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26.  LA DOLCE VITA

 

  

27. RASHO-MON

  

28. TOUCH OF EVIL

  

29. 39 STEPS

  

30. CHINA-TOWN
 Federico Fellini, Italy, 1960  Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1950  Orson Welles, USA, 1958 Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1935 Roman Polanski, USA, 1974

journalist amidst

pointless decadent life style;

it's some sweet life.

rape and murder yield

four stories, believe which one?

what's objective truth?

bomb blast, culture clash,

manufacturing justice;

which one will prevail?

mister memory knows,

chase in london and scotland;

check little finger.

real water fights in

new film noir in farm valley;

who's the dad?
FLF3   KRA1   WLO4   DVD9   DVD29  
 

31. ANIMAL CRACKERS

 

 32 YOJIMBO 33. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 34. MODERN TIMES 35. BODY HEAT
Victor Heerman, USA, 1930  Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1961  David Lean, UK, 1962 Charles Chaplin, USA, 1936 Lawrence Kasdan, USA, 1981

madcap house party,

shoots elephant in pajamas;

hooray for spaulding.

body guard for whom

let warring sides self destruct;

leaves town as hero.

escape to desert;

much sand, confabs, fighting;

delusions of grandeur.

machine age effects,

entrapment by the system,

can they escape it?

hot florida plot

to get away with murder;

guess her final plan.
MRX4   KRKN   LND5   KTB2   RSKS?  
 

36. PATHER PANCHALI

 

 37 TAXI DRIVER 38. NORTH BY NORTHWEST 39. SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER 40. GRAPES OF WRATH
Satyajit Ray, India, 1955 Martin Scorsese, USA, 1976 Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1959 Francois Truffaut, France, 1960 John Ford,  USA, 1940

father leaves village,

mother nurtures family,

touching life stories.

avenging angel?

paranoid new york cabbie;

plenty of scum here.

wrong man chased again;

watch for crop planes overhead;

careful on Rushmore.

saloon pianist

helping brothers escape mob;

lives in jeopardy.

escape from dust bowl?

hard to do. hopes die like crops;

yet he'll be there.
NA   SCM4   HTA16   TRF2   FRJ4  
 

41. LADY-KILLERS

 

 42. RAN 43. LAST YEAR AT MARIEN-BAD 44. SEVENTH SEAL 45. THIN BLUE LINE
Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1955 Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1985 Alain Resnais, France, 1961 Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957 Errol Morris, USA, 1988

gang plans robbery,

naive landlady thwarts them,

bodies fall off bridge.

warlord's sons compete;

dreamy, vivid, battle scenes;

king lear in japan.

hard to remember

last year, this year, whenever;

is there a point here?

knight takes on death at

chess, argues morality;

striking dance of death.

convicted killer,

but false witness, perjury,

frees innocent man.
MCA1   KRAL   RSA1   BRI1   MRMR  
 

46. MILLER'S CROSSING

 

 47. AMADEUS 48. NIGHT AT THE OPERA 49. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER 50. TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Joel Coen, USA, 1990 Milos Forman, USA, 1984 Sam Wood, USA, 1935 Charles Laughton, USA, 1955 Sidney Lumet, USA, 1957

mob war involving

betrayals, deception, and

of course, compromise.

not too many notes,

salieri schemes; but mozart's

a childish genius.

plan opera, sail

ocean liner, pack stateroom;

(in)sanity clause.

murderous preacher

seeks money stash; love and hate,

which one? check his hands.

outlier juror

argues, convinces others,

reasonable doubt.
LD   DVD?   MRX6   DVD23   LMS1  

Latest update: July 23, 2004