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An Errol Morris Documentary, brilliant, on the enigmatic Donald Rumsfeld, and the fiasco of the Iraqi War under George Bush. Memorable scenes include the one toward the end where the soundproofed telephone box opens onto a sea of rhetoric...
If you like documentaries, and you have a passing familiarity or interest in the history of the Iraq war, this might be for you.
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Horror, after Lovecraft...
Watched this tonight and kinda enjoyed it - Mainstream, John Carpenter, but there are some intriguing ideas around authorship and God, and it's open to a few sideways interpretations.
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Watched with daughter, have seen before, still holds up rather well, although the daughter found herself wishing she went to that high school - evocative of simpler times...
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It's been a long time since I've been this emotionally invested in a film. I remember this - the fall of the Berlin Wall (working and annoyed I hadn't saved enough to fly over and be there), living in Prague which still - although "free" - definitely captured the tone of this film. About a Stasi agent who, in 1980's East Berlin, develops feelings for a couple that he's supposed to be spying upon and incriminating.
I know these people - all of them, and they are infinitely more relatable than anything Hollywood can offer you, more depth, and not to say deep, just more - human.
German with English subtitles. A beautiful film.