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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It encapsulates all that I love about the positive aspects of fiction narrative. It engages disparate aspects of human nature within a fully engaging story complemented by dramatic cinematography and a memorable score. It embraces the tropes of the western genre (while creating many of its own), but overcame those through a self-aware movie that does exactly what I think a movie should: engage the audience on multiple levels of thinking and emotion.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928
An extremely compelling movie. I had heard that the acting of the lead role (Renée Jeanne Falconetti) was very good, but all of the acting was impressive. Falconetti steals the show of course, but it is her show to steal, with a good deal of the movie focused merely on a zoomed in shot of her face. The dialogue is used well and sparsely (just as silent movies should be, in my opinion). One of the best parts of the…
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Tokyo Story 1953
Some movies connect with you emotionally because of an amazing visual experience or a memorably haunting score, they will take you on a journey to hell and back and you will feel fulfilled. Tokyo Story has a stationary framed camera shot for almost every scene of the film, little music (none at all in the most important scenes), it takes you on a short journey in Japan for a family visit in Tokyo, and perhaps most noticeable of all, it…
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