In reply to Fly Fifer:
> (In reply to The Lemming)Eisenstein - as without Montage, film as we know it would be very linear indeed.
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"Eisenstein" is a ground-breaking film is it?
> Carol reeds 1949 film - the third man, defines film noir and is outstanding in the genre
How does The Third Man define "film noir"? I don't think it particularly follows any tropes of the film noir genre!
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> David lynch - surrealism, a movie analists sore head!
Which David Lynch film was actually ground-breaking?
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> A few post vietnam moves including, apocalpse now, platoon and a personal favorite, full metal jacket all challenge the madness of war.
If challenging the madness of war is the thing that is ground-breaking, there were many films made before the Vietnam war started, that do this. Hell, before the Second World War. See Lewis Milestone's "All Quite on the Western Front"
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> Junet - city of lost children and delicatessen shgoe galic flair
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> Kieœlowski- Three colours trilogy - observational
How were those films in any way ground-breaking?
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> IMHO the documentary is often overtlooked
Overlooked apart from having had its own category in the Oscars for quite some time, eh?
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> One day in September by Kevin McDonald, which won a well deserved oscar,
Oh!
Are you sure you're not just using this thread to show the world that you watch things other than superhero movies?
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