The original Andromeda Strain
Movie/film suggestions.
While this is of course a forum for the discussion of all things audio/hi-fi and music, pretty much all of us are also lovers of movies, the enjoyment of which is effected by the reproduction of the sound they contain (with the exception of silent movies 
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I've been focused on David Lynch movies since his death, but with current events so much a part of our lives at the moment, I plan on re-watching a movie I’ve seen only once, and years ago. That movie is:
The Madness Of King George. Apropos, no?
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If you want a movie that's visually stunning check out "Days of Heaven" directed by Terence Malick and shot by Nestor Almendros, who won the Oscar for cinematography. It stars Richard Gere in one of his earliest film roles, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, and a young actress named Linda Manz. The dialogue is very sparse and Manz does a great voiceover narration which was reportedly unscripted. The story takes mostly takes place on a farm in the Texas Panhandle and the farm scenes are gorgeously shot. |
After a promising start Linda Manz pretty much dropped out of acting. Another one of hers to catch is Dennis Hopper’s "Out of the Blue"(1980). It’s full of improvised dialog, raw and ponderous, but not far off from Hopper’s Easy Rider in mood. Feels like Hopper was drawing a painfully sharp dividing line between between ’70s and ’80s culture and film making. |
Sunshine Cleaning, maybe? If so, +1 @slaw . Besides dramas that are about everyday people in everyday scenarios that turn sideways on them (such as A Map Of The World with Sigourney Weaver), I seem to gravitate to dark movies with non gratuitous violence, and if based on factual events--all the better. In no particular order, I immensely enjoyed Phil Spector, Donnie Brasco (I thought this was Al Pacino's best acting), Wonderland, Black Mass, The Departed, No Country For Old Men (I particularly thought that was a great one!), The Counselor, Gone Baby Gone. Breaking away from the dark side, I really enjoyed Rushmore, and I can watch that one over again and find some facet I missed before and enjoy it almost as much as the first time I watched it.
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. . . Michael Clayton kept my attention, House Of Sand And Fog was good enough that I watched it a second time after a year or two, and American Pastoral was another that kept my attention. And speaking of Al Pacino (which I did last post), although I don't like them as much as Phil Spector or Donnie Brasco, I did enjoy Scent Of A Woman and Paterno. |
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