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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse

by George Tiller

[19.Dec.07] :. The openness and honesty with which Eleanor Coppola portrays her husband is by far the greatest asset of Hearts of Darkness.

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The Nightcomers

by Brian Holcomb

[31.Jul.07] :. If you’ve never seen Jack Clayton’s film version of the James story, The Innocents or are just a fan of Brando, The Nightcomers will be mildly entertaining.

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The Godfather: Blackhand Edition

by Kevin Garcia

[11.Jun.07] :. Man, there's something really satisfying about hitting someone.

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Brando

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.May.07] :. Brando is most original and inspiring when it looks at Brando's other work. As Bobby Seale remembers, "If I said, 'Constitutional democratic civil human rights,' I mean, it lit him up."

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Documentary shows the impact Brando had on acting

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[1.May.07] :. Al Pacino first saw “On the Waterfront” at a triple feature at the local movie house. The 14-year-old was so blown away that he sat through the two other movies again just so he could...

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Two-part documentary Brando, May 1-2 on TCM

by Hal Boedeker [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[30.Apr.07] :. A new profile of actor Marlon Brando is—with apologies to Tennessee Williams—stellar, stellar. Brando examines the iconic actor, impassioned activist and conflicted man. The...

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Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

by Tobias Peterson

'Apocalypse Now Redux', ultimately, allows us to celebrate a film that has become indelibly ingrained into American popular consciousness while, at the same time, forcing us to question the violence and inhumanity that characterize the troubling past of this same culture.

 

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'Apocalypse Now' -- 'Redux' or regular -- is well worth seeing for just such insights, its flashes of brilliance, failures, and virtuous intentions. In both versions, it's that rare movie that looks hard at the culture that produced it.

 

The Score (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

...it's boy-movie-making 101, a very traditional plot point indeed.

 
 
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