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From Elsewhere… Top 10 Banned Films of the 20th Century

April 17, 2008 by

#03 – THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST “I am here to set fire to the world!” Martin Scorsese directed this adaption of Nikos Kazantzakis’ controversial 1953 novel that is notable for the scandal it caused as well as for its bizarre casting that included Willem Dafoe as Jesus, Barbara Hershey as Mary Magdalene,...

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Magnolia, 1999

April 16, 2008 by

Paul Thomas Anderson was allowed to make Magnolia only after the commercial success of his previous film: Boogie Nights.  Anderson was given free reign, or as close to it as a Hollywood studio would ever get, to complete his project which is deeply spiritual and explores the lives of people in nine different, but...

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Conspiracy, 2001

April 14, 2008 by

Conspiracy is so accurate and realistic, forcing the viewer to see by proxy a real meeting held by Nazi Germany’s administrators to plan The Holocaust that it actually leaves the viewer quite literally on the verge of nausea.  It is a horribly sad, but true tale, based upon the one surviving copy of the...

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From Elsewhere… The Art of the Title Sequence

April 14, 2008 by

The Art of the Title Sequence Incredible website dedicated to cataloging and evaluation the title sequences used in films.  Absolutely astonishing in its precision and in bringing to light an element of the cinematic medium not often noticed by, or paid attention to, by viewers or critics.

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Strange Days, 1995

April 12, 2008 by

With its story and its screenplay written by none-other-than James Cameron, Strange Days is director Kathryn Bigelow (K19: The Widowmaker) vision of a beautiful dystopian Los Angeles on the precipice of the turn of the millennium where violence is everywhere, the police are out in force like something in Bosnia or Northern Ireland with...

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