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Jon Hamm recommended Arcadia in Books (curated)

 
Arcadia
Arcadia
Iain Pears | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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"I love reading plays. Part of the reason I became an actor was that I would read one and think, 'Ah, it’d be fun to be in that.' Arcadia is about the discovery of certain theories of physics and math, but it’s also a love story — a sad love story — infused with ideas of early feminism and the Industrial Revolution. The action bounces back and forth between the early 1800s and modern times stylistically and smoothly. And the words are just beautiful. Stoppard has an amazing command of the English language. He moves the plot along in such a way that if you’re not paying close attention, you won’t catch the five or six things that are going on. This is probably my favorite play — it’s got this weird combination of excellent dramatic writing and math and science. It sounds kind of nerdy, but there you go."

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) in Movies

Dec 13, 2020  
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965)
1965 | Classics, Drama, Horror
7
7.0 (2 Ratings)
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The Tomb of Ligeia- is anethor Roger Corman, Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe Collab.

The plot: Verden Fell (Vincent Price) is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion (Elizabeth Shepherd), Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.

Corman later gave Martin Scorsese permission to use a clip from the film in Mean Streets.

Roger Corman later said he thought the film was "one of the best Poe pictures and Vincent's performance in the film was very good. It was simply a matter of age."

Its a really good movie.
  
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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated All the President's Men (1976) in Movies

Aug 30, 2020 (Updated Aug 30, 2020)  
All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
1976 | Classics, Drama, History
10
8.8 (13 Ratings)
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I'm always interested in historical movies, which is what drew me to this film in the first place. In addition to the fact that it stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in arguably some of the best performance for either.

All the President's Men has been listed as one of the most historically accurate films ever made. It explains, from the young reporters point of view, the discovery of exactly what took place at the Watergate that caused the downfall of a president.

While the movie was sometimes slow, as it was data filled, I never found myself bored or wishing it would get along. Everything that happened during the slow periods were very relevant and needed in order to tell the story.

A wonderful representation of what historical drama should and can be, I highly recommend anyone with even a slight interest in American history to give this a watch.