3 things about Samuel Fuller’s WHITE DOG

White Dog [1982]

1. The street cleaner, driven by a black driver who’s been attacked, plows into a clothing store. Running over a black mannequin.
2. Burl Ives heaps food on his plate. “Sour cream! Love it!”
3. Teeth exposed, tongue extended.

 

3 things about Steven Spielberg’s DUEL

Duel [1971]

1. Complicated directions to the men’s room.
2. “My snakes! I’ve got to to find my snakes!”
3. Briefly, vividly, we see his monogrammed name on the side of the briefcase as he jams it into place on the gas pedal.

 

3 things about Francis Ford Coppola’s ONE FROM THE HEART

One from the Heart [1982]

1. She keeps the model of the Empire State Building on the dining room table as a memento.
2. “Where are you going, in that dress?”
“To hell and back.”
“You’ll probably get there, in that dress.”
3. Ultrabright florescent light on the jetway. He sings “You Are My Sunshine.”

Now I have the answer to the question, “Would if Howard Hawks and Fellini had co-directed MOULIN ROUGE!?”

 

3 things about W.S. Van Dyke’s ANOTHER THIN MAN

Another Thin Man [1939]

1. Asta encounters a skunk.
2. Nick gracefully punches Phil Church in the face and says, “That’s to remind you not to dream about my family.”
3. At the West Indies Club, Nick orders Bacardi. But he pronounces it “BACK-er-dee.”

3 other things.

 

3 things about Gregory Nava’s EL NORTE

El Norte [1983]

1. “You have to say ‘fuck’ all the time, or no one will believe you’re Mexican.”
2. He beams with joy after pouring the coffee correctly.
3. Pausing in his work, he leans on his shovel and looks over at the foreman. Epiphany.

 

3 things about Ronny Yu’s BRIDE OF CHUCKY

Bride of Chucky [1998]

1. It’s refreshing to see a gratuitous car washing scene featuring a hot shirtless guy for once.
2. “Fuck Martha Stewart! Martha Stewart can kiss my shiny plastic butt!”
3. John Ritter’s face impaled by a variety of nails.

 

3 things about Rudolph Maté’s WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

When Worlds Collide [1951]

1. At a fancy supper club, he lights his cigarette by setting some money on fire. He looks over at a startled matron and says, “I’ve always wanted to do that!”
2. For a moment he thinks that Drake has left him to die. He calmly looks off in the distance at the helicopter. Slowly the helicopter circles back around to pick him up.
3. The surface of the planet Zyra looks like a Chuck Jones painting.

 

3 things about Jacques Feyder’s FACES OF CHILDREN

Faces of Children [1925]

1. The child watches the gravedigger refill his mother’s grave, then passes out. His father carries him home. The gravedigger continues in his work without a pause.
2. Pierrette is like a paleo-Tootie, like Margaret O’Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis. Witness the scene where she gleefully smears wild berries all over her face.
3. He stares into the water, frightened. As the river churns and churns he pictures his dead mother pouring milk into bucket.

 

3 things about Robert Aldrich’s KISS ME DEADLY

Kiss Me Deadly [1955]

1. Both Mike and Velda have a bottle of Kentucky Tavern bourbon at their apartments.
2. The look on his face as he smashes the coroner’s fingers in the desk drawer.
3. “Kiss me, Mike. I want you to kiss me.”

 

3 things about Tomas Alfredson’s TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [2011]

1. The headboard of Smiley’s bed is divided into three compartments.
2. “That’s how I know he can be beaten. He’s a fanatic. Fanatics always conceal a grave doubt.”
3. Extreme telephoto. They stand on the runway talking. The plane is bearing down on them, then veers slightly and stops.