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Shock Corridor (1963)
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"Have you ever watched a movie that you liked so much that it actually pisses you off that you waited soooo long to watch it? Is there a special word for that? I just finished watching Samuel Fuller's Shock Corrider and I have that feeling. This movie has been bouncing around my netflix queue for the better part of a year now and I finally sat down to watch it tonight. I had a similar feeling after watching 8 1/2 for the first time. Damn it, what the hell else have I been missing? "
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The early stuff is just as good
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"I saw this on Netflix on demand thing. Whatever they're calling it. I'm becoming quite a fan of the service although it only works on a tricked out pc. It's pretty cool to have all this stuff at your disposal and although the selection is still slim, there are gems like this: early Sam Fuller. If you are not a fan of Sam Fuller, you probably haven't seen enough Sam Fuller. This is from a great Criterion Collection of his early films and it has all the tight structure and controversy of Shock Corridor or Pickup on South Street. If you've never seen a Sam Fuller film, think Quentin Tarantino, but in the 50's. That's doing Fuller a great injustice, but I think fans of the one should become fans of the other. I've always found Fuller's films to be well written. That is mainly why I am drawn to them. He reminds me of Clifford Odets. Fuller should be ranked with John Houston and he's better than Peckinpah at a lot of things. Check out everything yo ... "
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