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Austin Garrick recommended Thief (1981) in Movies (curated)

Thief (1981)

1981 | Action, Drama, Mystery

(0 Ratings)

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"Two films from the same year, each the start of my favorite run of movies from its director. Brian De Palma is my favorite director of all time, in the sense that I get more “if I was making films, I’d want them to look and feel like this” moments watching his movies than anyone else’s. For me, it’s with Dressed to Kill and then Blow Out that De Palma really homed in on the look, feel, and all-around aesthetic that I love from him and it’s something he brought with him to his next two films, Scarface and Body Double (which, along with Carlito’s Way, round out my favorites of his career to date). I love Thief for being Michael Mann’s incredible feature film debut as well as a blueprint of sorts for a number of films that came after it. It’s the first of my three favorites from him, rounded out by his next two films, the often panned but visually amazing The Keep (again with a great Tangerine Dream score) and Manhunter."

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Austin Garrick recommended Blow Out (1981) in Movies (curated)

Blow Out (1981)

1981 | Mystery

7.3

(3 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"Two films from the same year, each the start of my favorite run of movies from its director. Brian De Palma is my favorite director of all time, in the sense that I get more “if I was making films, I’d want them to look and feel like this” moments watching his movies than anyone else’s. For me, it’s with Dressed to Kill and then Blow Out that De Palma really homed in on the look, feel, and all-around aesthetic that I love from him and it’s something he brought with him to his next two films, Scarface and Body Double (which, along with Carlito’s Way, round out my favorites of his career to date). I love Thief for being Michael Mann’s incredible feature film debut as well as a blueprint of sorts for a number of films that came after it. It’s the first of my three favorites from him, rounded out by his next two films, the often panned but visually amazing The Keep (again with a great Tangerine Dream score) and Manhunter."

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P J Rees (1 KP) created a post

Jun 27, 2017

Transformers Films from Michael Bay, is it time for them to End?
Should a film based around the original 1980s toys, now become a reality?

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Dean (6925 KP) Jun 28, 2017

The current film has elements similar to the 86 animated film and mentions Unicron. I like the action and Sfx but the first 2 were the best ones for me.

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P J Rees (1 KP) Jun 29, 2017

I was forced /paid to watch it tonight, even after I swore to never watch one of his films again.
I really find nothing but contempt watching any of them since No 2. They make me angry and upset at the Sheer lack of quality in anything but the Visual Effects. Exposition, script issue's, character portrayal all of it is just awful. Yet again also it felt like an hour overlong.

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