Cinephiliac :: THE LAST PICTURE GAME SHOW: Game 4, Week 7

He Pulls a Knife, You Pull a Gun

If you plan to play some April Fool's Day jokes on me, just give me and my delicate psyche some advance warning. This is the quiet before my personal month-long storm, as I try to get ahead on my freelance work to take in weeks' worth of pre-fest and press screenings for this year's Tribeca Film Festival (which I'll be covering for Premiere, links to follow). If you're having a boring Friday or whatever day this is for you, here's my review of Drawing Restraint 9, the Pretentious Playhouse That Matthew Barney and Björk Built. I truly dug it in the moment, but such superficiality wouldn't warrant a second viewing, nor will I ever be able to take it seriously. Maybe you need to drink liquid Vaseline to make sense of the whole spectacle. More write-ups here.

"Cast Party III" brought back some players into the fold, because if one thing's for sure, cinephiles love them some Howard Hawks. Hints were all around: "Indiana Winchester" is Hawks' birthplace and his middle name, and the U.S. title of my Pasolini reference should have helped. Congrats to all who knew these:

Scarface (1932). From left to right: Paul Muni, Boris Karloff, Ann Dvorak, and George Raft. It's criminal that the only way the studios will allow you to own this on DVD is to buy an out-of-print gift set that includes Brian De Palma's film of the same name (some of us already have that, after all).

Ball of Fire (1941). From right to left: Dan Duryea, Dana Andrews ("said prunes gave him the runes"), Barbara Stanwyck, and Gary Cooper. Admittedly, I never caught this one, but the Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett screenplay should change that soon.

Monkey Business (1952). Norma J-- I mean, Marilyn Monroe is the nudie beauty on red velvet, with a pink-circled caricature of Cary Grant, a green-circled Charles Coburn, and a blue-circled Ginger Rogers. Enough of this, let's get to the next...

GAME 4, WEEK 7:
What's Your Dog's Name?

No, really. What is it? The last time I owned a dog was at a pretty young age, and somehow I even knew in those still-developing years that "Cuddles" was a lame name for our Cairn terrier (the same breed as Toto). Some friends down the street have a couple of French bulldogs named "Serge Gainsburger" and "Jane Barkin," which is ridiculously cute, but it's a pet peeve of mine when people name magnificent animals really unsatisfying names. Like generic people names, I can't get behind that. Don't name your dog "Dave" or "Steve" (two dogs I've known), because it's unoriginal and a bit creepy. These are the people who talk to their pets as if they understood complex English. And there's your cinephiliac neurosis du jour.

Anyway. Below are DVD screen captures from three films with something major in common. What dey be?

HELPFUL HINT: Without mentioning the film's title, think of Detweiler's leading lady. Try this on:

NAME EACH MOVIE. Score (1) point for every correct answer, and don't forget to include your name when addressing your entry to lastpicturegameshow@gmail.com. (Entries must be received by Thursday, April 6th @ 11:59pm EST.) Please click a Goooogle ad or six on your way out, and gooood luck!