I would like to meet the clearly drug affected men and women responsible for this abomination of a film, so that I could cause them considerable harm. Having long been a fan of the series, I still remember the day that this film was released, and my 13 year old self, full of excitement, bounding off to the local cinema to view the latest Bond film. Having anticipated this for quite some time, I couldn't wait to see Pierce saunter…
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Chinatown 1974
It's not in any way incidental that one of the finest periods in the history of cinema occurred in America between 1967 -1980. The moguls that ran Hollywood had failed to tap into the rapidly growing youth counter culture and continued to dish up old fashioned studio products that by 1966 were starting to bomb. However, the more astute of these executives (Such as Robert Evans) handed the keys to the kingdom to that very counter culture, giving young student…
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The Godfather Part II 1974
Due to the success of The Godfather, Paramount's calls for a sequel were soon put out to Coppola and to Puzo, with Coppola first declining the offer, feeling that The Godfather was a one off, the story arch concluding with the door being shut on Diane Keaton's deceived and discarded Kay in the final scene of the first film. Coppola certainly cannot be blamed for his reluctance at the prospect of constructing another Godfather film, as attempting to follow up…
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The Godfather 1972
America has long held the many dreams and ambitions of others, particularly those from foreign shores, who have long been enamoured by the potent mix of power, wealth, opulence, and freedom that mid 20th century America seemed to offer. This, tied with the nations own sense of fierce patriotism and the strong emphasis that it placed on the wholesomeness of the family unit, once worked to create a mythologizing of the land where one could come from any sphere of…
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