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8 1/2 (Criterion Collection) (1963)
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| Ok... You all know it, but it was one of my firsts. The parents talked of the Felinni-esque folk in Krogers at 2 in the morning and I just had to see what they meant. |
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Badlands (Criterion) (1973)
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| Much better than true romance... I bought this film out of a discount bin for super cheap. Malick's tedious composition and beautiful narrative style rocked my world. |
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Stardust Memories (1980)
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| Allen's 8 1/2. Deserves more attention. It's a fantastic little film. A doozy. |
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Barton Fink (1991)
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| One hell of a film... |
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Miller's Crossing (1990)
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| Yeah, I get 2 Coen Brothers... cause there's two of them. One of the best gangster movies ever. |
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Alphaville (Criterion Collection) (1965)
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| My first Godard. Double-billed rental with Elephant. It was a pivotal moment. |
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Nashville (1975)
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| Saw this one recently and asked... "where have you been all my life?" |
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Taxi Driver (1976)
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| Scorcese and Schrader tore me a new one. I stared mouth agape at the beautiful mess unfolding. |
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The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: The 400 Blows / Antoine and Colette (Criterion Collection) (1959)
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| We all wish we could say we had a childhood like this, but Antoine's will suffice. |
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Hiroshima Mon Amour (Criterion Collection) (1959)
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| lyricism at it's height. A mess of a film that eeks out a beautiful narrative. |
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The Shining (1980)
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| Painstaking, marvelous, insanity. |
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Down by Law (Criterion Collection) (1986)
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| I sat back and watched the film, stood up and smoked, but it didn't cure my hiccups. |
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The Thing (1982)
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| John Carpenter is a beautiful human being. |
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Rushmore (Criterion Collection) (1998)
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| One of my intros to film as something more... Line for Line, song by song, one of the most curiously charming films I've seen. |
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
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| The first film I bought on DVD. What the hell was I getting myself into? |
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Do the Right Thing (Criterion Collection) (1989)
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| Spike spoke at my school, but I felt he was restraining or growing more conservative in his old age. Social tension's conflicting ideals. |
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The Kingdom (Disc 1 of 2) (1994)
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| Lars von Trier does TV. Interesting... Whenever Udo Kier pops up (or out in this case) it's always a treat. |
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George Washington (Criterion Collection) (2000)
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| Ok... it's terrence malick, but it's also a great film. |
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The Decalogue (Disc 1 of 3) (1988)
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| Another great TV series from a master filmmaker... You ought to see this at some point, it's worth every second. |
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My Own Private Idaho (Criterion Collection) (1991)
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| I've still got some catching up to do... 3 years of cinephilia and I'm to this one and I loved it. |
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Branded to Kill (Criterion Collection) (1967)
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| Suzuki is a maniac. |
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The Qatsi Trilogy (Criterion) (Disc 1 of 3): Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance (1982)
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| Beautiful looking, beautiful sounding. |
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Decasia: The State of Decay (2002)
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| Beautiful sounding, visually confounding. |
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Straw Dogs (Criterion Collection) (1971)
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| Calm down... it'll be okay. |
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M (Criterion Collection) (Special Edition) (1931)
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| I can hardly imagine Peter Lorre any other way... one of the most sympathetic psychos of all time. |
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Casablanca (Special Edition) (1942)
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| Rick... I'm a child murderer... |
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Duck Soup (The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection) (1933)
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| It's a sad and beautiful world... and then there was the Marx Brothers. |