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Peter G. (247 KP) rated American History X (1998) in Movies

Jun 5, 2019  
American History X (1998)
American History X (1998)
1998 | Crime, Drama
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8.7 (46 Ratings)
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Powerful and poinient study of hate and racism with a redemptive role for Ed Norton who put himself through rigorous physical training to play the role of violent neo-nazi Derek Vinyard.
Norton plays the role with quite a frightening realism and tone and his journey to redemption is a very rough readjustment.
His brother who idolises him cannot quite understand the transition..still a very relevant movie today as it was in 1998.
  
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Sean Baker recommended Naked (1993) in Movies (curated)

 
Naked (1993)
Naked (1993)
1993 | Drama
8.7 (3 Ratings)
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"I love all of Mike Leigh’s films but this is the one that had a big impact on me. Like all of films above, it beautifully combines comedy and drama. It was also a stylistic departure for Leigh, who still held on to the British social-realism vibe but delivered it in a very cinematic and calculated way. Also should be seen for Katrin Cartlidge who had a very bright but tragically short career."

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Dominic Monaghan recommended Kes (1969) in Movies (curated)

 
Kes (1969)
Kes (1969)
1969 | Drama
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"What can I say about this movie? One of the more influential films of my childhood, it is a heartbreaking and hilarious tale of a poor young schoolboy who poaches a kestrel as a pet. He has nothing in his life apart from the relationship with his bird. The realism may be the best I’ve witnessed. The lead performance is perfect on every note. I dream of being in a movie this good."

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Tom Wolfe recommended Studs Lonigan in Books (curated)

 
Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan
James T. Farrell | 2014 | Biography, Humor & Comedy, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
(0 Ratings)
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"The life of every individual, sayeth the sage, runs along the line created by the intersection of two planes: personality and social setting. I can’t think of any American novelist who ever drew that line more brilliantly than James T. Farrell in this trilogy. If this be “plodding realism,” let every American novelist start plodding Studs-style, lest the American novel fall down in a heap and die, as it now seems wont to do."

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