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blind spot series 1939, 2014 blindspot, blindspot, brittani burnham, inspired ground, jay cluitt, john ford, john wayne, life vs film], movies and songs 365, sean kelly, silver emulsion, sk on movies, stagecoach, steve flores, surrender to the void, western, will kouf

Blindsided by STAGECOACH

October 28, 2014

In watching a classic western, I realize that it has actually shaped my whole appreciation for the genre.

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Ryan McNeil

blind spot series 1939, 2014 blindspot, a fistful of films, abstew, blindspot, brittani burnham, dan heaton, flix chatter, geer garson, goodbye mr. chips, half a film student, heart of cinema, hitchcock's world, inspired ground, jay cluitt, john hitchcock, karamel kinema, life vs film], movies and songs 365, niall mcardle, public transportation snob, raging fluff, robert donat, sam wood, sean kelly, shantanu ghumare, silver emulsion, silver screen sessions, sk on movies, surrender to the void, terry kilburn, the cinematic spectacle, the film's the thing, u me and film, will kouf

Blindsided by GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS

School’s out for summer, but some teachers will stay with us forever.

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Ryan McNeil

blind spot series 1939, 2012 blindspot, claude rains, dave voigt, eternal sunshine, frank capra, impassioned cinema, james stewart, jandy stone hardesty, jean arthur, nerd vampire, public transportation snob, pussy goes grr, sean kelly

Blindsided by MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

What would Capra think of what the role of government has become?

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Ryan McNeil

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