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Danny Baldwin
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Hey, it's... Mark!
That's a relatively solid list, although I would choose hardly any of those choices myself. (That said, Letters from Iwo Jima and Pan's Labyrinth are both on my plate for next week when they reach San Diego.)
It seems as though the rest of us haven't even begun to think about our own top tens. Still slow around here these days.
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Mark Dujsik
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This is the earliest I've been able to put out my top 10, primarily because I got into the Chicago Film Critics Association in October and have had a boatload of screenings.
I do look forward to everyone else's, though.
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Danny Baldwin
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| Mark Dujsik wrote: | | This is the earliest I've been able to put out my top 10, primarily because I got into the Chicago Film Critics Association in October and have had a boatload of screenings. |
I saw that the review-count on your site had instantly become rejuvenated in the past few months; I hope that continues.
I should get around to finishing my list near the end of the month due to time-constraints, although I think I've seen most everything I need to see outside of the two I mentioned above.
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Michael Scrutchin
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| Posted: 01.07.2007 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: The Best of 2006 |
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| Mark Dujsik wrote: | This hasn't been posted yet, so I figured I'd come back and start the talk up.
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Good stuff, Mark. Happy to see you again!
Your list has five movies in common with Rob Vaux's Top 10, with the same choices for the top two.
I still need to see Children of Men, but I feel about United 93 much the same way I felt about Gus Van Sant's Elephant, another film re-creating a recent real-life tragedy. Masterfully, elegantly made, but what's the point? Maybe it's a "necessary" film for those with poor memories, but I'm not sure I got anything substantial out of such an intensely painful viewing experience. I don't need a movie, however well-crafted, to remind me of what I felt that day. As powerful as the experience was (and as tasteful and respectful as the film is), for me it didn't do much more than that. I'm happy that others are getting something out of it that I obviously didn't, but I can't jump on the United 93 bandwagon.
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Mark Dujsik
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| Posted: 01.08.2007 12:21 am Post subject: Re: The Best of 2006 |
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| Michael Scrutchin wrote: |
Your list has five movies in common with Rob Vaux's Top 10, with the same choices for the top two. |
Oh, good. I missed Rob's list when it came out.
| Quote: | | I still need to see Children of Men, but I feel about United 93 much the same way I felt about Gus Van Sant's Elephant, another film re-creating a recent real-life tragedy. Masterfully, elegantly made, but what's the point? Maybe it's a "necessary" film for those with poor memories, but I'm not sure I got anything substantial out of such an intensely painful viewing experience. I don't need a movie, however well-crafted, to remind me of what I felt that day. As powerful as the experience was (and as tasteful and respectful as the film is), for me it didn't do much more than that. I'm happy that others are getting something out of it that I obviously didn't, but I can't jump on the United 93 bandwagon. |
That's understandable, but I'm of the opinion that the actual impact of 9/11 was forgotten the next day, when it became a war cry. So for me, I think it's for more than those with poor memories.
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