Absolute masterpiece. No loose ends. Pure spite, competition, and fallout. Daniel Day Lewis disappears and Daniel Plainview emerges. Paul Dano commands the screen even when he is at his tiniest. The score builds and releases and teases constantly. The set design, locations, and cinematography are perfectly captured in Panavision XL on 35mm. Literally everything comes together to create the kind of period piece character(s) study that rarely comes to pass
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
Mad it took me so long to finally see this film considering my love for Once Upon a Time in the West. Everything about it is cool, gritty, and wild as hell. Absolute cinema—through and through
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High and Low 1963
What can be said that hasn’t already been said about Kurosawa and his mastery of filmmaking. All I can muster to say is that, imo, this is the final piece of the mantle that positions him among the best to ever do it
A leap into film noir set post WWII highlighted by the internationalism and economic growth of the time (along with the disparity that comes with it)—A divine comedy that firmly sits among the best of thee genre
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