I have not seen the Theatrical Cut, but I thought the Director's Cut was pretty good. Certainly held my interest throughout.
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New York, New York 1977
You can sense the masterpiece this was supposed to be, before being subjected to excessive improvisation and Scorsese's apparent inability to rein in De Niro or yell "Cut!"
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Witchfinder General 1968
Brutal, bleak, bloody, and brilliant.
If the sight of Vincent Price in period costume leads you to think this is just another campy, '60s drive-in horror pic, you could not be more wrong. There are no pits or pendulums here, no masques of Red Death, no Houses of Usher. In fact, despite the title, there is nothing supernatural in this movie at all. The only horrors present are those of religious fanaticism and sexual sadism.
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Undertow 2009
I'm wrecked. This has to be one of the saddest films I've ever seen.
Every character (even when they think they're happy) and every scene (no matter how apparently joyous) is suffused with almost unbearable pain, heartache, & melancholy.
I ached for these people. Even when Miguel was being a selfish dick, I understood the cultural forces that made him that way -- and only felt sadder at what he would eventually do to himself and those he loved.
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