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"The films listed here are just suggestions to get you started. If there is a specific list of films to pick from it will be linked, otherwise you're free to pick ANY movie that fits the category. Any feedback is welcome and definitely feel free to give movie suggestions for each category for me to list here."
"Influenced by the French New Wave’s radical formal innovations, the ennui of Michelangelo Antonioni’s films, and the genre revisionism of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns, John Boorman set out to make a thriller that looked and felt like nothing else before it, using widescreen Panavision cinematography, explosive colors, and a multi-layered soundtrack to re-envision the noir picture as highbrow Euro-art film. Whereas noirs generally boast a shadowy, expressionistic interplay between ligh"
"8.5/10 Seen on VHS in the 80's. In hindsight, it appears like a stylized, sophisticated and bold "(Neo) Noir movie". An american production...with a british director. "
" Notes: This movie was actually barely seen when it was released but it has reached cult status through the years. To my surprise, I realised that 'Payback', a pretty good underrated Mel Gibson flick, was actually a remake of this movie which was something I actually didn't know before watching the damned thing. Anyway, above all, I was impressed by the directing. Indeed, especially during the first 20 minutes, the whole thing had a very strong surrealistic quality and it was quite mesmerizing "
" Notes: This movie was actually barely seen when it was released but it has reached cult status through the years. To my surprise, I realised that 'Payback', a pretty good underrated Mel Gibson flick, was actually a remake of this movie which was something I actually didn't know before watching the damned thing. Anyway, above all, I was impressed by the directing. Indeed, especially during the first 20 minutes, the whole thing had a very strong surrealistic quality and it was quite mesmerizing "
" 1967 Directed By John Boorman Starring Lee Marvin / Angie Dickinson / John Vernon Keenan Wynn / Carroll O'Connor / Loyd Bochner My Rating : 4.0 = Good "
" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"