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FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #196 - The Films of ANTHONY MINGHELLA
THE FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #196 - The Films of ANTHONY MINGHELLA
Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.
ANTHONY MINGHELLA
Cold Mountain (2003)
Play (2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The English Patient (1996)
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
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The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, King Kong, La Femme Nikita, Planet Terror, Raging Bull, Ronin, The Third Man DVD: .................
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07-13-2005, 08:25 AM
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Cold Mountain (2003)
Play (2000)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The English Patient (1996)
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
Bolded films I've seen.
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07-13-2005, 08:56 AM
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07-13-2005, 10:52 AM
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The Talented Mr. Ripley - my favorite of Minghella's films, and one of the best films from a very good year. A brilliantly complex psychological portrait, a tragic drama, and the best "neo-Hitchcock" film I've seen (including those great Saul Bass like opening titles). Matt Damon is great, Jude Law is brilliant, and the supporting cast (particularly Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman) is outstanding. Patricia Highsmith's novels have been adapted by some of the best, including at least three adaptation of this novel (Clement's "Plein Soleil" being almost as brilliant as Minghella's adaptation), and I think her work is as fruitful an inspiration here as it was in Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train". Top marks, no criticisms. God, I love this movie.
The English Patient - my second favorite, but a much lesser film IMO than "Ripley". Moments of transcendence, but also a bit gloppy with the sentimentality at times. Interesting that Minghella makes us root more for the amour fou than for the not trading secrets to the Nazis. Interesting, but less than compelling. I think the film should have been a bit more conflicted than it was (felt phoney in that respect), but many of the abstract images, particularly of the desert sands, are as evocative as any of the great epics of love.
Truly Madly Deeply - it's been years since I've seen it, but I recall being completely charmed. I should check this one out again.
Cold Mountain - wtf? Maybe I was in a particularly bad mood that night... completely worthless IMO.
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07-13-2005, 12:24 PM
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ANTHONY MINGHELLA
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The English Patient (1996)
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
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"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
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07-13-2005, 01:05 PM
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My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pulse (2006,Jim Sonzero) 2/5, In the Realm of the Senses (1976,Nagisa Oshima) 4/5, Sing a Song of Sex (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 2/5, The Passionate Friends (1949,David Lean) 3/5, Band of Ninja (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 1/5, Saw V (2008,David Hackl) 3/5, Quantum of Solace (2008,Marc Forster) 2/5, Role Models (2008,David Wain) 3/5, Dorm (2006,Songyos Sugmakanan) 3/5, Candy (2006,Neil Armfield) 3/5, Shutter (2004,Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom) 1/5, Skinwalkers (2006,Jim Isaac) 2/5, Out of Season (1998,Jeanette L. Buck) 2/5, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983,Nagisa Oshima) 5/5, The Catch (1961,Nagisa Oshima) 3/5
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07-13-2005, 02:47 PM
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Ranking:
1. The Talented Mr. Ripley
2. The English Patient
3. Cold Mountain
Rich's comments on the three are dead on for me.
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07-13-2005, 03:29 PM
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1. The Talented Mr. Ripley - A-
2. The English Patient - C
3. Cold Mountain - D
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Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
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