Behind-the-scenes shot of director Douglas Sirk and Lauren Bacall making WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956)
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All I Desire (Douglas Sirk, 1953)
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I made my top ten list for 2022
1 Amadeus (Forman, 1984)
Recommended for: Interview With the Vampire fans
2 Chungking Express (Kar-Wai, 1994)
Recommended for: Cowboy Bebop fans
3 Dog Day Afternoon (Lumet, 1975)
Recommended for: poor little meow meow fans
4 The Night of Counting the Years (Abdel Salam, 1969)
Recommended for: Piranesi fans
5 The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992)
Recommended for: Yann Tiersen fans
6 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lee, 2000)
Recommended for: Lawrence of Arabia fans
7 California Split (Altman, 1974)
Recommended for: 'friendships are romances' posts fans
8 The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973)
Recommended for: actually, David Lynch fans
9 All That Heaven Allows (Sirk, 1955)
Recommended for: Carol fans
10 All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979)
Recommended for: Velvet Goldmine fans
Let me know how you like the single, askance reference approach, I'm experimenting with succinct weird ways to pitch things to the people I think will like them. Links go to my original Letterboxd "review" (comment), and if you click the poster or title there you'll be taken to the short synopsis, cast & crew, wide header image for some vibes, etc.
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“This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art.”
- Douglas Sirk (April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) 🎥
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Douglas Sirk, April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987.
Photo by Gitty Darugar.
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