Such a great movie about how nothing can destroy the spirit of the people. Everyone has lows and everyone has highs but the key is to just keep working towards something. This is a movie that everyone should watch right now, very relatable to what we see in the news.
Side Note: This film (based on the book) illustrates how the private sector can buy out and bully the working man with no hope but near slave labor to make…
A great British gangster flick that clearly inspired Guy Ritchie, with an amazing cast of actors. Bob Hoskins in true form, his mannerisms and voice are perfect for this role. A film that clearly has a political undertone telling Thatcher and her cronies to leave the Irish alone, "You can't win. Kill ten or twenty and they keep coming. To them you are nothing." Also a great Italio disco inspired soundtrack, with powerful synth orchestration. Lots of great classic luxury…
The Coen Brothers have a certain kind of magic to their filmmaking that can't be replicated. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is one of those films that will go down in history as a comedy that can't be tainted, similar to a Charlie Chapin flick that still strikes a cord a hundred years later. The Coen Brothers weave a tale of mayhem and high jinks that is a true love story while paying homage to golden era filmmaking, a trait…
What can be said that hasn't already been said. Paul Schrader once said "All movies are the Wizard of Oz or they are not". This over analyzed movie still has lots to teach students of cinema. A perfect movie, loaded to the brim with symbolism that surely is a criticism of all topics in the late 30s as the Great Depression was finding some closure and the world braced itself for the second horrifying war.
