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So the Criterion remaster of Come And See is out there (which is said to be a superb remaster)
How depressed am I going to get
How depressed am I going to get
you'll wonder why more characters in film don't have grey hair
this is the best soundtrack i've jammed in a long while and recommend it to you all
vitalina varela is on criterion channel if anyone's interested in watching the movie keith thinks had the best cinematography of 2019
TW: dune-like darkness
TW: dune-like darkness
pedro costa's movies have magic in them.
I'm currently going through all the Best Picture Winners. Which one should I watch next? Here's a list of ones I have not seen:
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To develop my opinion about a few of your list:
Out of Africa
It took me some time to fully appreciate this movie (3rd viewing). It's once I read a quote from Pollack saying that if he knows what the message of his film is, then he doesn't need to make the film, that I recognized it as a beautiful piece of art, that deals with themes of progress, education, colonization, freedom, emancipation, and doesn't give easy answer to any of these the question it raises.
The Sting
Some iconic scenes and performances here and there make it definitely worth watching.
My Fair Lady
A very elegant Cukor, who shows how he's a master at turning plays into films, with his beautiful camera movement, that use the set in a very dynamic and cinematic way.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Not my favourite Wyler (because Roman Holiday), but a great film, with very sincere emotions at its core. Acting is top-notch as always with Wyler, and it's also shot by the great Toland (and it's one of his best work)
How Green Was My Valley
Beautiful. Sorry not sorry, but it deserved its Academy Awards.
Gone With the Wind
Of course, it needs a disclaimer in terms of historical representation, but it's an amazing film. Every shot feels like there was no budget-limit, every frame is filled with the desire to make the greatest film possible. The score is perfect. Vivien Leigh gives the greatest performance ever.
You Can’t Take it With You & It Happened One Night
I love Capra. But these are not my favourites of him. It happened one night is great fun, and Gable is so funny, it's definitely worth watching, but it 's a film that Capra made before deciding that cinema had to be political, therefore it doesn't have the emotional resonance of his later films. You can't take it with you, on the other hand, feels too naive, too hopeful to be really convincing. Capra tried to end his films on a hopeful note, but here the film lacks the cruelty that makes his endings so great. In Mr Smith goes to Washington, there are adults beating kids in the streets to protect a corrupt system, for example, something people forget when they say that Capra had a naive vision of humanity...
Out of Africa
It took me some time to fully appreciate this movie (3rd viewing). It's once I read a quote from Pollack saying that if he knows what the message of his film is, then he doesn't need to make the film, that I recognized it as a beautiful piece of art, that deals with themes of progress, education, colonization, freedom, emancipation, and doesn't give easy answer to any of these the question it raises.
The Sting
Some iconic scenes and performances here and there make it definitely worth watching.
My Fair Lady
A very elegant Cukor, who shows how he's a master at turning plays into films, with his beautiful camera movement, that use the set in a very dynamic and cinematic way.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Not my favourite Wyler (because Roman Holiday), but a great film, with very sincere emotions at its core. Acting is top-notch as always with Wyler, and it's also shot by the great Toland (and it's one of his best work)
How Green Was My Valley
Beautiful. Sorry not sorry, but it deserved its Academy Awards.
Gone With the Wind
Of course, it needs a disclaimer in terms of historical representation, but it's an amazing film. Every shot feels like there was no budget-limit, every frame is filled with the desire to make the greatest film possible. The score is perfect. Vivien Leigh gives the greatest performance ever.
You Can’t Take it With You & It Happened One Night
I love Capra. But these are not my favourites of him. It happened one night is great fun, and Gable is so funny, it's definitely worth watching, but it 's a film that Capra made before deciding that cinema had to be political, therefore it doesn't have the emotional resonance of his later films. You can't take it with you, on the other hand, feels too naive, too hopeful to be really convincing. Capra tried to end his films on a hopeful note, but here the film lacks the cruelty that makes his endings so great. In Mr Smith goes to Washington, there are adults beating kids in the streets to protect a corrupt system, for example, something people forget when they say that Capra had a naive vision of humanity...
The Sting fucking rules
-Vader
-Vader
All About Eve. One of the few that has probably become more relevant and more true as the years have gone by, rather than being strictly emblematic of the era it was produced in.
Alt would be Gone With the Wind which is essential.