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Down by Law (1986)
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"This is the fourth feature length film I've seen by director Aki Kaurismäki. I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. Ariel I fell in love with the first Kaurismäki film I ever saw, The Man Without A Past. My experience so far has been that Kaurismäki's distinctive style is largely consistent between films. So I believe that if you see one and love it, you'll probably love the rest of them. I'm not really sure what the title of this film means, but the plot is similar with the other films I've seen in that a main character goes through some significant life changing event but doesn't react emotionally. In fact, no one gets over emotional in these films. T "
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"This is the first in what will be a series of posts examining the artistic life cycles of Oscar winners who failed to find continued mainstream success after taking home the statuette. If you have suggestions for stars or filmmakers that you’d like to see profiled, let us know in the comments. Roberto Benigni swang from general obscurity in the United States to media darling following his Academy Award for Life Is Beautiful. But what’s happened to him since? He was only the second filmmaker since Sir Laurence Olivier to direct himself in an Oscar-winning performance. That’s a long way to go for someone who had only been seen here in Blake Edwards’ terrible Son of the Pink Panther and as a sex-obsessed cabbie in Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth. While we love the underdog success story, we also love the fall from grace, and we’re in search of the crater that Benigni must have left somewhere. Benigni "
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"Das Fidele Gefängnis (The Merry Jail) This was on the Criterion Collection release of Trouble in Paradise that I rented. It's an earlier silent film that Lubitsch made in Germany, and I actually preferred it to the primary movie on disc! Here we also see Lubitsch the actor as well as a wonderful comedic part from the legendary Emil Jannings as a drunk jailer. I found it to just be a lot more fun and goofy than the other film which seems to be trying for some kind of sophisticated comedy that was a bit more difficult for me to enjoy. You also get a glimpse of some jail cell wall graffiti that rivals some of what you see in Down By Law. I'm mesmerized by jail cell wall graffiti. Anyone know of any other places to see some? Rating: 8/10 "
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