{"id":8639,"date":"2018-02-01T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T17:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=8639"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:32:22","slug":"washing-your-giant-laundry-in-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=8639","title":{"rendered":"Blindly washing your giant laundry in traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthf.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.JIX5bIxT0hOsKta5axe2fgAAAA%3Fcb%3Dthfc1%26pid%3DApi&amp;f=1&amp;ipt=bf3bba3e8460fedd46fe8531f327f96330b763baeda59810165d47d6334ce5e1&amp;ipo=images\" alt=\"Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (1905)\" width=\"361\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0229095\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus\u00a0<\/a><\/em>(1905)<\/p>\r\n<p>Although it doesn&#8217;t really take off until the giant appears in the second half, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s\">Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s&#8217;s<\/a>, interpretation of the\u00a0story of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odysseus\">Ulysses<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polyphemus\">Polyphemus<\/a> shows flashes of his astounding creativity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MABEL AND FATTY&#039;S WASH DAY (1915) -- Roscoe Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/APLrk9aq_jY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0005677\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Mabel and Fatty&#8217;s Wash Day\u00a0<\/a><\/em>(1915)<\/p>\r\n<p>Stuck in lackluster marriages, neighbors Fatty and Mabel bond over laundry. When the two couples go for a walk in the park, Mabel and Fatty leave their napping spouses to share a drink. When the sleeping spouses awaken, a frantic search begins.<\/p>\r\n<p>Pretty, petite Mabel Normand and rotund, sloppy Roscoe Arbuckle were an unlikely, but effective pair, becoming huge stars in the silent era for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mack_Sennett\">Mack Sennett&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0studio.<\/p>\r\n<p>One hundred years later, it&#8217;s interesting to see the way this comedy deals with gender issues. Fatty is clearly the more domestic partner. Both protagonists are unhappy in their marriages, but are forcibly dragged back to their respective spouses in the end. It was apparently okay to imply a shitty marriage, but divorce was out of the question.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fea%2F8c%2F33%2Fea8c33a689f4d594a8a6fcb6b673dd09--polish-movie-posters-art-posters.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=699250c6fdb15b326d5b3e7ab6a04ec5b487b6544e8caeb9dfed02d52a095829\" alt=\"Blind chance (1987) - Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski | Polish movie posters ...\" width=\"405\" height=\"572\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084549\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\"><em>Blind Chance<\/em><\/a> (1987)<\/p>\r\n<p>Rushing to catch a train, Witek runs into a man holding a beer. As director Krzystof Kie\u015blowski demonstrates in three different scenarios, how he handles this chance encounter will have a profound effect on his life.<\/p>\r\n<p>In the first scenario, Witek almost crashes into the beer drinker, barely makes his train, and becomes an avowed communist.<\/p>\r\n<p>In the second outcome, he knocks the beer drinker down and misses his train. Through a series of encounters, he becomes a deeply committed Christian and works with the anti-communist underground in Poland.<\/p>\r\n<p>Finally, he avoids the beer drinker, but takes time to apologize for almost hitting him. He misses the train, but settles into a comfortable life with his girlfriend Olga only to die in a terrorist attack.<\/p>\r\n<p>In this film, Kie\u015blowki explores how much of our lives depends on chance and how helpless we are against the powerful winds of nature. This sobering, but freeing thought leads to a practical spirituality instead of meaningless platitudes.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaproxy.tvtropes.org%2Fwidth%2F1200%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fstatic.tvtropes.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpub%2Fimages%2Fts6u2wxzc5akezwnmbs8wudnmzr_3874267538.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=b7a1410a0651eb5547cbc87ebca16c1a7a69ef43ca2dc5cc73b49ac20b3acc84\" alt=\"More American Graffiti (Film) - TV Tropes\" width=\"318\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079576\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\"><em>More American Graffiti<\/em><\/a> (1979)<\/p>\r\n<p>Set at the end of the 1950s, <em>American Graffiti<\/em> chronicled the end of the idealism and tranquility of the post war decade.