Today’s Groupon e-mail theme: The Big Lebowski.
9:38 am • 22 May 2012 • 4 notes
it's too late;
the suburbs are dead.
but i'm pretty sure
i'm still useful.
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We Need To Talk About Kevin, Lynne Ramsay, 2012
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT FILM
9:03 pm • 1 February 2012 • 10 notes
Repulsion, Roman Polanski, 1965
(via nosex)
11:22 am • 27 January 2012 • 34 notes
Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, 1994
Vincent tells Jules about the little differences between Europe and America.
Specifically, fast-food cheeseburgers.
5:05 pm • 3 January 2012 • 6 notes
The Ref, Ted Demme, 1994.
This is a great Christmas film.
4:37 pm • 23 December 2011 • 11 notes
From the film Up, written by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter & Thomas McCarthy, 2009.
This is without a doubt my favorite sequence in screenwriting of the last decade. It’s deceptively genuine in it’s simplicity. No flowery words. No punches pulled. Just truth through cinema.
For reference, here is the sequence as it is in the film.
I recommend watching after reading the script below.
INT. CHURCH – DAY
FLASH! A photo is taken of the wedding couple: Carl and Ellie, now 19. She jumps at him and gives him a big kiss.
Ellie’s side of the church erupts like wild frontiersmen. A gun shot is fired in the air.
Carl’s side, rigid puritans in black, clap politely.
EXT. DILAPIDATED HOUSE – DAY
Carl carries her past a “SOLD” sign. It’s the same house where they met as kids.
EXT. CARL AND ELLIE’S HOUSE – DAY
Still in their wedding clothes: She saws as he hammers.
INT. CARL AND ELLIE’S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM – DAY
They push two chairs into place side by side in the living room.
EXT. CARL AND ELLIE’S HOUSE – DAY
Ellie finishes painting “Carl & Ellie” on their MAILBOX. Carl leans in to admire her work but leaves a messy paint handprint on the mailbox! Oh well; Ellie adds her handprint as well. They smile.
EXT. CARL AND ELLIE’S HOUSE – DAY
Their house now matches Ellie’s colorful CLUB HOUSE DRAWING from her childhood Adventure Book.
EXT. RURAL HILLSIDE – DAY
They run up a hillside together.
They lie side by side on a picnic blanket. She describes the clouds. He watches as a cloud transforms into a turtle.
Carl closes his eyes and smiles. He’s lucky to be with her.
EXT. ZOO – DAY
Ellie emerges from the South American House, dressed in her Zookeeper’s uniform.
Carl shows off his new BALLOON CART and uniform. Behind him the balloons lift his cart off the ground. Carl jumps to catch it. She giggles.
INT. CARL AND ELLIE’S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM – DAY
Carl and Ellie sit side by side in their chairs, reading. Without looking up from their books, they hold hands.
(Source: gointothestory.blcklst.com)
10:30 am • 14 December 2011 • 7 notes
Jeanne Moreau in Elevator To The Gallows, 1958.
7:00 pm • 13 December 2011 • 4 notes
BOTH DOUBLE FEATURES ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
1:35 pm • 30 November 2011 • 4 notes
“What can I tell you, kid? You’re right. When you’re right, you’re right. And you’re right.”
— Jake Gittes, Chinatown, 1974
