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An error has ocurred. Please try againBut seeing as Kubrick still had 36 years to live and watch movies after making the list, it naturally provides something less than the final word on his preferences. Wrigley quotes Kubrick confidant Jan Harlan as saying that “Stanley would have seriously revised this 1963 list in later years, though Wild Strawberries, Citizen Kane and City Lights would remain, but he liked Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V much better than the old and old-fashioned Olivier version.” He also quotes Kubrick himself as calling Max Ophuls the “highest of all” and “possessed of every possible quality,” calling Elia Kazan “without question the best director we have in America,” and praising heartily David Lean, Vittorio de Sica, and François Truffaut. This all comes in handy for true cinephiles, who can never find satisfaction watching only the filmmakers they admire; they must also watch the filmmakers the filmmakers they admire admire.
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Flowers (2016)
S02 is great
That's it!
I've been using this website for years and years, and this is the first time I review a TV show- but I had to say that s02 is great and it transcends the show. Just in case you needed a different perspective/opinion.
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Maybe a comedy, definitely not about peace in the middle east
Elia continues his brand of cinematic stream of consciousness. This one is an extremely subtle film that's hiding under obvious comedic veil.
I don't have many words to express how good this actually is, and I don't feel an urge to discuss my explanation of some of the scenes because that would be a waste of time.
It's a very "meta" film, from a true voyeur in an image-obsessed world. Homage from Elia to himself, Jacques Tati, and imperfect symmetry. Imperfect symmetry has been the visual key in a seemingly random collage of a story.
Oh, and people are absolutely clueless. And Elia probably hates Twitter and notifications.
The soundtrack is amazing as usual, but the editing is something else; unbelievably good.
Thanks Elia of Nazareth, with all the conclusions a word might have.