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  7th Heaven 1927

  ★★★ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  Watching every best picture nominee

  Finishing up with the three nominees of the first Academy Awards with the first film to take obtain the most nominations and take home the most awards (tied with Sunrise). I don't have much to say other than "it's cute". Better silent films certainly existed including the actual BP winner but as an early romance it's fairly enjoyable. I find myself not entirely invested with the story of this one despite finding parts of the…

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  The Racket 1928

  ★★½ Watched 05 Jul 2024

  Just logging this now after forgetting to when I first saw it so my thoughts on it are going to be hazy but either way this film is pretty unremarkable. Of the three best picture nominees of the first Oscars this one felt the longest despite actually being the shortest. As an early gangster film it is interesting but certainly pales in comparison to what we'll see in the 30s and beyond. Don't feel too much about this other than I was very bored throughout. Very dull but inoffensive.

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  Perfect Blue 1997

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Jul 2023

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  The Great Silence 1968

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Dec 2022

  Admittedly I've seen very few westerns, but I am familiar with the general conventions and mythos that permeates classic American westerns and in contrast the grittier spaghetti westerns that challenge the conventions of said classics The Great Silence is another one of those films which challenges the traditional themes and standards of the American western while also separating itself from its Italian peers by going against some of their own established conventions. Being set in the winter offers a stark…