Martin Scorsese’s rise and fall formula at its best with this iconic, exciting and gripping tale of greed. Meticulously crafted to suck the audience into the madness and fun of the unbelievable true story, the viewer is left craving more of the degeneracy they would otherwise discount as deplorable. Scorsese’s music choice is spot on as always, but not overbearing, with moments left for atmosphere and emotion. If there was a real winner of this masterclass of a film however,…
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The Big Country 1958
An ethereal visual experience and an optimistic study of human character, disguised as an action packed western. This movie is criminally underrated not just among the genre but the world of cinema as a whole. Multiple frames would comfortably hang in a fine art gallery and as if this, along with arguably the best western soundtrack ever, wasn’t enough - the core themes of masculinity, pacifism and freedom are handled expertly. Even 60 years later this movie provides a perfect…
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