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Serpico 1973
Raw, a look at police corruption in 1970s NYC, a gritty landscape plagued by systemic failings. Pacino embodies Frank Serpico, with a coiled intensity, at times quietly expressive of fierce internal struggles, in some moments explosive. Side note, enjoyed and relate to the way he adopts more and more animals (dog, bird, fish, mouse) as he becomes increasingly isolated. Films about police corruption are by now commonplace. Serpico is an unvarnished take on deep moral dilemmas and the erosion of…
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Five Easy Pieces 1970
An exploration of male angst of the 1970s expressed through Bobby Dupea, an oil rig worker disconnected from his upper middle class roots. Bobby is adrift, existential crisis, reflecting his generation's search for … what. He has to keep moving, can’t sit still, can’t be tied down, can’t stay in one place, can’t fit in.
"You know what I want? I want to be able to do what I want, when I want, without anyone telling me I can’t."
That’s understandable…
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