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Dr. Strangelove (1964, Stanley Kubrick)
Not much left to say about Dr. Strangelove, since I’ve nearly memorized it by now. Groovy font on the titles. George C. Scott is actually better than Peter Sellers in this movie.
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30 Rock seasons 1 & 2 So apparently I like sitcoms now. Katy and I enjoyed this a lot. I don’t want to talk about TV shows (“remember that one episode?”), so instead I looked up the credits....
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The Killing (1956, Stanley Kubrick)
Perfect movie about the perfect crime. Johnny is Sterling Hayden (not a very “Johnny”-looking actor, but this was his second Johnny after Johnny Guitar), perfect-crime-planner, with a demeanor nearly...
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Room 237 (2012, Rodney Ascher)
I can’t believe people took this movie as serious criticism of The Shining and complained about its arguments instead of reveling in Ascher’s technique. He wastes no time showing us the Shining...
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick)
Thinking about this movie again thanks to Room 237. It’s nice to sit down with a “proper film” like Wolf of Wall Street, an austere classic like Winter Light, an idiosyncratic puzzle like Upstream...
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Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
This is France, but we’re not bothering with subtitles or even accents, because those hadn’t been invented yet in the 1950’s. WWI, fighting against Germany, with rightly celebrated tracking shots...
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