<\/p>\r\n<p>This sequel, by contrast, is meant to simulate the turbulence of the 1960s. It depicts the events of four consecutive New Year\u2019s Eves, intercutting between the four timeframes liberally. To avoid confusion, each has a distinctive look and aesthetic. One is supposed to resemble <em>Woodstock<\/em>, one is supposed to replicate news reel footage of Vietnam<\/p>\r\n<p>I loved it and found it amazingly inventive and funny, but contemporary critics did not, and now it\u2019s mostly forgotten.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BNmZkYjQzY2QtNjdkNC00YjkzLTk5NjUtY2MyNDNiYTBhN2M2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjMwNDgzNjc%40._V1_.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=eda880f72dbd67acda1a9cfe119a9a9aa2e6afbdd7d49fda54accf54cdd24ba5\" alt=\"Creed (2015)\" width=\"459\" height=\"680\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3076658\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Creed<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2015)<\/p>\r\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen all the\u00a0<em>Rocky\u00a0<\/em>films, I love Michael B. Jordan, and Sylvester Stallone was nominated for a Golden Globe<\/p>\r\n<p>The original\u00a0<em>Rocky<\/em> feels like an independent film. The sequel take on more of a studio film feel. The third film (with Mr. T and Hulk Hogan) feels like a typical franchise film. The fourth film, which many say is the series epoch, audaciously has Rocky win the Cold War by proxy.<\/p>\r\n<p>In the fifth film, the series takes a dramatic turn. Rocky is retired, but finds passion in training another fighter.<\/p>\r\n<p>The sixth film,\u00a0<em>Rocky Balboa<\/em>\u00a0focuses more on Rocky&#8217;s relationship with his son and coming to terms with his legacy.<\/p>\r\n<p>This, the seventh films in the Rockyverse, follows Apollo Creed&#8217;s son, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) as he finds his way and makes a name for himself. It&#8217;s full of sly references to previous films, but wisely forgoes the over their tendency for over the top excess.<\/p>\r\n<p>Stallone has morphed from the young up and comer to the embodiment of Mickey, the role Burgess Meredith played in the original film. Stallone is excellent in the introspective role, there are moments of genuine pathos in his performance. The weight of the previous films and his four decade long relationship with American movie audiences serve as a stark reminder: all heroes will fade and die.<\/p>\r\n<p>Director Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan previously worked together on\u00a0<em>Fruitvale Station<\/em>, a powerful exploration of race relations in 21st century America. This film ensures both will have a voice in Hollywood for some time. Coogler&#8217;s instincts are solid; he knows when to go for a joke, when to remind viewers of the previous films without feeling derivative. The fight scenes are well-done.<\/p>\r\n<p>I&#8217;ve loved Jordan since his heartbreaking work as Wallace in\u00a0<em>The Wire, <\/em>although it&#8217;s difficult to reconcile my memory of that character with his work here.\u00a0His career is still ascendant, but he seems destined to be a Hollywood mainstay.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is how you reinvent and re-energize a 40-year-old franchise.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BNjc4Mjk3ODgxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjc3OTQ1NDE%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=41fe5e2bef7722ee1e9e46901a8cf78a2e25f2ab1a3b2866ef7d3e49f51c1eb3\" alt=\"The Hunting Ground (2015) - IMDb\" width=\"374\" height=\"536\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4185572\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Hunting Ground<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2015)<\/p>\r\n<p>This film indicts America&#8217;s colleges and universities as a hotbed for sexual predators and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rape_culture\">rape culture<\/a>.&#8221; I&#8217;m not inclined to be an alarmist, and I believe in the presumption of innocence, but it makes a compelling argument. There is a problem brewing in American universities.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, the problem of collegiate indifference to sexual misconduct is only one symptom of a much larger issue. Colleges and universities in the United States are money making juggernauts. They cover up sexual assaults because of possible ramifications to their bottom line.\u00a0Wealthy students from wealthy families who provide big donor checks get preferential treatment. Florida State doesn&#8217;t treat Jameis Winston\u00a0like other college students, because most college students don&#8217;t make their university tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\r\n<p>We bemoan the influence of big money in politics, we complain about the explosive growth of student loan debt, but nobody investigates the obscene budgets of our most prestigious schools.