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| bart |
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Syd and Shannon -- thanks for linking me to your Stay reviews. Billy and Marc, thanks for comments. The results have been tabulated, and are shown in order of descending age:
1 -- not uninteresting, which is not the same as interesting
1 -- an interesting failure
1 -- interesting
1 -- bad
I have a fascinating graph for this, too. The graph shows that critical faculties decline with age, then rebound late in life.
I'm going to see it, in order to add data points. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:51 am |
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lshap wrote: Joe Vitus wrote: lshap wrote: Coppola kicked everyone's ass during that magical 70's decade.
Not Altman's. Nashville is the greatest movie of the 70's.
Nashville was a brilliant story quilt of overlapping threads.
The Godfather l and ll were gorgeously filmed operas.
Comparing the two directors on the basis of single films is impossible; their styles are so radically different. But I'd still give the nod to Coppola based on body of work: American Graffiti, The Conversation, The Godfather, Godfather ll, Apocalypse Now. I mean - holy shit! |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:52 am |
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Best film of the Seventies?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Runner-up:
Annie Hall |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:41 pm |
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Best film of the Seventies:
The Godfather
Runner-ups
Smile
All the President's Men
Nashville
Night Moves
Over-Rated
The Godfather Part 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Apocalypse Now |
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| chillywilly |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:02 pm |
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| Hard to top the #1 movie. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:15 pm |
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chillywilly wrote: Hard to top the #1 movie. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:37 pm |
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| Avvy looks great, billy! |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:39 pm |
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ehle64 wrote: Avvy looks great, billy!
Yeah, it's definitely a winner! |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:55 pm |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:03 am |
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| Thanks, everyone. I like it a lot, too. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:56 am |
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| Actually, I don't like billy's avatar. The frame and font overwhelm the picture of billy. I suggest a simple border, no "billyweeds" and just the picture. Simple and elegant. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:19 am |
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| TMC showed Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957), a comedy about death, and a critique of religion. It is one of Bergman's best, and is a landmark in what is now called "art cinema". It hasn't aged a bit. I enjoyed it a lot more now than I did when I first saw it. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:05 am |
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| Cool, ghulam. I can only imagine that age plays a significant part in the way you react to The Seventh Seal. I saw it in my 20s and think it's time for a re-view. It's not my favorite Bergman, though. Not by several. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:43 am |
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Marc wrote: Actually, I don't like billy's avatar. The frame and font overwhelm the picture of billy. I suggest a simple border, no "billyweeds" and just the picture. Simple and elegant.
I agree. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:48 am |
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Ghulam wrote: TMC showed Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957), a comedy about death, and a critique of religion. It is one of Bergman's best, and is a landmark in what is now called "art cinema". It hasn't aged a bit. I enjoyed it a lot more now than I did when I first saw it. |
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