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Man of the Century (1999)
What a fun film!
I had never heard of this before until I saw this on Encore late at night when I was hoping for something to fall to sleep to. It didn't work. This light hearted fast moving delight of a film kept my attention diverted, and instead of Morpheus setting in I wound up energized. Filmed in black and white, just as were so many of the movies that this film continually delivered visual echoes of throughout the length of the whole movie.
The musical score is great, and the snappy roaring twenties patter dialog of Johnny Twennies alone make this a film worth buying on DVD - especially if you're a fan of old movies.
New Jack City (1991)
Derivative over-hyped regurgitation
Anyone who has seen gangster movies from the 30's or later films such as "Scarface" will immediately recognize that they've seen this tired old plot over and over and over again. At the time it came out, attempts were made to herald it as groundbreaking, but that was merely pure hype. There are only two ways the film was any different than many older gangster movies: 1) the gangsters aren't Italians, Irishmen, or Cuban, instead they are black, and 2) instead of being criminal gang members with speakeasies during Prohibition, they have a crack house. Big deal! Changing these two things are minor variations in the story and NOT groundbreaking film-making. Avoid this regurgitated derivative garbage like the plague.
Walkabout (1971)
Almost a "desert island" film
This film is on my list of must-see movies. It contains breathtaking cinematography. The subject matter of the movie forces us to confront differences between the modern world and the primitive world; yet it underscores similarities between the two cultures. There are also some very nice techniques used in this film - for example the screen wipes used as the small boy relates a story to the older boy. A thought provoking film shot from, and that looks at the world from, a perspective that is rarely seen in cinema. It's good enough that I'd seriously consider it to be included on a short list of films that I'd be allowed to have if stranded on a desert island.