Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Errol Morris’s THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY [2016]
1. Poets dropping by the office regularly to use the free copier.
2. Borrowing a shopping cart for extended periods of time to display her wares.
3. A final answering machine message from Allen Ginsberg.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER [2023]
1. Heavy water: a wrong turn.
2. Not a verdict, a denial.
3. Dipping the rims of the cocktail glasses in a mixture of honey and lime juice.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Desmond Davis’ CLASH OF THE TITANS [1981]
1. Blood larvae.
2. Steaming neckhole.
3. "It is my wish. My command?"
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Bernard Vorhaus’ THE SPIRITUALIST [1948]
1. Laughing bird.
2. Writing pad switcheroo.
3. Hidden speaker in the fireplace.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Elia Kazan’s SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS [1961]
1. They cash in their stocks just in time.
2. He doesn't know what pizza is.
3. In the dim room, a bar of light across her eyes. "Somebody was here . . ." Fade out.
Say what you want about #EliaKazan as a person, but he was a hell of a filmmaker.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Carl Reiner’s DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID [1982]
1. "I had no trouble finding Dr. Forrest's cheese lab. It smelled like the number on the door."
2. Terre Haute was about to get a public library.
3. Clip-on bowtie.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Michael Gordon’s PORTRAIT IN BLACK
1. Wiping the sweat off his face with the surgical mask.
2. The Hippocratic Oath haunts him all over town.
3. Department store shopping in turban and furs.
#3things #anthonyquinn #camp #lanaturner #movies #SanFrancisco #trash #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Terrence Davies’ DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES
1. He destroys the Christmas table and then orders her to clean it up.
2. Worried about his mother falling out of the window.
3. Scaffolding failure.
#3things #movies #TerrenceDavies #liverpool #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about John Patton Ford’s EMILY THE CRIMINAL
1. Feng shui.
2. She appropriates his box cutter strategy.
3. "Thank you. No more talking, just leave. Thank you so much for coming in."
"Hey, if you want to tell me what to do, put me on the fucking payroll. How about that?"
#cinemastodon #cinema #losangeles #la #Movies #3Things
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Tim Burton’s PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE [1985]
1. No basement in the Alamo.
2. “Her ghost.”
3. Chili dog for Terry.
#3things #animation #movies #peeweeherman #timburton #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Robert Altman’s DR. T AND THE WOMEN [2000]
1. Eggenweiler Institute.
2. “I’m going to be the best damn menopause patient you ever had!”
3. Guess, Godiva.
#cinemastodon #cinema #robertaltman #Movies #3Things
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Todd Haynes’ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND [2021]
1. Dressed all in black, sitting outside by the pool.
2. Offstage, Bill Graham shouting, “I hope you bomb!”
3. John Cale was a guest on "I’ve Got a Secret."
#3things #andywarhol #movies #music #rock #toddhaynes #velvetunderground #warhol #documentaries #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Joel Schumacher’s THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN [1981]
1. Tasty Meadows, California.
2. “Your carpool is here!”
3. Dr. Ruth Ruth.
#cinemastodon #cinema #SciFi #lilytomlin #Movies #3Things
Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER [20023]
1. Chain reaction, but not exactly the one they had feared.
2. “I hope you learned something.”
“We learned we need to move further back.”
3. Truman perches on the edge of his chair.
#3things #movies #ChristopherNolan #war #atomic #nuclear #70mm #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Waris Hussein's THE POSSESSION OF JOEL DELANEY [1971]
1. She looks up and we KNOW.
2. On the shelf above the fridge.
3. "If you can believe in Don Pedro, he can help you. If not, you're wasting your time."
This intelligent, stylish shocker deserves to be better know. The ritual sequence is genuinely harrowing, and the final third had me on the edge of my seat. Haunting.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Gregg Araki’s TOTALLY F****D UP [1993]
1. “How’s your boyfriend?”
Long pause. “History.”
2. Walking through the Tower Records parking lot.
3. Belted pants, suspenders, plain white short.
#3things #movies #gay #GreggAraki #JamesDuval #LA #LosAngeles #queercinema #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Steven Soderbergh’s MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE [2023]
1. Singani 63 product placement.
2. Intermission.
3. Slick stage rain slide.
#3things #dance #Singani63 #StevenSoderbergh #ChanningTatum #movies #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Robert Longo’s JOHNNY MNEMONIC [1995]
1. Diagonal slices.
2. Cyberdolphin.
3. Heavy metal opera at the club.
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Mike Nichols’s CLOSER [2004]
1. “You’re taken.”
“I’ve got to see you.”
“Tough.”
“You kissed me!”
“What are you, 12?”
2. Deserted bar at the opera just before the end of the performance.
3. Jane.
#3things #MikeNichols #London #Sex #movies #cinema #cinemastodon
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Rob Christopher · @randomcha
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3 things about Jafar Panahi’s NO BEARS [2022]
1. He points out that they already have a witness. When they admit the child’s testimony is inadmissible, he counters that nonetheless they’re using it to pressure him.
2. He quickly steps back from the border.
3. Washing the telltale dust off his car.
When it comes to genuine innovation, it’s stunning how easy Panahi makes it all look.
#cinemastodon #cinema #JafarPanahi #Iran #Movies #3Things