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Archive for April, 2005

City of God

Monday, April 11th, 2005

I’ve had City of God, or Cidade de Deus to give it it’s portuguese title, for well over a year and it’s only now that I have gotten round to watching it. I really shouldn’t have waited that long.
City of God is based on a true story about the lives of several residents of the […]

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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest stars Jack Nicholson as Randal McMurphy, a prisoner who is transfered from jail, to a mental institution. It’s not made clear if he is genuinely insane, or rather, and more likely, that he thinks that an insitution will be easier than having to work in prison.
McMurphy, or Mac, is […]

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Vertigo

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Since the previous pairing of Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart had not gone well in Rear Window, I was not certain how successful seeing another collaboration between them would be. Vertigo is deemed as Hitchcock’s masterpiece, but then again much praise is reaped upon Rear Window, and we know how that went…
Vertigo stars the aforementioned […]

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