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The Color Purple 1985
Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of the famed Alice Walker novel—about the journey a poor black woman, Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), takes to find self-respect and overcome domestic abuse, racism, and sexism, in rural Georgia in the early 20th century—pries tears from me each time I see it.
Upon its theatrical release, folks criticized Spielberg’s effusive, visually dynamic (even romanticized) take—as though a sometimes corny, heart-on-the-sleeve approach softened the more sobering aspects of the novel. Knives were out for Spielberg...
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Days of Heaven 1978
The Criterion Collection has released Days of Heaven (1978; dir. Terrence Malick) in 4K as part of a 4K UHD/Blu-ray set; and I’m still not sure it’s the classic so many others deem it as.
But Lord, it's a sight to behold. The cinematography by Nestor Almendros and Haskell Wexler is breathtaking.
Malick tells a simple story about Midwest laborers in the mid-1910s. On the lam after killing his boss at a steel mill, Bill (Richard Gere), his lover Abby…
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