Category Archives: 1001 Movies
1001 Movies: The Official Story
This week’s pick for the 1001 Movies You Must See Club was 1985′s The Official Story. I had actually never heard of this movie before, which is weird because it won a bunch of awards, including the Academy Award for … Continue reading
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1001 Movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey
This week for the 1001 Movies You Must See Club, we watched 2001. I’ve written about this movie quite a bit, so I’m just going to rehash an article I wrote for an old blog about classical music in film. … Continue reading
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1001 Movies: Mutiny on the Bounty
I’ve seen this movie before. That’s always a weird feeling (I think the correct term is “uncanny”) because when I first put Mutiny on the Bounty on I was sure it would be my first time with this story. It’s … Continue reading
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1001 Movies: The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin’s film The Gold Rush is not only one of my favorite Chaplin films and my favorite silent films, it’s one of my favorite films of all times. After I watched the 1945 dubbed version yesterday (laughing out loud … Continue reading
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1001 Movies: Se7en
I find this movie to be one of the most profoundly disturbing horror films out there. And I’ve seen a lot of terrible images. From the opening credits, Se7en succeeds in creating an eerie, unnatural visual motif that continues to … Continue reading
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1001 Movies: Naked Lunch
I wrote this for the 1001 Movies you Must See Club. I think I was predisposed to like Naked Lunch more than most people. I love David Cronenberg, I’m fascinated by explicitly sexual experimental imagery, and I have an annoying … Continue reading
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