\u00a0Money has corrupted our post-secondary educational system which now routinely uses capital campaigns and endowment drives as the primary benchmark to determine their value. A successful college president is worried more about the bottom line than the school&#8217;s educational mission.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pmgstatic.com%2Fcache%2Fresized%2Fw936%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Ffilm%2Fposters%2F170%2F322%2F170322526_jjiiqp.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=ce8db243d08e69b0fdd2f15a0bd79942b88efe93b7a47e3280cb7288d882ef3e\" alt=\"Fatty's Plucky Pup (1915) | Galerie - Covery | \u010cSFD.cz\" width=\"355\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0005315\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Fatty&#8217;s Plucky Pup<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1915)<\/p>\r\n<p>Fatty (Roscoe Arbuckle) has two loves: his neighbor Lizzie and his dog Luke. He angers local dog catchers by thwarting their efforts to take Luke, then accidentally crosses paths with a local gang. In response, his enemies join forces to kidnap Lizzie. With Luke&#8217;s help, Fatty rescues his beloved.<\/p>\r\n<p>Unlike Chaplin, Arbuckle didn&#8217;t create a character, his comedy subverted our expectations based on his appearance.\u00a0The physicality of his comedy reminds me of Chris Farley in his famous Chippendale&#8217;s and Matt Foley\u00a0routines.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Falchetron.com%2Fcdn%2FCaptain-Blood-1935-film-images-c6edffce-35cd-4054-8a40-01185e9a508.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=f6fe713886610b022a38feff6f5d2d0d7adda876a0f138e222f88905fd30958a\" alt=\"Captain Blood (1935 film) - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia\" width=\"421\" height=\"632\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0026174\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Captain Blood<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Convicted of treason for treating a wounded man who had participated in the Monmouth Rebellion, physician Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is sold into slavery and purchased by Arabella Bishop (Olivia de Havilland).<\/p>\r\n<p>Blood escapes, becomes a pirate, and, several years later, captures and imprisons Arabella. Despite their antagonistic relationship, the pair are soon romantically entangled. Eventually, Blood is persuaded to help the British fleet against a French invasion. Because of this service, the new king, William of Orange\u00a0appoints Blood governor of Port Royal\u00a0replacing Colonel Bishop, Arabella&#8217;s uncle.<\/p>\r\n<p>With this fun adventure film, Errol Flynn became a household name as the successor to swashbuckling Douglas Fairbanks, while a very young Olivia de Havilland established herself as a major Hollywood player. Their charming chemistry would lead to a second pairing a few years later in\u00a0<em>The Adventures of Robin Hood\u00a0<\/em>(1938).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BZjY4NzQxNzktMDBmMi00ZjdhLWE3ZTUtYWEwNDY2ODRmZDJlXkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=46355b2224d811a22c15392742f4e3e9bf65f0d5cf9e7a65a66260e58c40c535\" alt=\"Doctor Zhivago (1965)\" width=\"630\" height=\"479\" \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059113\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Doctor Zhivago<\/a><\/em> (1965)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Orphan Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is raised by his mother&#8217;s friends and marries their daughter Tonya (Geraldine Page). However, he falls in love with Lara (Julie Christie), who&#8217;s involved in an affair of her own with the older politician Victor Komorovsky (Rod Steiger) and married to Pasha Antipov (Tom Courtenay).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After the War, the idealistic Pasha joins the revolution, becoming an important Bolshevik general, while Yuri becomes a radical poet, ostracized by the government. Despite the danger, Yuri and Lara consummate their relationship, but are forced apart by the chaos of the era.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is to the first World War and the Russian Revolution what <em>Gone with the Wind <\/em>(1939)\u00a0was to the US Civil War, an attempt to personalize sweeping historical changes,\u00a0suggesting people and individuals are more important than historical epochs. I&#8217;m not sure I completely buy its premise, and it may have watered down Pasternak&#8217;s novel too much, but it&#8217;s so beautifully composed and the performances are so good, I can forgive its minor imperfections.