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Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3: Volume 3
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This third volume of the successful Directory of World Cinema series to focus on American...
Taika Waititi recommended The Graduate (1967) in Movies (curated)
Andy K (10821 KP) rated The Beguiled (2017) in Movies
Nov 19, 2017 (Updated Nov 19, 2017)
Colin Farrell (2 more)
Bad lighting for interior scenes
All emotion was drained
Really wanted to love it
Tonight I watch both versions back-to-back as the original Eastwood version is one of my favorite of his films. This new version removes any emotion form most of the characters and situations and leaves us nothing to replace it. I don't mind if the movie is told from the "female" point of view, whatever that means, but the screenplay for this story still has to be interesting, emotional and intense and this has none. The actors (except Colin Farrell who is awful in everything) do the best with the material they are given; however, this more "sterilized" version of the story doesn't hold a candle to the original. I generally think Sofia Coppola is overrated as a director and would never have gone anywhere in Hollywood without her last name.
Richard Curtis recommended Lost In Translation (2003) in Movies (curated)
The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped off Hollywood and Shocked the World
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Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma...
John Cho recommended Lost In Translation (2003) in Movies (curated)
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The Film Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to Film and the Film Industry
Ephraim Katz and Ronald Dean Nolen
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Regarded as the undisputed Bible of the movie industry, Ephraim Katz's "The Film Encyclopedia" is...