A Mouth Full Of Butcher Knives

Peter Benchley's "Jaws" from page to screen.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Deep Blue Sea

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The shot of the estuary victim’s severed leg sinking to the sea bed is a detail that might have come directly from the original novel. ...
Sunday, November 6, 2016

Happy Meal

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The shark comes up fast behind the rowboat, advancing on its unsuspecting prey like a pantomime villain. It’s probably nothing more tha...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Basic Seamanship

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Brody’s first reaction to the woman’s warning cries (‘The shark. It’s going into the pond. Shark. In the estuary.’) is a resigned ‘Now ...
Monday, October 31, 2016

The Woman On The Beach

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As the two pranksters are hauled aboard one of the spotter boats, Hooper checks in with Brody on the walkie talkie. Right after h...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

F For Fake

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The panicked bathers are aided at the water’s edge by first responders, dressed all in white like the faithful at a mass baptism. As th...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Panic On The Fourth Of July

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It is the shark spotter with the white sun visor who first raises the alarm. (“Jesus Christ! Fin! Shark! Three five zero!”) Behind him ...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Red Herring

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The composition of a brief shot from on board one of the boats has a Cubist-like abstraction: whether by accident or design, it is as i...
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Framed for a crime I did not commit, I am on the run from foreign spies and government agents. To avoid assassination or arrest I spend most of my time hiding out in movie theaters where I have developed some dangerous obsessions.
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