Originally a short story entitled Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr., The Thing is a remake of a 1951 science fiction film The Thing From Another Planet by Howard Hawkes and Christian Nyby. Playing more closely to the story Hawkes and Nyby adapted, John Carpenter weaves a beautiful tapestry of twisted design between a veil of claustrophobia as each member of the research team becomes more and more paranoid over who is who. As the creature makes itself…
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Inland Empire 2006
Lynch's most recent, enigmatic movie tells a touchingly powerful story and is one of his best work to date. He uses characters, settings, dialog and sounds like a graffiti artist uses coke cans to create art on a street mural. You have to step back from the movie and see its parts as a mosaic of a bigger picture to "get" this movie. The main story isn't hidden.
A woman commits adultery, becomes pregnant and is found out because, unknown…
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Taxi Driver 1976
Moody and near sheer flawless depiction of an isolated, aloof former war veteran, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), who spends his nights in New York driving a taxi cab, sees the endless amount of low-lives (prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, etc.), and slowly becomes determined to make his presence felt throughout the city.
Furthermore, what makes this movie leave such an unforgettable impact on the viewer is how director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader set-up the jungle-like atmosphere.
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