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- Getting it out of the way
- by shepster
- in inthemoodforblog.blog.co.uk
- 139 days old
- Ok, I have Son of Rambow to talk about, but I want that on last, so I'll get rid of this backlog and then do that separately. I saw "the dirtiest American movie" Baby Doll and I can't see the fuss the way I can for films like Peyton Place or Anatomy of a Murder for their themes and content, this is a guy wanting to sleep with another... more
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- A quartet of completion (well, nearly...)
- by shepster
- in inthemoodforblog.blog.co.uk
- 150 days old
- All these 4 films I'm going to talk about today involved nominated performances (for Oscars, Baftas and Césars) and three of the four complete best actress lineups for me (the only one which doesn't being Stanwyck, who's the 4th nominee I've seen in her year). Now while awards and nominations are no indication of quality at all (just... more
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- Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder
- by IronicFilmReference
- in films.blog.co.uk
- 165 days old
- Using the same style as, but far superior to Sunset Boulevard i found Double Indemnity to be feckin fantastic. Impeccably shot with a score to match the story of an insurance scam gone awry doesn't run out of steam and somehow manages to retain tension throughout despite showing us the end in the film's opening. The narration may be a bit of a... more
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- Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Billy Wilder
- by IronicFilmReference
- in films.blog.co.uk
- 176 days old
- Sunset Boulevard really doesn't put a foot wrong. In much the same way as Citizen Kane and Casablanca this is a film of startling technical and artistic proficiency - you can see that every single shot and bar of music has been meticulously planned down to the very last detail, and by golly it works! The camera movements, sly as they may be... more
