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Favorite films

  • L'Avventura
  • La Dolce Vita
  • Chinatown
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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  • Thirst

    ★★★½

  • The Wizard of Oz

    ★★★★

  • Sunset Boulevard

    ★★★★★

  • Blue Hawaii

    ★★★★

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Thirst

1949

★★★½ Watched

These early Bergman films are interesting to watch as it feels like he is still fleshing out his craft, which ultimately lead up to masterpieces about 15 years later. The narrative in this one is a bit jumbled but there are smatterings of Bergman’s future genius throughout to make it interesting. For me, Summer Interlude was the movie that shifted to cohesive, complex characters in his films - I imagine a lot of this came with his own maturity in aging / life experiences.

The Wizard of Oz

1939

★★★★ Watched

It’s weird to think I hadn’t watched this in over a decade as I watched it on tv as a kid all the time in the 80s. I will always prefer the more disturbing Return to Oz but one can’t deny that this is a peak MGM musical (probably third to Singin’ in the Rain and Meet Me In St. Louis). 

The 4K version is stunning, especially the transition from sepia-tone to Technicolor.

In the TCM introduction it was interesting…

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The Pride and the ion

1957

★★ Watched

There are probably movies that have been more miscast than putting Frank Sinatra in a Napoleon era film…but not many.

Sunset Boulevard

1950

★★★★★ Watched

Sorry, but this should have won best picture over All About Eve and probably should have swept the acting categories. Easily in the top 15 films ever made list for me.

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