A melancholy masterpiece from Nicholas Ray--a modern Western that dismantles the iconography as effectively as anything from John Huston's THE MISFITS.
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Full River Red 2023
Zhang Yimou's latest is overlong and surprisingly talky for such a visual filmmaker who revels in the political intrigue of his characters--double, triple, quadruple crosses abound rivaling the similar plot machinations of HERO and HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS. Yet as tiring and over-complicated as these elements can be, the climactic recitation is a moving depiction of national unity that should both frighten and shame current American partisanship.
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Good Morning, Night 2003
Yet another keenly insightful examination of Italian political and religious modern history through an intimate dramatization of the Red Brigade's kidnapping and ultimate murder of Aldo Moro, the leader of Italy's (now largely defunct) Christian Democratic party. Whereas most films tend to sentimentalize 60's-70's radicalism (especially at the expense of religious traditionalism), Bellochio looks deeper and utilizes moral confusion to reflect political conflict.
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