arthur Dong’s COMING OUT UNDER FIRE

Coming Out Under Fire [1994]

1. Incompatible.
2. Using the word “darling” in a letter was a giveaway.
3. Mimeographed bulletin, “The Myrtle Bitch Beach.”

Invaluable.

3 things about William Greaves’s SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One [1968]

1. Showing the location permits to the cop.
2. He could be just offscreen, directing the whole thing.
3. His favorite is 69th.

3 things about Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s CONCEIVING ADA

Conceiving Ada [1997]

1. Draped bathtub.
2. Unconvincing mouse controls.
3. Karen Black with an English accent.

3 things about Jonathan Davies’ TOPOLOGY OF SIRENS

Topology of Sirens [2021]

1. A sudden rain shower.
2. Hurdy-gurdy trade.
3. The beginning of a long baseball game.

One week from today: our Chicago Premiere at the Music Box Theatre!

I do hope you’ll join me. Buy tix now—it’s going to be a fantastic afternoon. We’ll have a special, limited edition movie poster for sale, as well as copies of some of Barry’s books, all of which you can get autographed!

3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s THE SHAPE OF WATER

The Shape of Water [2017]

1. He wants to add an extra S to GRAS.
2. “I think it’s some of my best work.”
3. Fingers bouncing across the carpet.

3 other things.