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  Once Upon a Time in America 1984

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Feb 2025

  Great dark epic, good job of keeping a human warmth

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  Dreams 1990

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 Feb 2025

  I like that it is told by vignettes. Has a great range of tones.

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  The Elephant Man 1980

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Jun 2023

  One of the most emotionally powerful films, faces animate and real even through the flattening black-and-white. Human expression even through the grotesque features. Sad in all the right ways.

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  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Jul 2024

  One of my personal favorites, darkly funny and absurdist. A warning about technology and the errors that can be made by perfect machines, the dangerous of seeing the world as an abstraction. Two of the most fascinating characters in all film.

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