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L.A. Confidential 1997
Read the book then rewatched the movie and this has gotta be the ultimate example of an adaptation discarding massive amounts of the source material (ya gotta, it’s a dense book) but keeping the heart and spirit of it and managing to make something just as good
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The Lady Eve 1941
Preston Sturges to himself upon meeting Henry Fonda: “I will make this handsome man fall down over and over and over again”
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Saturday Night Fever 1977
I love that this was Gene Siskel's favorite movie and he was obsessed with it because it was about the fun exciting youth he wished he'd when it's really a pretty bleak movie about realizing all your friends are pieces of shit and sometimes they die and you need to get out of your hometown
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After Yang 2021
A lovely, deeply moving film where in one scene Colin Farrell does a Werner Herzog impression
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Drive My Car 2021
I know there’s way more important stuff here but I have to point out that the 2-door red Saab is one of the best movie cars I’ve ever seen. Just a truly excellent car. Lots of character.
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The Matrix Resurrections 2021
I never would’ve guessed this was exactly what I wanted from a new Matrix movie in 2021 but wow I guess it is