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1001

watchin' & writin' 1001, a trip to the moon, basics, classics, french, georges mellies, reactions, silent, un voyage dans la lune

Back to Basics – TRIP TO THE MOON (UN VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE)

November 29, 2010

Have you ever wondered where your dreams come from?

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, a hard day's night, basics, beatles, dvd, george harrison, john lennon, music, musical, paul mccartney, ringo starr, rock & roll

Back to Basics – A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

June 22, 2010

Once upon a time it was possible to make a film vehicle for the biggest rock stars on the planet and have it also be a good movie.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, barbara stanwyck, basics, billy wilder, double indemnity, drama, dvd, edward g robinson, fred macmurray, noir, suspense

Back to Basics – DOUBLE INDEMNITY

May 30, 2010

I might have just come across my favorite film in the 1001 series so far.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, basics, buster keaton, comedy, dvd, reactions, silent, the general

Back to Basics – THE GENERAL

May 23, 2010

Chaplin battled people and situations; Keaton battled objects. For my money, there was never a better battle than the fight he put up in THE GENERAL.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, a.i. artificial intelligence, basics, ben kingsley, brendan gleeson, drama, dvd, frances o'connor, haley joel osment, jude law, meryl streep, reactions, robin williams, sci-fi, stanley kubrick, steven spielberg, william hurt

Back to Basics – AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

May 17, 2010

Come away, o human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand…

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, basics, carol reed, dvd, joseph cotton, noir, orson welles, the third man

Back to Basics: THE THIRD MAN

March 31, 2010

Damned near cinematic perfection by way of Carol Reed, Joseph Cotton, and Orson Welles.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 1001, basics, brad pitt, david fincher, drama, dvd, gweneth paltrow, kevin spacey, morgan freeman, r. lee ermey, richard roundtree, se7en, suspense

Back to Basics – SE7EN

February 28, 2010

Apathy isn’t a deadly sin, but sometimes it feels like it should be.

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Ryan McNeil
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