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><\/figure>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwallpaperaccess.com%2Ffull%2F1706652.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=e58b4de4dee9cb950285d083ff20c1b334913fbfe83a613cdebb2df4f311b1e5\" alt=\"Incredibles 2 Wallpapers - Top Free Incredibles 2 Backgrounds ...\" width=\"575\" height=\"324\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3606756\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Incredibles 2<\/a><\/em> (2018)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Before the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, <em>The Incredibles<\/em> paved the way. Syndrome remains one of the best super hero villains, and Edna Mode is a perfect creation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Wisely starting with the cliffhanger from the first film, the sequel doesn&#8217;t disappoint.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In this movie, the roles are reversed, Bob struggles with family responsibilities while his wife Helen is away on super hero missions; their children deal with burgeoning adolescence and the accompanying awkwardness and rebelliousness. For good measure, the film highlights the revelation of Jack-Jack&#8217;s abilities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The gender politics are dated, but the world director Brad Bird creates is full and expansive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The introduction of the Deavors as super rich manipulators feels right in our current context. Winston&#8217;s origin is similar to Syndrome and once again reminds us of the dangers of obsessive fandom. Bob Odenkirk is wonderful, and Jonathan Banks as a sad sack FBI agent is a casting coup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The overarching plot about electronic screens used to hypnotize and control everyone speaks to the fears of the digital age and the suspicions surrounding companies we rely on like Google and Amazon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This film catches the zeitgeist of early 21st century with incredible characters and humor.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FzEBaRiERMyxmNVUW9n5q059HiQN.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=c02a20cd3665a60e7d6af00926f54f3ddebaac2f6d8b35209de4baa82a73f7ae\" alt=\"The Fall (2006) - Posters \u2014 The Movie Database (TMDB)\" width=\"342\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0460791\/?ref_=nv_sr_3\">The Fall<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2006)<\/p>\r\n<p>In 1915, stuntman Roy Walker is injured during a fall. While recuperating, he meets a young Romanian girl, Alexandria. To pass the time, Roy tells Alexandria a fantastic story about five heroes: an Indian warrior, a swashbukling bandit, ex-slave Ota Benga, explosives expert Luigi, and Charles Darwin,\u00a0who must band together to fight evil Governor Odius. Eventually, the line between reality and fiction blurs as Roy and Alexandria become characters in the story.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is a chaotic, poetic, whimiscal, magical film, full of energy and sparkling with vitality. It&#8217;s a beautiful ode to creativity, collaboration, and the healing power of storytelling. There&#8217;s a poweful scene towards the end, as Roy watches the film featuring the stunt which caused his injury and realizes his performance was cut and replaced with another stuntman&#8217;s work. So much of what we do is misplaced effort and worry.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/b\/bd\/Aladdin_%281992_Disney_film%29_poster.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holds an oil lamp and another rubs it, and glowing dust starts coming off the lamp's nozzle. The text &quot;Walt Disney Pictures presents: Aladdin&quot; is atop the image, with the tagline &quot;Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, three dreams and they all could come true.&quot; scrawling underneath it.\" width=\"324\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0103639\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\"><em>Aladdin<\/em><\/a> (1992)<\/p>\r\n<p>The plot is Disney paint by numbers: meet cute, mistaken identity, strong willed princess refuses to marry and falls in love with an outsider.<\/p>\r\n<p>The music (as was usually the case during the Mencken era) was excellent. &#8220;A Whole New World&#8221; is a legitimate part of the Great American Songbook.\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">This was the last film of Howard Ashman&#8217;s brief, illustrious career as a lyricist. Tim Rice took over and finished the work when Ashman&#8217;s illness made his participation impossible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Gilbert Gottfried is hysterical as Iago (in his most enduring, endearing role). Jafar is a worthy villain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>All of the above makes it a better than average entry into the Disney canon, but this movie separates itself with Robin Williams&#8217;s tour de force performance.