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Do You Like Movies? October 26, 2011. I should say up front that there may be spoilers for The Exorcist. 8220;How do you go about getting an exorcism? Based on a novel by William Peter Blatty. Has become one of the most celebrated horror films of all time, and one of very few films of the genre to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Is a profoundly horrifying, yet quietly disturbing film. Friedkin – presumably buoyed from the success of his previous film,. Once Regan is possessed by the ...
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Synecdoche, New York | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? November 21, 2011. Synecdoche, New York. 8220;When your wait is over this room will still exist and it will continue to hold shoes and dresses and boxes and maybe someday another waiting person. And maybe not. The room doesn’t care either.”. As eloquent as it is befuddling, Charlie Kaufman’s. Synecdoche, New York. Synecdoche, New York. At one point in the film, Caden says to his actors:. This heavyhearted speech perfectly sums up. Synecdoche, New York:. Next post →. My fav from MI (an...
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Top 50 | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? 1 The Red Shoes. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948). Akira Kurosawa, 1950). Hayao Miyazaki, 2001). Billy Wilder, 1950). 5 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Michel Gondry, 2004). Martin Scorsese, 1980). Roman Polanski, 1965). 8 Singin’ In The Rain. Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952). Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979). 10 In The Mood For Love. Wong Kar-Wai, 2000). Alfred Hitchcock, 1958). 12 There Will Be Blood. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007). 13 Belle De Jour. Luis Buñuel, 1967).
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Suspiria | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? October 27, 2011. I should say up front that there may be spoilers for Suspiria. 8220;Susie, do you know anything about… witches? With its garish, lurid colour palette, distractingly prominent soundtrack and miniscule plotting, Dario Argento’s. Could have quite easily been a catastrophe. Nothing as bold this had ever really been done within the film world, at least outside of the art-houses and within the horror genre. So it came as something of a surprise when. Argento’s use of music...
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Halloween | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? October 31, 2011. I should say up front that there may be spoilers for Halloween. 8220;It’s Halloween, everyone’s entitled to one good scare”. There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie. For instance, number one: you can never have sex. Number two: you can never drink or do drugs. And number three: never, ever, ever under any circumstances say I’ll be right back. Because you won’t be. These are the so-called rules from Wes Craven’s.
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An American in Paris | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? November 26, 2011. An American in Paris. 8220;Back home everyone said I didn’t have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here but it sounds better in French”. Vincente Minnelli’s 1951 musical. An American is Paris. Is widely regarded as a high point of Gene Kelly’s illustrious career, one that includes such great films as. Les Demoiselles de Rochefort. Singin’ in the Rain. An American in Paris. An American in Paris. An American in Paris. And the notion of romance is pe...
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About/Contact | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? I’m Matt, the writer behind OvercastFilm. Nice to meet you. This, sadly, isn't a picture of me. I started OvercastFilm in January 2011 and since then it has been through many incarnations, finally settling at what you see right now. Every week, there should – barring a flagrant lack of effort on my part – be an extended review or essay on a certain aspect of the film world. There may also be an occasional short review of a film, but only if I have very little time to write it. If you ...
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Wings of Desire | OvercastFilm
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Do You Like Movies? November 14, 2011. Wim Wenders’ 1987 masterpiece,. Is, almost certainly, one of the most thought provoking and poignant films ever committed to celluloid. Following Damiel, an angel observing life in pre-reunification Berlin, as he wanders the streets of the city listening to its citizens’ innermost thoughts,. Is a hugely reflective piece of work. Damiel’s decision to abdicate his supernatural powers to live as a human is one born from love, but one influenced by a painful inability t...
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