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Open City (1945)
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Cinema Still Loves Nazis
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"Upset that the Third Reich doesn’t appear in either this summer’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or Hellboy II: The Golden Army? Of course you are. Nazis have featured in many great Hollywood films, from C "
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A very great movie
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"Tells the story of an unsuccessful uprising against the Nazis in Rome. One of the movie's very great achievements is to show, in its closing moments, in a completely unforced way, how, although the resistance movement is crushed, yet there still remains an objective reason for hope, thereby avoiding defeatism and despair (another brilliant movie which accomplishes the same is "The Organizer"). A moving, devastating, uplifting film. "
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Damaged Goods: Prey for Rock an ...
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"There's a lot to like about Prey for Rock and Roll and a lot to set your teeth on edge. I guess I could never completely pan a film featuring out-and-proud dykes in an all-woman punk band called Clamdandy.That's one of the reasons why I feel conflicted reviewing queer-themed films. When I start to shift into critical mode, another part of me says, "Remember how it used to be? Remember when movies like this were unimaginable? When film lesbians were cartoony and used for a cheap laugh? Remember Open City and Notorious?"I'm thrilled that a movie like Prey for Rock and Roll comes along with a reasonably intelligent (though overly glib) script and positive role models. It never hints that Jacki or the other band members need men to fix or complete them, quite the reverse in fact. It doesn't shrink from exposing our heroines at less than flattering moments. Yet there seems to be some ambivalence, a discrepancy between the film's ideology and its plot. For all its enlightenment it still ... "
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