\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">This was Williams at the height of his powerful, imaginative powers. Coupled with a medium which could explore and heighten the kinetic absurdism of his work, it made an indelible impression on me when I was a boy and I think no less of it now. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">He was so transcendent, t<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">here was a credible campaign to get him an unprecedented Oscar nomination for a voice acting role. <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\">Since this movie was released, a lot more top tier talent have signed for animated roles, all hoping to recreate his success. A few have been close, but none have matched the excellence on display here.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>The film is not without critics who lament the racial overtones of a story with Arabs as the villains. And while the movie&#8217;s politics are out of touch with today&#8217;s sensibilities, it does not lessen the joy of this magical carpet ride.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoviedb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FiAgSkpZslQ2s3onL9TaHbyWygtC.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=4bb2a5414f85feaa02141875ba99d78b37e846f52d06764330c34148f518066c\" alt=\"The Bad Seed (1956) - Posters \u2014 The Movie Database (TMDB)\" width=\"373\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048977\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">The Bad Seed<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1956)<\/p>\r\n<p>Christine Penmark (Nancy Kelly) slowly realizes her young daughter Rhoda (Patty McCormack) murdered a rival at school who defeated her in a penmanship competition.\u00a0Christine desperately wants to protect her daughter, but she&#8217;s horrified by what she could do and her actions stem from fear as much as love.<\/p>\r\n<p>McCormack is chilling as the troubled child (who may have inherited her sociopathy through her mother), Kelly is solid as the confused and bewildered parent, and character actress Eileen Heckart is devastating as the mother of the murdered boy.<\/p>\r\n<p>Few movies are willing to portray such a blatantly sociopathic character and even fewer show this level of unabashed evil in a child. It&#8217;s not particularly subtle, but asks great questions about mental illness and heredity, forcing us to decide if Rhoda is a victim of her illness or irredeemable, questions we haven&#8217;t fully answered sixty years later.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FeuzJE3b2Yy9yStK9FRfSF396Zml.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=a74bb9e0cc119ac91247593e1d9ff8d76d808fc0d18c979dc447f39023b48850\" alt=\"Brewster's Millions (1945) - Filmer - Film . nu\" width=\"365\" height=\"548\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037557\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2http:\/\/\">Brewster&#8217;s Millions<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1945)<\/p>\r\n<p>Returning US soldier Montague Brewster postpones his wedding to his longtime girlfriend when he learns of an eight million dollar inheritance from his deceased uncle&#8217;s estate. But the unexpected windfall comes with a major caveat, in order to claim the money, he has to spend one million dollars before his thirtieth birthday without acquiring any assets and has to do this without telling anyone about the conditions.<\/p>\r\n<p>With two months until the imposed deadline, Brewster embarks on an uncharacteristic spending spree, but, to his surprise, meeting the requirements proves to be a significant challenge.<\/p>\r\n<p>The story is simple, but George Barr McCutcheon&#8217;s malleable 1902 novel\u00a0illustrates important truths about materialism and the human condition.\u00a0A century later it can still be easily adapted to fit virtually any time and culture, having already inspired eleven different film adaptations in several different languages.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus\u00a0(1905) Although it doesn&#8217;t really take off until the giant appears in the second half, Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s&#8217;s, interpretation of the\u00a0story of Ulysses\u00a0and Polyphemus shows flashes of his astounding creativity.\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mabel and Fatty&#8217;s Wash Day\u00a0(1915) Stuck in lackluster marriages, neighbors Fatty and Mabel bond over laundry. 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