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Entries Tagged as 'Famous line'

Forget It Jake

August 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]

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Tags: Famous line · Father/daughter relationship · Femme fatale · Forensic evidence · Gangsters and hoodlums · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Paranoia · Prostitute

He Adored New York City

July 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments

In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]

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Tags: Drunk scene · Famous line · Midlife crisis · Museums and galleries · Music · No opening credits · Psychoanalysis · Unconventional romance

Time With One Cold-Blooded Bastard

July 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments

In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Coming of age · Drunk scene · Famous line · Grandfather/grandson relationship · Master and pupil · Shot In Texas · Small town · Western

Taking You Over Cell for Cell, Atom for Atom

July 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments

In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]

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Tags: Aliens · Based on novel · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Famous line · Forensic evidence · Paranoia · Psychoanalysis · Small town · Train