Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain” (1989) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/EAXIYtUspEc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent When the cinematic community talks about director Sir Ridley Scott in the context of influential filmmaking, they usually mention the hit singles: ALIEN (1979), BLADE RUNNER (1982), THELMA & LOUISE (1991), GLADIATOR (2000), to name a few. Very rarely do they dive into the deep cuts,…

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Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line” (1998) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Originally posted on New York FEEDBACK Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mKl5_OxKBn8?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Notable Festivals: Berlin (Golden Bear) Inducted into the Criterion Collection: 2010 It seems that no discussion of director Terrence Malick’s life and career can be made without reference to “the absence”— a prolonged period of seeming inactivity that has taken on the same air of mythic…

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