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"I recently saw Eraserhead, after months of waiting for it come back into stock on Amazon.com, and I loved it. It was, without a doubt, the strangest film I've ever seen, surpassing anything I've seen as of yet by far. I watched it with my sister, and she was actually disturbed for several days after watching it and I felt really bad...especially since I found it so amazing. Throughout the film, I kept thinking whether or not it was good that I saw the extremely similar Pi before I had seen Eraserhead. Pi is a very obvious tribute to this movie in more ways than one, and in more ways than the extremely obvious black and white (15mm?) film and the general surreal, bizarre tones. Both films are centered around a misfit, probably early 20s, disillusioned male in worlds and societies that neither of them can really even begin to understand. They both live in small, secluded inner-city apartments with very sexy neighbors that they are obviously very attracted to but are too scared t ... "
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"It’s a sad day for Mel Brooks fans. With us still mourning yesterday’s passing of Harvey Korman, who appears in a number of Brooks’ films, today Page Six reports that the Spaceballs director is “quietly shuttering” his film production company, Brooksfilms. In addition to Brooks’ directorial works from A History of the World: Part 1 through Dracula: Dead and Loving It, the company also made such films as The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road,
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"David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980) reminds of how a kind act can go a long way. Everyone knows some elephant man, someone who is mocked, scorned, disliked and needs someone to love him or her. The message of the film is simple: do unto others. It also displays the powers of love. Love is the best gift that a person can give another, and love is what makes the elephant man, John Hurt, feel alive and actually a human being. There is also a religious element to the film. The elephant man suffers the most atrocious beatings yet remains humble beyond any other. Instead of bitterness, the elephant man displays kindness and gentleness. He suffers scorn in a way similar to Jesus, and instead of revenge, they both become humble. Only through love is the elephant man saved, it not through anything that he does. This is a Christian idea and a Christian attitude. Dr. Frederick Treves, Anthony Hopkins, shows the elephant man this love. He struggles with the thought "
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"1. Raging Bull - , Raging Bull weaves brutality and beauty into heavily character driven story. In the early years of the blockbusters Raging Bull proved that important and personal filmmaking will always inspire others to create. 2. Manhattan - One of the greatest openings in film history. 3. Schindler's List - I love it, but I can't watch it very much. 4. The Elephant Man - One of David Lynch's most accessible films. John Hurt gives one of the great performances in film history. 5. Overlord - The fact that this film was made in 1975 is unbelievably amazing. It looks like it was shot during the war. They have seamlessly inter-cut real WWII footage with this film to make it sudo-documentary looking. Shot by John Alcott (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining), Overlord is one of the best looking WWII films I have seen. It's in my top 10 War films ever "
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