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The Conversation 1974
It’s unthinkable to me that this came out the same year as The Godfather Part II. I don’t think any American director has had a greater run than Coppola had in the seventies. Also, fun fact - this role was originally offered to Brando, can you imagine it?
R.I.P Gene Hackman
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The Lost Weekend 1945
“You can't cut it short! You're on that merry-go-round, you got to ride it all the way. Round and round till that blasted music wears itself out and the thing dies down.“
I saw this a few years ago when I was just getting into films, after some growing pains I’m back for a rewatch. This is a strikingly accurate portrayal of alcoholism and its progressive nature for the time. The obsessiveness, the self-centredness, the isolation, the insanity - it’s…
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Megalopolis 2024
I don’t care what the reception on this has been, whether it’s a failure or a success, whether it’s pretentious or not. The bottom line is it’s taking risks and I haven’t seen anything like it before, the closest thing I can think of is ‘Synecdoche, New York’. I can’t say I’m surprised the response has been so negative, it disregards so much of what we’ve been told makes a ‘quality’ film - the dialogue is unnatural, the tone is…
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