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it's solely due to the creepiness of Joel Grey
The shift in attitude of the general German on the street, as represented by the M.C. (Joel Grey), was brilliantly shown by Fosse. Grey's changing from embracing the decadence of the Weimar era to favoring the thuggish and racist ideas of the Nazis is subtle, yet chilling.
I wonder if The Third Man was bumped because it's not American enough. Incidentally I just rented the criterion edition, only to find out a newer Criterion was just released with an disk of extras and commentary by Soderbergh, who gives good commentary.
There are many reasons that I would like to kick Tom Hanks's ass, but the time I spent unwillingly watching Forrest Gump is primary among them.
Joel Grey is a freakin' brilliant actor. I wish I could have seen him on stage.
It's better than Forrest Gump!!!
Preach it sister! Hate, hate, hate that movie. Although I'd rather see that on the list than Dances with Wolves.
I wonder if The Third Man was bumped because it's not American enough.
It's regularly near the top of the list of British films.
For some reason, I am unable to paste into text boxes. But, Scola, I don't know if it's so much the magic in my heart as the idea of the story itself, one man having all these effects and ripples throughout American history. It's one of my Things, the way our lives affect other lives, the way we can have an impact on a greater scale.
I didn't hate watching Forrest Gump, but I never thought it was Great, you know?
I also think Pulp Fiction gets much better in retrospect, because walking out of the theater, I was saying that there were about 45 minutes I would have cut out of the movie, but now I mostly remember the awesome parts.
Unpopular opinions on movies I have seen: Cabaret is boring, aside from its musical sequences. You know what else? Some quirkiness ages well, and some doesn't. Good: Julie Andrews in Sound of Music; Diane Keaton in Godfather. Not so: Liza in Cabaret.
I wonder if The Third Man was bumped because it's not American enough.
Given that it was a European co-production, filmed in Europe, by a British director, based on a British author, I'm not sure why it was there in the first place.