1001 Movies are history. I've watched them and spent time with them all, by writing about them. Now...the real challenge begins. I continue watching. I continue rating. I continue building my own list of 1000 films (because who needs that extra 1?)
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Sins of Omission - Entry #94: ZODIAC (2007)
Running Time: 157 minutes Directed By: David Fincher Written By: James Vanderbilt, based on the book by Robert Graysmith Main Cast : Jake...
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Running Time: 200 minutes Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola Written By: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, from novel by Mario Puzo M... -
Running Time: 118 minutes Directed By: Sam Peckinpah Written By: David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah, from the novel The Siege of Tren... -
Running Time: 155 minutes Directed By: Paul Thomas Anderson Written By: Paul Thomas Anderson Main Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds...
Groan.
ReplyDeleteSorry.. personal prejudice coming out.
Whilst I recognise the importance of Spielerg and the like.. I'm afraid he has become to me the representative of where film industry has got lost.
Yes, he makes hugely popular films, yes they are big and perhaos entertaining... but...
Sorry, even when he goes for something serious like the Hollocaust.. or slavery.. or racial tensions .. or the horror of war, I just see the gloss, the sugar, the sentimental manipulation, the simplification into black v white and the endless parade of super cute kids that.. well, I end up reacting the other way and cheer on the dinosaurs.
Sorry, rant over!
Ray
I'm not the biggest Spielberg fan either, but he is popular and thus, much like his own movies get promoted to death, I decided to promote the fact that I'm getting ready to tackle his movies.
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