Hamlet
- Pace ▶ Slow
- Overall Depth ▶ Deep or penetrating
- Moralistic ▶ Yes please
- Production Level ▶ Polished
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With: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Dash Mihok, Tim Blake Nelson, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, Larry Romano, John Savage, John Travolta, Thomas Jane, Miranda Otto, Nick Stahl
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Written by: Terrence Malick, based on the novel by James Jones
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Directed by: Terrence Malick
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MPAA Rating: R for realistic war violence and language
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Running Time: 170 minutes
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Release Date: 12/22/1998
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The Leopard (1963)
One of the most coveted and elusive of all home video releases, Luchino Visconti's The Leopard finally makes its monumental DVD debut in 2004, and it was worth the wait. Presented in a three-disc edition from the Criterion Collection, it's a major title that ranks with Criterion's spectacular Brazil set. read more...
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- Moralistic ▶ Yes please
- Production Level ▶ Polished
- Overall Depth ▶ Deep or penetrating
- Pace ▶ Slow
- Takes itself Seriously ▶ Yes please
- Originality ▶ Stories I know and love
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With: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon
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Written by: Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Fanciosa, Luchino Visconti, from the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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Directed by: Luchino Visconti
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MPAA Rating: NR
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Language: Italian with English subtitles
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Running Time: 185 minutes
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Release Date: 03/27/1963
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With: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Mary Kerridge, Pamela Brown, Paul Huson, Stewart Allen, Russell Thorndike, Wallace Bosco, Norman Fisher, Andrew Cruickshank, Clive Morton
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Written by: David Garrick, Colley Cibber, Laurence Olivier, based on a play by William Shakespeare
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Directed by: Laurence Olivier
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MPAA Rating: Not Rated
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Running Time: 161 minutes
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Release Date: 12/12/1955
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood is certainly impressive, but also a step back into the all-too conventional, and the least of his five films. It's based on Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!, which was published in 1927. Sinclair was more of a political writer than a creative writer; he apparently sent copies of some of his books to members of Congress. Because of this condescending, soapbox quality, his work has inevitably fallen out of fashion. Why dust off this creaky source material in 2007? Anderson undoubtedly found something resonant about it, which must invariably be political rather than personal. Perhaps he saw a connection between Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), scooping up all the oil in the Midwest and swindling anyone who gets in his way, and a lot of the suspicious oil activity that still goes on today. read more...
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- Optimistic ▶ No thanks
- Sympathetic ▶ Don't make me care
- Moralistic ▶ Yes please
- Production Level ▶ Polished
- Overall Depth ▶ Deep or penetrating
- Takes itself Seriously ▶ Yes please
- Originality ▶ Stories I know and love
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
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With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Dillon Freasier, Russell Harvard, Randall Carver
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Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson, based on a novel by Upton Sinclair
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Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
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MPAA Rating: R for some violence
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Running Time: 158 minutes
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Release Date: 09/26/2007
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Chinatown (1974)
If Chinatown were made today, it would open instead with Gittes in the act of taking the photos of the guilty couple. He would accidentally make a noise and be noticed. He would run away, jump in his car and tear down the streets of Los Angeles, followed by another car whose occupants would be firing guns at him. He would drive on the sidewalk, knocking over a fruit cart, and maybe taking out a fire hydrant, showering innocent passersby with a stream of water. This would all happen during the opening credits and would be done with shaky cameras and about 2000 cuts. read more...
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- Anxiety Level ▶ I like my stomach in knots
- Brainy ▶ Brainy or complex
- Optimistic ▶ No thanks
- Romantic Love ▶ Doomed
- Rules ▶ Rigid or strongly constrained
- Innocence ▶ Seasoned, Savvy, Streetwise
- Production Level ▶ Polished
- How Things Happen ▶ By cause and effect, mechanics, rules or facts
- Comfort Level ▶ Distressed, disturbed, unsettled or unresolved
- Overall Depth ▶ Deep or penetrating
- Pace ▶ Slow
- Takes itself Seriously ▶ Yes please
- Originality ▶ Stories I know and love
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With: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Burt Young, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Roman Polanski, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Mantell, Bruce Glover, Nandu Hinds, James O'Rear, James Hong, Belinda Palmer, Rance Howard
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Written by: Robert Towne
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Directed by: Roman Polanski
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MPAA Rating: R
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Running Time: 131 minutes
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Release Date: 06/20/1974
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