the peapod

Small flourishes in films that make me fonder of them.

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Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - Its your father's way of relaxing!

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Accident (1967): Harold Pinter’s cameo.

Dir. Joseph Losey

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Detour (1947): Big forced perspective coffee cup.

Dir. Edward G. Ulmer

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Sanjuro (1962): The samurai loudly celebrating until remembering they are supposed to be hiding, so celebrating quietly. Then realising they are celebrating with their captive enemy who politely returns to the closet they are keeping him in.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa

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Comrades (1987): Desperate turnip eating.

Dir. Bill Douglas

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Yojimbo (1961): Me during lock-down.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa

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Rear Window (1955): Thorwood’s cigar cherry in the dark.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Rear Window (1954): Uh-heh!?

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Rear Window (1955): Thorwood in the dark.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Alan Dwan predicts prestige TV in "Who the Devil Made It" (Peter Bogdanovich, 1998)

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Homicide (1991): Funniest line Mamet ever wrote.

Dir: David Mamet

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Blade (1998): very quiet. I love Blade.

Dir: Stephen Norrington

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Belly (1998): These glasses/this hair.

Dir. Hype Williams

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Christine (1983) - creepy

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My Way Home (1978): Jamie stealing apples from his foster mother.

Dir. Bill Douglas

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My Way Home (1978): Jamie’s trouser legs falling down as he walks across the stage.

Dir. Bill Douglas

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Winchester 73 (1950): The rhythm of these shots and the framing of the shooting itself.

Dir: Anthony Mann